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Ultracapacitors for Stationary, Industrial, Consumer and Transport Energy Storage – an Industry, Technology and Market Analysis

May 2013 | 189 pages | ID: U754E28AE74EN
Innovative Research & Products, Inc

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Electrochemical double-layer capacitors (EDLCs or ECs), also known as supercapacitors or ultracapacitors, as well as their sister product, asymmetrical electrochemical double-layer capacitors (AEDLCs), are already mature technologies with a growing range of applications in electric vehicles, mobile phones, energy harvesting, renewable energy and other products of the future.

Supercapacitors have properties intermediate between those of batteries and traditional capacitors, but they are being improved more rapidly than either. That includes improvement in cost, and the cost reductions result in their use to enhance batteries and even to replace batteries and capacitors in an increasing number of applications, from renewable energy to microscopic electronics. For example, today a smart mobile phone may have better sound and flash that works at ten times the distance because a supercapacitor has taken over these functions from conventional capacitors.

For many applications, the relatively high cost of ECs is currently the primary reason they are not the energy storage technology of choice. Despite their high level of performance, these capacitors are simply too expensive to compete against the other available approaches. For some applications, potential users find ECs of interest but conclude that their energy density is too low. Hence, increasing energy density and lowering cost are the primary challenges facing EC developers. This must be done without sacrificing the high cycle life and exceptional high-rate performance that sets ECs apart from batteries

Between 2009 and 2013, much research has been done on the use of graphene in electrodes to boost energy storage and increase voltage in supercapacitors. These priority research directions for supercapacitors, if followed, should lead to major performance improvements in energy storage and voltage, keeping price objectives on top priority.

Two major forces will shape market dynamics that are quite favorable for technology adoption in the supercapacitors business:
  • rapidly advancing ultracapacitor technology, which will improve price/performance ratio; and
  • quickly evolving “green energy” applications for which the ultracapacitors are becoming key enabling technology.
In a few more years, ultracapacitors are expected to become a mainstream technology, along with established electrochemical battery energy storage. The market for ultracapacitor products is growing rapidly and becoming more diverse as new applications are developed and commercialized.

STUDY GOAL AND OBJECTIVES

This study focuses on key ultracapacitor products, the impact of new materials such as grapheme-based electrodes, carbide-derived carbon (CDC), ionic electrolytes, and new configurations such as lithium supercapacitors, nickel/carbon supercapacitors, asymetrical and hybrid supercapacitors. A major goal of the study is to provide the size and growth of the ultracapacitors markets, industry trends, company profiles, recent patents and review of new partnerships. Another goal of this report is to provide a detailed and comprehensive mult-client study of the markets in North America, Europe, Japan, China, Korea and the rest of the world (ROW) for ultracapacitors, as well as provide potential business opportunities in the future.

The objectives include thorough coverage of underlying economic issues driving the ultracapacitor business, as well as assessments of new, advanced ultracapacitors that nearly sixty companies are developing in 2013. Also covered are current legislative pressures for more safety and environmental protection, as well as users’ expectations for economical ultracapacitors. Another important objective is to provide realistic market data and forecasts for ultracapacitors through 2018.

Ultracapacitor users in developed markets must contend with twin pressures – to innovate and, at the same time, to reduce costs. Cost continues to be one of the main factors seriously restricting further propagation of supercapacitors. While being challenged by batteries and conventional capacitors, the product is slowly finding its way in various industries. In spite of the applicability of the supercapacitor from the technical standpoint, it will be always frowned on if the subsequent cost is high. Therefore the study also looks at the cost considerations of ultracapacitors in competition with other energy storage devices.

REASONS FOR DOING THE STUDY

New applications for ultracapacitors have been proposed in recent years. The popularity of these devices is due to their long cycle life and high power density relative to batteries. Ultracapacitors exhibit, in principle, unlimited cycle life and maintenance-free operation as an alternative to batteries in power circuits. New, promising applications for ultracapacitors are battery-less, low power, harvested wireless sensor networks, as well as pulse-power sources in fuel cell and hybrid vehicle applications and power tools. The pulse-power source provides peak power during acceleration and stores regenerative energy during braking in hybrid vehicles.

The ultracapacitor business is currently undergoing a major structural shift caused by several developments in nano-structured carbon, carbon nanotubes, low-cost graphitic carbon, barium titanate ceramic electrodes, nano-graphene platelet (NGP) electrodes, and research on new asymetricals (nickel hydroxides, ruthenium oxide) and new hybrid technologies (lithium-ion supercapacitors, or LICs, nickel carbon supercapacitors, and CDC-based electrodes, that challenge the status quo. These developments are targeted toward boosting the energy density and reducing cost to create preference for the products, with or without battery, among application engineers.

As prices of ultracapacitors drop, better commercial viability and growing dissatisfaction with existing energy storage solutions are expected to steer customers toward this emerging technology. Application in combination with large batteries, in stationary renewable energy power stations such as wind and solar, “green” mobile applications such as battery-less, short-range city buses running purely on supercaps, and in hybrid electric cars in combination with batteries, are a few strong areas of growth. This will be especially true as continuous product enhancements and value-added features such as on-line gaming and Wi-Fi accessibility in consumer electronics necessarily require more power. Multi-functionality is driving change in the energy storage landscape. The consumer electronics industry has changed drastically in the past few years. Portable devices are increasingly becoming multi-functional, not only in phones, which currently work for many purposes (e.g., making calls, sending SMS, internet navigation, email, video playing), but also in cameras and other devices as well. Supercapacitors fit well into the emerging energy storage landscape.

Demand from the industrial sector is also expected to increase. Heavy-lifting cranes and heavy usage in power tools are emerging applications of supercapacitors. Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs) and DC power systems are looking at incorporating ultracapacitors as the primary energy storage solution to boost power reliability. Small form factor supercapacitors are increasingly preferred for battery-less, ultra-low power wireless networks.

iRAP conducted a study on ultracapacitors in 2009. Since then, many new developments have taken place in technology, industry and markets, such as more new-generation electric and hybrid vehicles, new material technologies, and many new entrants to the market. Therefore, iRAP felt a need to conduct a detailed study in order to better understand both the technology and market dynamics. The report identifies and evaluates market potential in stationary, industrial, consumer and transport segments.

CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE STUDY

This study provides the most thorough and up-to-date assessment that can be found anywhere on the subject. The study also provides extensive quantification of the many important facets of market development taking place in ultracapacitors throughout the world. This, in turn, contributes to a determination of what kind of strategic response companies may adopt in order to compete in this dynamic market.

The study provides the most complete accounting of ultracapacitor market growth in North America, Europe, Japan, China, Korea and the rest of the world. The study also provides extensive quantification of the many important facets of market developments in emerging markets for stationary, industrial, consumer and transport energy storage. The study also covers new usage of ultracapacitors in automatic power metering, energy harvesting devices for wireless networking, and hard disc drives of notebooks. This quantification, in turn, contributes to the determination of what kinds of strategic responses suppliers may adopt in order to compete in these dynamic markets.

SCOPE AND FORMAT

The present survey focuses on four major markets – stationary energy storage, industrial energy storage, consumer electronics energy storage and transport energy storage. It also covers seven distinct technologies – activated carbon, hybrid/asymmetrical, pseudocapacitors, carbon aerogels, barium titanate, carbide derived carbon (CDC) and graphene/nanostructured carbon-based electrodes.

The market data contained in this report quantify opportunities for ultracapacitors. In addition to product types, this report also covers the many issues concerning the merits and future prospects of the ultracapacitor business, including corporate strategies, information technologies, and the means for providing these highly advanced product and service offerings.

The supply chain is of keen interest, including both carbon cloth and powder. The need for higher voltages per cell and automation are addressed. Lower raw materials prices are crucial to reaching price targets of $0.01 to $0.005 per farad by 2015.

This report also covers in detail the economic and technological issues regarded by many as critical to the industry’s current state of change. It provides a review of the ultracapacitor industry and its structure, and of the many companies involved in providing these products. The competitive positions of the main players in the market and the strategic options they face are also discussed, along with such competitive factors as marketing, distribution and operations.

TO WHOM THE STUDY CATERS

This study addresses the global market for electric double-layer carbon (EDLC) supercapacitors, which demonstrate the unique characteristic of having extremely high capacitance (in the farad range) in low voltage cells (1.2Vdc to 2.5Vdc in large quantities).

The study looks at this fledging market, the players, the technical challenges, and technical threats; the activated carbon supply chain; and the end markets in which these devices are consumed – stationary, industrial, consumer and transport energy storage. It further focuses on coin cells and large can supercapacitors and the rapid growth of large can designs in variable speed drives, and heavy trucks and buses.

Audiences for this study include marketing executives, business unit managers, and other decision makers in ultracapacitor companies, as well as in companies peripheral to this business.

The study will benefit existing manufacturers of capacitors who seek to expand revenues and market opportunities by moving to new technology such as ultracapacitors, which are positioned to become a preferred solution for many energy-storage and power-delivery applications. Also, this study will benefit users of ultracapacitors who deal with new power-hungry electronic products such as wireless communications devices, the increasing use of electric power in vehicles, and the growing demand for highly reliable, maintenance-free backup power. These demands are creating significant markets for new and improved energy-storage and power-delivery solutions. For example, sizing the primary power source to meet transient peak-power requirements, rather than average- power requirements, is costly and inefficient. Primary energy sources can be designed to be smaller, lighter and less costly if they are coupled with specialized power components, such as ultracapacitors, that can deliver or absorb brief bursts of high power on demand for periods of time ranging from fractions of a second to several minutes.

REPORT SUMMARY

Ultracapacitors, once a technological novelty, are now in mainstream and are showing significant sales volumes. The ultracapacitor industry is complex and fast-moving, with large variations in technology adopted, material composition and configuration. Around the world, consumers are demanding high power density as well as extremely long cycle life (although ultracapacitor energy density is small compared with that of batteries). Focusing on different market segments, manufacturers increasingly are adopting a truly global view of the market, attempting to achieve growth through company mergers and acquisitions and by implementing global strategies.

The ultracapacitor market is an attractive market characterized by very high production volumes of units that must be both extremely reliable and low in cost. At hundreds of millions of dollars, the market is still growing. This growth continues to be driven by increasing demands for these devices as energy storage in combination with battery in stationary renewable sources of energy like wind and solar power stations, transport vehicles such as green buses, heavy cranes, fuel cells, hybrid vehicles, industrial systems, power tools and consumer electronics. Existing products will continue to find new applications, and new products will emerge to improve functionality.

There are four major markets where ultracapacitors are needed, each having its own specific requirements. These are stationary, industrial, consumer and transport energy storage power management. A wide range of ultracapacitor applications, such as uninterruptible power supplies, clean energy, backup power and automobiles, will see market growth.
  • The stationary energy storage market needs ultracapacitors for short duration applications of energy storage, which are characterized by the need for high power for short periods of time. These include power quality ride-through applications, power stabilization, adjustable speed drive support, temporary support of distributed resources during load steps, voltage flicker mitigation and many other applications. Most of these will involve anywhere from only a few seconds of energy storage up to 20 minutes or so. Other applications are: backup power (uninterruptible power supply) and power management systems used in distributed generation and wind and solar energy generating stations.
  • The industrial market needs ultracapacitors for power quality, handling power surges and short-term power loss. Since electricity is transmitted at 60Hz or 120Hz, this market also needs high-frequency devices, based on aqueous electrodes, on a much larger scale.
  • The consumer electronics and computer market needs small high-frequency devices in order to reduce battery size.
  • Based on potential volumes, the transportation industry represents the largest market opportunity for ultracapacitors. The transport energy storage market wants to use ultracapacitors as load-leveling devices with batteries in electric and hybrid vehicles. Transportation applications include braking energy recuperation and torque augmentation systems for hybrid-electric buses, trucks and autos and electric rail vehicles, vehicle power network smoothing and stabilization, engine starting systems for internal combustion vehicles, and burst power for idle stop-start systems.
Emerging applications, including increasing use of electric power in vehicles, wireless communication systems and growing demand for highly reliable, maintenance-free, backup power for telecommunication information technology and industrial installations are creating significant opportunities for more efficient and reliable energy storage and power delivery products.

The ultracapacitor business is currently undergoing a major structural shift caused by several developments in nanostructured carbon, carbon nanotubes, low-cost graphitic carbon, barium titanate ceramic electrodes and nano-graphene platelets (NGP) electrodes. Research on new asymmetrical ultracapacitors (nickel hydroxides, ruthenium oxide) and new hybrid technologies – lithium-ion supercapacitors (LIC) and nickel carbon supercapacitors – challenges the status quo. The high capacitance associated with graphene appears to be an edge effect, and it is predicted that by 2018, cost-effective manufacturing of grapheme-based electrodes will be a reality.

The report has estimated the markets according to applications, form factors and regions. In terms of the industry structure, there are more than sixty companies involved in the development and manufacturing of ultracapacitors, and there is a surprising range of products available. The study also identified a dozen electrode material/finished electrode suppliers.

While in 2013, industrial applications such as large uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), OEM equipment, cranes, electric forklifts, power tools, AGVs, clean tech for commercial and other industrial uses constitute the largest application, by 2018 hybridized transportation energy storage application (autos, trains, transit vehicles, buses, trucks), power device net, HEVs and Evs will have the largest share.

In terms of size (form factor), large-sized rectangular or cylindrical jelly-rolled, more than ten farad up to 5000 farad, sold as single cells or in modules or in banks with varying voltage and farad requirements will have the largest share and will continue to hold on the share during the forecast period.

Major findings of this report are:

In 2013, the global market is estimated to reach US$625 million, and it is expected to grow to over US$1.4 billion by 2018. The compound annual average growth rate (CAGR) is estimated to be 17.5% from 2013 to 2018.

North America will continue to maintain its share in the next five years. North American market will be followed by Japan, China, Europe and Korea. China and Korea will see larger growth rates of above 20% annually.

From 2013 to 2018, transportation applications, which are mostly automotive applications, will show the highest growth rate, followed by stationary energy including sources storage for renewable energy power, consumer electronics and industrial applications.
INTRODUCTION

STUDY GOAL AND OBJECTIVES
REASONS FOR DOING THE STUDY
CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE STUDY
SCOPE AND FORMAT
METHODOLOGY
INFORMATION SOURCES
WHOM THE STUDY CATERS TO AUTHOR’S CREDENTIALS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

SUMMARY TABLE - GLOBAL MARKET FOR ULTRACAPACITORS BY APPLICATION, 2013 AND 2018
SUMMARY FIGURE - ILLUSTRATION OF GLOBAL MARKET FOR ULTRACAPACITORS, BY APPLICATION, 2013 AND 2018

INDUSTRY OVERVIEW

BACKGROUND AND DEVELOPMENT OF ULTRACAPACITORS
TYPES AND APPLICATIONS
TABLE 1 - BROAD APPLICATION AREAS AND POSSIBLE ENERGY/POWER FUNCTIONS OF ULTRACAPACITORS
TABLE 2 - BROAD APPLICATION AREAS AND POPULARLY USED ULTRACAPACITORS
MARKET DOMAINS
TABLE 3 - APPLICATIONS OF ULTRACAPACITORS BY MARKET DOMAIN
STATIONARY ENERGY STORAGE
  Stationary Substation Battery Replacement
    Substation Battery Replacement for Long Duration Outages
    Mitigating Electric Service Voltage Fluctuations Produced by Pulsing Customer Loads
  Distributed Generation
  Wind Energy Storage
  Solar Power
INDUSTRIAL ENERGY STORAGE
  Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS)
  OEM Equipment
  OEM Equipment Retrofits
  Telecommunication
  Electric Fork Trucks
TABLE 4 - BATTERY COST V/S ULTRACAPACITOR COST COMPARISON IN CLASS-1 LIFT TRUCKS
  Rubber-Tire Gantry Cranes (RTGCs)
FIGURE 1 - TYPICAL LOAD CYCLE OF RUBBER-TIRED GANTRY CRANE
  Power Tools
CONSUMER ELECTRONICS ENERGY STORAGE
  Computer Solid State Drives (SSDs)
  Mobile Phone Camera Flash and Power Management
  Automotive Meter Reading
  Other Consumer Applications
    Toys
    Home Appliances (Small UPS)
    Office Equipment
  Energy Harvesting for Wireless Sensor Networking (WSN)
FIGURE 2 -APPLICATION OF ULTRACAPACITORS IN VIBRATIONAL ENERGY HARVESTING WIRELESS SENSORS NETWORK MODULE
TRANSPORT ENERGY STORAGE
  Distributed Power
  Power Actuators
MARKET SEGMENTS
  Storage of Regenerated Braking Energy in HEVs, PHEVs, EVs
  Auto Engine Cranking Engines
  Power Backup for Electromechanical Brakes of Hybrid Passenger Cars
  Capture of Regenerated Braking Energy in Heavy Duty Trucks, Transit Buses and Delivery Vans
  Capture of Regenerated Braking Energy in Electric Trains/Trams
  Boardnet Stabilization, 42V Distributed Pwer Modules in High End Cars
  Integrated Starting Alternators
  Integration With Fuel Cells
  Integration with Battery-Hybrid Battery/Ultracapacitor Combination
FIGURE 3 -FUNCTIONING OF AN ULTRACAPACITOR USED WITH A BATTERY
FIGURE 4 - FUNCTIONING OF AN ULTRACAPACITOR, BATTERY AND BUCK-BOOST CONVERTER IN REGENERATING BRAKING ENERGY IN TRANSPORT SYSTEMS
TABLE 5 - TARGET PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS OF ULTRACAPACITORS – DOE GUIDELINES
  Hybrid Battery/Ultracap Combination with Electric Steering, Electromechanical Braking, and LED Front Lighting
FIGURE 5 - ILLUSTRATION OF ULTRACAPACITORS USED IN A 42V SYSTEM TO MEET SPECIFICATIONS IN PASSENGER CARS

LITHIUM BATTERIES AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO ULTRACAPACITORS - COST AND BUSINESS ISSUES

  Cost Issues
COST OF MATERIALS
TABLE 6 - TYPICAL PRICE STRUCTURE OF LARGE-FORMAT ULTRACAPACITORS AND UNIT CELL
COST COMPARISON
CHALLENGE FROM LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES
TABLE 7-COMPARISON OF ULTRACAPACITORS AND LI-ION BATTERIES
CASE STUDY –TAVRIMA CANADA INC.
MARKET SIZE AND SHARE
TABLE 8 SUMMARY OF GLOBAL MARKET SIZE AND PERCENTAGE SHARE FOR ULTRACAPACITORS BY APPLICATION, 2013 AND 2018
FIGURE 6- SUMMARY OF GLOBAL MARKET FOR ULTRACAPACITORS BY APPLICATION, 2013 AND 2018
STATIONARY ENERGY STORAGE
TABLE 9 -GLOBAL MARKET SIZE/PERCENTAGE SHARE FOR ULTRACAPACITORS, BY CATEGORY OF STATIONARY APPLICATIONS
INDUSTRIAL ENERGY STORAGE
TABLE 10 - GLOBAL MARKET SIZE/PERCENTAGE SHARE FOR ULTRACAPACITORS BY CATEGORY OF INDUSTRIAL ENERGY STORAGE APPLICATIONS
CONSUMER ELECTRONICS ENERGY STORAGE
TABLE 11 - GLOBAL MARKET SIZE/PERCENTAGE SHARE FOR ULTRACAPACITORS BY APPLICATION IN CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
TRANSPORT ENERGY STORAGE
TABLE 12 - GLOBAL MARKET SIZE/PERCENTAGE SHARE FOR ULTRACAPACITORS BY APPLICATION IN TRANSPORT ENERGY STORAGE
KEY POINTS IN TRANSPORT ENERGY STORAGE
AREAS FOR POTENTIAL GROWTH IN TRANSPORT ENERGY STORAGE
  Hybrid Transit Buses, Postal Vans, Urban Shuttles Delivery Vans and Heavy Hybrid Vehicles
  Hybrid cars
  Integrated Starting Alternators
MARKET SIZE BY REGION
TABLE 13 - GLOBAL MARKET SIZE/PERCENTAGE SHARE FOR ULTRACAPACITORS BY REGION, 2013 AND 2018
FIGURE 7 - REGIONAL PERCENTAGES OF MARKET SHARE FOR ULTRACAPACITORS, 2013 AND 2018
MARKET SIZE BY ULTRACAPACITOR FORM FACTOR
TABLE 14 - GLOBAL MARKET SIZE/PERCENTAGE SHARE FOR ULTRACAPACITORS BY SIZE, 2013 AND 2018
FIGURE 8 - GLOBAL MARKET SIZE/PERCENTAGE SHARE FOR ULTRACAPACITORS BY SIZE, 2013 AND 2018
MARKET SIZE BY TECHNOLOGY
TABLE 15 - GLOBAL MARKET SIZE/PERCENTAGE SHARE FOR ULTRACAPACITORS BY TECHNOLOGY, 2013 AND 2018
FIGURE 9 - GLOBAL MARKET SIZE/PERCENTAGE SHARE FOR ULTRACAPACITORS BY TECHNOLOGY, 2013 AND 2018

ULTRACAPACITOR TECHNOLOGIES AND PRODUCTS

DEFINITIONS
BASIC ASPECTS OF ULTRACAPACITOR TECHNOLOGY
ULTRACAPACITORS VS. BATTERIES
  Ultracapacitors vs. Lithium-Ion Batteries
ULTRACAPACITORS VS. CAPACITORS
TABLE 16 - COMPARISON OF ULTRACAPACITOR AND BATTERY CHARACTERISTICS
FIGURE 10 - RAGONE PLOTS FOR AN ARRAY OF ENERGY STORAGE AND ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES
ADVANTAGES AND LIMITATIONS OF ULTRACAPACITORS
WORKING OF A TYPICAL SYMMETRIC EDLC (PURE EDLC USING AQUEOUS ELECTRIC DOUBLE-LAYER CAPACITOR)
CURRENT MATERIALS FOR ULTRACAPACITORS
TABLE 17 - CURRENT MATERIALS USED IN ELECTRIC DOUBLE-LAYER CAPACITORS (EDLCS) BY TECHNOLOGY, 2013
EMERGING MATERIALS: CARBON NANOTUBE ULTRACAPACITORS
FIGURE 11- EMERGING MATERIALS STRATEGIES AIMED AT INCREASING CAPACITANCE AND VOLTAGE IN ULTRACAPACITORS
TABLE 18 - EMERGING MATERIALS USED IN EDLCS
SIZING OF ULTRACAPACITORS
FIGURE 12 - INTERNAL CONSTRUCTION OF CYLINDRICAL ULTRACAPACITOR SINGLE CELLS
FIGURE 13 - ELECTRODE, SEPARATOR AND ELECTROLYTE INTERACTION IN A CYLINDRICAL ULTRACAPACITOR
SIZING ACCORDING TO POWER
  Low Voltage (Less than 10V)
FIGURE 14 - DIFFERENT FORM FACTORS OF COMMERCIAL ULTRACAPACITORS
High Voltage (More than 10V)
  Very Low Voltage 2.7 volt
SIZING ACCORDING TO SHAPES
  Compact Cells
TABLE 19 - TYPICAL SIZES OF COMPACT ULTRACAPACITOR CELLS
  Coin Type
TABLE 20 - TYPICAL SIZES OF COIN ULTRACAPACITOR CELLS
  Large-Size Module
ULTRACAPACITORS IN SERIES
FIGURE 15 - ULTRACAPACITOR CELLS IN SERIES TO FORM A MODULE
  Modular Configurations
TABLE 21 - TYPICAL SIZES OF LARGE-SIZE MODULES OF ULTRACAPACITOR CELLS
QUALIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS FOR ULTRACAPACITORS

INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

TABLE 22 - ULTRACAPACITOR PRODUCT LINE REFERENCE, 2013
TABLE 23 - ULTRACAPACITORS-RELATED PARTS SUPPLIERS, MANUFACTURERS, SYSTEM INTEGRATORS PRODUCT LINE REFERENCE
RAW MATERIAL SUPPLIERS
MARKET DYNAMICS
MARKET DYNAMICS IN THE TRANSPORT SEGMENT
  Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs)
  Suppliers
  Small medium enterprises
COMPETITION AND MARKET TRENDS
ALLIANCES
TABLE 24 - ACQUISITIONS AND MERGERS OF COMPANIES MANUFACTURING ULTRACAPACITORS, 2009 TO JANUARY 2013
RANKING OF MARKET PLAYERS
TABLE 25 TOP MANUFACTURERS OF ULTRACAPACITORS FOR TRANSPORT ENERGY STORAGE IN 2013

PATENTS AND PATENT ANALYSIS

LIST OF PATENTS
ELECTRODE FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE WITH MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS ACTIVATED CARBON PARTICLES
METHOD OF PROCESSING HIGH VOLTAGE CAPACITORS
ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE
ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE HAVING A COLLECTOR PLATE
METHOD OF PRODUCING NANO-SCALED GRAPHENE AND INORGANIC PLATELETS AND THEIR NANOCOMPOSITES
SPACER-MODIFIED NANO GRAPHENE ELECTRODES FOR SUPERCAPACITORS
METHOD OF PRODUCING NANO-SCALED INORGANIC PLATELETS
PRODUCTION OF CHEMICALLY FUNCTIONALIZED NANO GRAPHENE MATERIALS
MASS PRODUCTION OF PRISTINE NANO GRAPHENE MATERIALS
PROCESS FOR PRODUCING DISPERSIBLE AND CONDUCTIVE NANO GRAPHENE PLATELETS FROM NON-OXIDIZED GRAPHITIC MATERIALS
LOW-TEMPERATURE METHOD OF PRODUCING NANO-SCALED GRAPHENE PLATELETS AND THEIR NANOCOMPOSITES
PROCESS FOR PRODUCING DISPERSIBLE NANO GRAPHENE PLATELETS FROM OXIDIZED GRAPHITE
METHOD OF CHARGING DOUBLE ELECTRIC LAYER ELECTROCHEMICAL CAPACITORS
MULTI ELECTRODE SERIES CONNECTED ARRANGEMENT SUPERCAPACITOR
CONDUCTIVE ELECTRODE USING CONDUCTING METAL OXIDE FILM WITH NETWORK STRUCTURE OF NANOGRAINS AND NANOPARTICLES, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF AND SUPERCAPACITOR USING THE SAME
DRY PARTICLE BASED ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE PRODUCT
METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ELECTRODE OR CAPACITOR PRODUCT
ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES WITH SEPARATOR BETWEEN ELECTRODES AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING THE DEVICES
METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ELECTRODE PRODUCT
CAPACITOR START-UP APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH FAIL-SAFE SHORT CIRCUIT PROTECTION
GRAPHITE-CARBON COMPOSITE ELECTRODE FOR SUPERCAPACITORS
METHOD OF PRODUCING NANO-SCALED GRAPHENE AND INORGANIC PLATELETS AND THEIR NANOCOMPOSITES
PROCESS FOR PRODUCING NANO-SCALED GRAPHENE PLATELET NANOCOMPOSITE ELECTRODES FOR SUPERCAPACITORS
ELECTRODE FOR USE WITH DOUBLE ELECTRIC LAYER ELECTROCHEMICAL CAPACITORS HAVING HIGH SPECIFIC PARAMETERS
POWER SUPPLY THAT USES A SUPERCAPACITIVE DEVICE
ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE
THERMAL INTERCONNECTS FOR COUPLING ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES
METHOD FOR FABRICATING SELF-ALIGNING ELECTRODE
MULTI ELECTRODE SERIES CONNECTED ARRANGEMENT SUPERCAPACITOR
METHOD OF PRODUCING EXFOLIATED GRAPHITE, FLEXIBLE GRAPHITE, AND NANO-SCALED GRAPHENE PLATELETS
ACTIVE VOLTAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE
ULTRACAPACITOR ELECTRODE WITH CONTROLLED SULFUR CONTENT
METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A CURRENT COLLECTOR FOR A DOUBLE ELECTRIC LAYER CAPACITOR
DRY PARTICLE BASED ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE PRODUCT
PARTICLE BASED ELECTRODES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME
NANO-SCALED GRAPHENE PLATELETS WITH A HIGH LENGTH-TO-WIDTH ASPECT RATIO
TERMINAL CONNECTOR
MASS PRODUCTION OF NANO-SCALED PLATELETS AND PRODUCTS
CONTINIOUS PRODUCTION OF EXFOLIATED GRAPHITE COMPOSITE COMPOSITIONS AND FLOW FIELD PLATES
NANO-SCALED GRAPHENE PLATE-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME
NANO-SCALED GRAPHENE PLATE NANOCOMPOSITES FOR SUPERCAPACITOR ELECTRODES
METHOD OF MAKING AND ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE FOR AN ULTRACAPACITOR ELECTRODE APPARATUS
HIGHLY CONDUCTIVE NANO-SCALED GRAPHENE PLATE NANOCOMPOSITES
ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE
ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE HAVING A SEPARATOR BLOCKING PARASITIC IONS
THERMAL INTERCONNECTION FOR CAPACITOR SYSTEMS
SELF ALIGNING ELECTRODE
COUPLING OF CELL TO HOUSING
WET ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR
POWER SUPPLY
ELECTRODE FOR ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER CAPACITOR (EDLC), MANUFACTURING METHOD, EDKLC AND CONDUCTIVE ADHESIVE
CURRENT COLLECTOR FOR A DOUBLE ELECTRIC LAYER CAPACITOR
ELECTRODE AND CURRENT COLLECTOR FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL CAPACITOR
WET ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS
METHOD OF MAKING, APPARATUS, AND ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURING FOR AN ELECTRODE TERMINATION CONTACT INTERFACE
ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER CAPACITOR, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM USING THE SAME
PROCESS OF PRODUCING ACTIVATED CARBON FOR ELECTRODE OF ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER CAPACITOR
METHOD OF MAKING A MULTI-ELECTRODE DOUBLE LAYER CAPACITOR HAVING HERMETIC ELECTROLYTE SEAL
ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER CAPACITOR UTILIZING A MULTI-LAYER ELECTRODE STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER CAPACITOR AND ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION THEREFOR
ULTRACAPACITOR MODULE ASSEMBLY DESIGN
ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM
DENSIFICATION OF COMPRESSIBLE LAYERS DURING ELECTRODE LAMINATION
CHARGE STORAGE DEVICE
COMPOSITION FOR POLYELECTROLYTES, POLYELECTROLYTES, EDLC AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY CELLS
ELECTRIC DOUBLE-LAYER CAPACITOR
ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER CAPACITOR
PRETREATED POROUS ELECTRODE
ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER CAPACITOR
ELECTROLYTE FOR AN ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE
PATENT ANALYSIS
TABLE 26 - NUMBER OF US PATENTS GRANTED TO COMPANIES IN THE ULTRACAPACITOR (EDLC) DESIGN CATEGORY FROM 2008 THROUGH DECEMBER 2012
FIGURE 16 - NUMBER OF US PATENTS GRANTED TO TOP COMPANIES IN THE ULTRACAPACITOR (EDLC) DESIGN CATEGORY FROM 2008 THROUGH DECEMBER 2012
INTERNATIONAL OVERVIEW OF U.S. PATENT ACTIVITY IN ULTRACAPACITORS
TABLE 27 - NUMBER OF US PATENTS GRANTED FOR ULTRACAPACITORS BY ASSIGNED COUNTRY/REGION FROM JANUARY 2008 THROUGH DECEMBER 2012
METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRODE PLATE GROUP UNIT FOR LITHIUM-ION CAPACITOR, AND LITHIUM-ION CAPACITOR
CONDUCTIVE GRAPHENE POLYMER BINDER FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL ELECTRODES
MASS PRODUCTION OF PRISTINE NANO GRAPHENE MATERIALS
MESOPOROUS METAL OXIDE GRAPHENE NANOCOMPOSITE
GRAPHENE/RU NANO-COMPOSITE MATERIAL FOR SUPERCAPACITOR AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF
ULTRACAPACITORS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING
METHOD FOR PREPARING GRAPHENE-BASED FLEXIBLE SUPER CAPACITOR AND ELECTRODE MATERIAL THEREOF
ELECTRODE MATERIAL AND CAPACITOR
ELECTRIC DOUBLE-LAYER CAPACITOR
GRAPHENE/RU NANO-COMPOSITE MATERIAL FOR SUPERCAPACITOR AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF

COMPANY PROFILES

ADA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
ADVANCED CAPACITOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (ACT JAPAN)
VINA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD./VINATECH KOREA
WIMA
YUNASKO LTD.

START MATERIAL SUPPLIERS

ANGSTRON MATERIALS INC.
GRAPHENE ENERGY INC.
XG SCIENCES
Y-CARBON, INC.


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