rials, testing equipment, measuring instruments, engineering services, and more displayed at the event. View of exhibition hall (Toyota Auto Body) View of exhibition hall (Mitsubishi Chemical) View of exhibition hall (Toyo Denki)       Toyota Auto Body Co., Ltd.: GX CONCEPT, fuel cell separator   The "GX CONCEPT" was exhibited by Toyota Auto Body Co., Ltd. (Toyota Auto Body) to showcase the expansion of technologies that are contri...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/07/11

oying the battery structure and failing to achieve both high performance and a high level of safety. Addressing safety challenges with solid electrolytes is a necessary roadmap for significantly increasing the energy density of batteries. A solid-state battery essentially changes the electrolyte or separator to a solid electrolyte and at the same time seeks to metallize the negative electrode. The positive electrode will be dominated by high-nic...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/12

ed the next-generation NM20 fuel cell stack module, which it unveiled at IAA Transportation 2024. The NM20 module is EKPO's most powerful fuel cell stack, producing 400 kW with a 50% higher power density compared to its predecessor. The module has an integrated cell voltage monitoring system, water separator, and media conditioning, monitoring, control capabilities. The NM20 is designed for heavy-duty vehicle applications requiring high power and...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/05/29

Smart Energy Week Spring 2025 (1) FCVs, FC units, Hydrogen-related Products Next generation FC modules, components for FC systems, hydrogen tanks, separators, and more Summary Exhibition of Toyota and Honda’s FCVs and hydrogen-related products Fuel cell systems (cellcentric, AVL, Symbio, OPmobility, EKPO Fuel Cell, NEXTY Electronics) Components for FC systems (Bosch, MANN+HUMMEL, IHI, OPmobility, Faurecia) FC related parts and materials (Nishim...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/03/21

hicles. By 2030, the company will invest a cumulative CNY 30 billion in R&D and establish a sales network with more than 3,000 locations. Solid-state battery technology On November 7, 2024, Changan and solid-state lithium-ion battery company Chongqing Talent New Energy Co., Ltd. jointly announced separator-less solid-state lithium-ion battery technology. Changan Automobile plans to equip mass production vehicles with all solid-state batteries b...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/01/28

2023, Recycled positive and negative electrode materials (for North Carolina plant in the U.S.) Next-generation battery Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. of Japan October 2023, All-solid-state battery solid electrolyte Honda Material procurement Asahi Kasei Corporation of Japan April 2024, Contract for separators contract (production in Canada) Hanwa Co., Ltd. of Japan September 2022, Nickel-cobalt and lithium procurement Emulsion Flow Technologi...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/10/18

ally the same as liquid batteries, with charging and discharging achieved through the absorption or release of lithium ions between the positive and negative electrodes, i.e., Rocking chair batteries (RCBs). The differences between the two are: (1) solid electrolytes replace liquid electrolytes and separators, with the electrolyte providing a place for lithium ions to move; (2) the structural change from liquid to solid battery systems allows for...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/08/16

e, destroying the battery structure and failing to achieve both high performance and high safety. Addressing safety challenges with solid electrolytes is a necessary roadmap for significantly increasing the energy density of batteries.   A solid-state battery essentially changes the electrolyte or separator to a solid electrolyte and at the same time seeks to metallize the negative electrode. The positive electrode material is basically unchang...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/07/25

ness development while stimulating demand for hydrogen.   Toyota Boshoku: FC (fuel cell) assisted bicycle   Toyota Boshoku Corporation exhibited its unique compact FC system, the "Hydrogen Power System," as well as an FC-assisted bicycle equipped with it.   The water-cooled compact FC stacks use separators processed by Toyota Boshoku’s proprietary precision press technology. The output is about 100W, the FC can assist the vehicle for a dista...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/07/11

used around the radiator grille and on rear finishers. Compared to painting, CO2 emissions are reduced by 40% or more, and multi-color designs that cannot be achieved with painting can be realized. Film decoration Film decoration that can produce a variety of designs Recyclable fuel cell separator high productivity technology, TABWD (Toyota Auto Body) Recyclable fuel cell separator high productivity technology   Toyota Auto B...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/06/26

lls generating between 150 and 200 kW. Products shown include a cathode air cleaner to protect the fuel cell stack from airborne contaminants, and a humidifier to ensure high-quality fuel cell performance by preventing the fuel cell membranes from drying out. MANN+HUMMEL also showed a cathode water separator which removes water and ice from the cathode supply and exhaust air streams, and an ion exchange filter to protect the fuel cell stack from ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/06/19

ferrite magnet Cost reduction Aichi Steel Corporation (Tokai City, Aichi Prefecture) Neodymium bonded magnets for high temperature and harsh environments EnablesExpanded temperature range Partially modified bonded magnet Magnetic force increase Kobe Steel, Ltd.(Chuo Ward, Kobe) FCV Fuel Cell Separator NC titaniumConductive treatment   Electromagnetic steel sheet for xEV drive motors (Nippon Steel Corporation)   The exhibited product w...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/06/06

cond quarter of 2024. In addition, the company plans to launch a second product in 2024, which will support fast charging.   SVOLT's flying stack technology, which employs thermal composite and laminate fusion technology for pole pieces, solves the problem of wrinkling caused by the tension of the separator during the lamination process by gluing and cutting the separator and pole piece in advance. The company also developed multi-cut and multi-...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/05/02

ysis cells. Cell stacks for water electrolysis equipment were on display at the venue. The exhibited product is a polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) water electrolysis cell using components of the solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) installed in the Mirai, and the shape of the bipolar plate (separator) is the same. The catalyst has been changed from platinum (Pt) to an iridium (Ir) material, but 90% of the cell parts and manufacturing proc...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/04/01

t the end of 2025. The plant will be capable of producing more than 10,000 tons of cathode materials per line and will produce high nickel NCMA (nickel-cobalt-manganese-aluminum) cathode materials for next-generation EV batteries.   The remaining two of the four major materials, electrolyte and separator, are classified as battery components and must be produced in North America in 2029 to reap the benefits of the IRA. With this background, K...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/01/10

ered to be one of the key technology routes for next-generation drive batteries, as they have advantages in terms of safety and energy density. All solid-state battery trends Performance advantages High safety performance: Suppresses the generation of lithium dendrites. No internal shorts due to separator damage. Batteries operate safely at temperatures as high as 150°C. Fast charging possible: Fast charging will not generate lithium dendri...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/12/25

ducts : Pouch-type LiB, LiB for ESS, BMS, BaaS (Battery-as-a-Service business: monitoring, charging, reuse, recycling. ・ LiB manufacturing sites : Seosan, Korea; U.S.; Hungary; Jiangsu Province, China SK Innovation, the parent company, started its battery business with the manufacture of LiB separators. The company started LiB production in 2015, and spun off its battery business, which became SK ON, in 2021. In July 2021, the company anno...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/11/01

Cell Development for the Batteries of Future Electric Vehicles Improving chemical composition to increase energy density, power output and reduce costs Summary Introduction ANODE & CATHODE AND SEPARATOR SOLID-STATE ELECTROLYTE LFP CELL SODIUM-ION BATTERY PRODUCTION PROCESSES SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK & OPINION   This report contains a Spotlight article from Springer's automotive technical magazine "ATZ" www.atz-magazine.com. and "MTZ" www.mtz-magazine...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/10/20

but photography of the sample products was not permitted, so only panels will be introduced. Hitachi Zosen all-solid-state batteries exhibit Display panel of the AS-LiB lineupDisplay panel of AS-LiB features and application developmentDisplay panel of Space AS-LiB   noco-noco Pte. Ltd.: Separator for lithium-ion battery X-SEPA exhibitCommercialization statusElectrolyte retentionX-SEPA-applied to Li metal rechargeable battery ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/10/04

ayed items Remarks Tokai Rika Co., Ltd.(Ohguchi Town, Niwa-gun, Aichi Prefecture) ・ ASIC・ Sensor External sales of ASICs and sensors F.C.C. Co., Ltd.(Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture) All solid state batteries, paper ceramics Papermaking and new materials technology Fuel cells (FC), FC separators Press technology ・ Liquid-cooled EV motor housing・ Thin wall heat sink Precision aluminum casting technology ・ EV motor・Rotor c...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/10/02