The Secondary Battery Show in Japan: Review Part 2 - Parts and Materials

2011/05/13

Summary
Positive-electrode material
Negative-electrode material
Separator
Electrolyte
Binder
Electrode foil

Summary

This Report introduces remarkable new products and technology for parts and materials concerning a Li-ion battery to be used in green vehicles (hybrid vehicle, plug-in hybrid vehicle, electric vehicle, and fuel-cell vehicle) by 19 companies at the 2nd Battery Japan 2011 (held at Tokyo Big Site from March 2 to 4, 2011).

Field	Company	Product/Technology
Positive-electrode material	Mitsubishi Chemical	Positive-electrode material/ negative-electrode material/separator/ electrolyte for Li-ion battery
	BASF Japan (Germany)	Positive-electrode material for Li-ion battery
	Umicore Japan (Belgium)	Positive-electrode material for Li-ion battery
	Formosa Energy & Material Technology (Taiwan)	Positive-electrode material for lithium-ion iron phosphate battery
	Changs Ascending Enterprise (Taiwan)	Positive-electrode material for Li-ion battery
	Phoenix Silicon International Corp. (Taiwan)	Positive-electrode material for Li-ion battery
	Hunan Reshine New Material (China)	Positive-electrode material for Li-ion battery
Negative-electrode material	Hiramatsu Sangyo/ Shinshu University	Graphite web (The company receives many inquiries from LG Chem, BYD, and other Chinese companies)
Negative-electrode material	TIMCAL Graphite & Carbon (Switzerland)	Carbon negative-electrode material
Separator	Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc.	Separator for Li-ion battery
Separator	Celgard (USA)/Hohsen	Separator for Li-ion battery
Electrolyte	Ohara	* Lithium-ion conductive glass ceramics (solid electrolyte) * All-solid state battery * Lithium air battery
	Kanto Denka Kogyo	Lithium hexafluorophosphate (electrolyte)
	Nihon Pall	Electrolyte filter
Binder	Zeon Corporation	Battery binder
Binder	Solvay Solexis (Italy)/ Solvay Solexis (Japan)	Fluorine polymer (binder material)
Electrode foil	Nippon Graphite Industries	* Graphite powder for positive/negative-electrode of lithium-ion battery * Graphite coating aluminum foil * Porous foil for lithium capacitor
	Fukuda Metal Foil & Powder	* Electrode copper foil "CF-LBX" * High purity smooth nickel foil
	Furukawa Electric/ Furukawa-Sky Aluminum/ Nippon Foil Mfg.	Copper foil for negative-electrode current collector (electrolysis, rolling) [World's largest share of 40%]