Li-ion rechargeable battery nickel-cadmium Digital Camcorder Battery bloom cheerfully widening gap

Li-ion rechargeable battery nickel-cadmium Digital Camcorder Battery bloom cheerfully widening gap
FreedoniaGroup market research firm, said, cell phones, PDAs and emerging wireless devices in the next five years will be to promote the growth of rechargeable battery market. The world of non-rechargeable lead-acid batteries sold in 2006 from 2001 to 101 billion dollars to 162 billion U.S. dollars. In the U.S., rechargeable Digital Camera Battery market in 2005 from 2001 to 25 billion dollars to 42 billion U.S. dollars.
Freedonia analyst KenLong said the growth in demand for rechargeable batteries is that notebook computers, handheld computers and mobile phones such as the popularity of portable electronic equipment. He pointed out that the use of digital cameras and multi-function handheld Canon Battery computers and other power-electronic products will increase battery. Most of these applications use lithium-ion batteries.
Long said the lithium-ion batteries will be the product of choice in many applications because such products can provide a longer working hours. However, lithium-polymer battery will also get some market share because the battery is flexible, portable devices can be made a special space.
Long pointed out that in 2001, 34% of rechargeable batteries are lithium-ion Canon BP-208, Canon BP-511 battery. In 2005, this figure will increase to 45%. Lithium-polymer battery market share from 2000 to about 2% to 10%.
Used in electric tools, and some low-end portable electronic devices nickel-cadmium batteries will lose market share. In 2000, nickel-cadmium batteries can be Chong Chongdian battery market accounted for 35% of the market. By 2005, nickel-cadmium battery market share will drop to 16%. For low-end mobile phones and handheld game consoles nickel-metal hydride batteries will maintain 15% market share.
On the Sanyo, Panasonic, Toshiba, and Rayovac batteries and other manufacturers, the main challenge is the production of smaller batteries and increase battery life. Another problem is to reduce the battery charging time.
Earlier this year, Rayovac Corporation announced the I-C3 technology. Just 15 minutes Canon LP-E5, Canon NB-1LH of this technology can be finished for the battery charge power. The technology to put the battery charge function, rather than inside the charger. In this way, the battery charging time is not only short and full power. This battery can be charged 1,000 times. However, the price of the battery than the battery does not use this technique more expensive.
600 million yuan Smart power battery production base for foundation
Recently, the Scud smart power battery production base at the commencement ceremony at the cauda equina was held fast an Scud Industrial Park. According to reports, Scud smart power batteries total Investment 6 million yuan, the construction area of 18 million square meters. After the completion of annual production capacity laptop battery, power battery 2.6 million, 3.5 million mobile phone machine, put into operation can be realized an increase of 2 billion yuan sales revenue. Scud company was founded in Canon NB-2L, Canon NB-2LH 1997, the registered capital of 10 million U.S. dollars, is the battery industry, one of the most brand value.
Alloy hydrogen by adding water, low cost, pure hydrogen zero emission vehicle is not a dream
The United States, "Science Daily" website recently reported that U.S. scientists have developed a method of adding water to the aluminum gallium alloy to produce pure hydrogen for fuel cells or internal combustion engine-driven, day or permit to replace the gasoline engine, to create a pure hydrogen zero-pollution cars.
Reported that the United States Purdue University researchers believe that this pure hydrogen fuel can be used for portable emergency generators, lawn mower, and electronic chain saws, etc., in theory, can also be used to replace the cars and trucks, gasoline engine, or used to drive hydrogen fuel cells. Engineering professor at Purdue University Energy Canon NB-3L, Canon NB-4L Center Gore said: "This is a more feasible idea. This idea is very simple, but never practiced."
Developed this method the United States Purdue University engineering professor Ng Doyle said: "Once the hydrogen fuel cell starts to spread, even if the cost of half a kilo of aluminum for a dollar, and our fuel can still be with the three dollars a gallon of gasoline to compete. "
Electric vehicle batteries the day a price higher frequency so that the public is difficult Cheng
Recently, lead a strong price rise in order to lead as the main raw material, but also electric vehicles most commonly used lead-acid battery prices have also followed up. Reporter yesterday visited the market, found that after the Spring Festival, the local market price of electric bicycle battery is up 10% to 15%. The distributor has also received notification of manufacturer: electric vehicle batteries will be an increase recently.
The most commonly used lead-acid electric vehicle batteries as the main raw materials of lead, Canon NB-5H, Canon NB-5L lead prices rose along with it. Evening News Changliang map
People: a kind of battery in a day, up too far too soon to
"A few days ago, my electric vehicle batteries stolen, and 14 to maritime East wholesale markets to buy electric cars, but no too expensive to buy, would like to find a cheap, did not think up the next day, and each Block rose more than 6 batteries. on the third day to go, each block of the battery has gone up Canon NB-6L more than 10 pieces Casio Battery. "Members of the public, Mr. Shin said that the battery is also up too fast, and price increases the frequency people unbearable.
Dealer: Spring Festival has been up after the recent would rise about
Yesterday morning, sailing East electric vehicles wholesale distributor Ms. Qin said, after the Spring Festival, the electric car battery prices have been rising, the wholesale price of each cell transferred from the more than 130 yuan on a 150 yuan, or 10% to 15%, manufacturers has informed the near future will be an increase.
It is understood that production of electric vehicle battery lead is the main raw material, accounting for up to 70% or so. Lead in price from more than 10,000 yuan per ton last year, increased to 17,000 yuan per tonne now. An electric car manufacturers say that, in 2006, the Casio NP-100, Casio NP-20 battery prices have raised three times, and now lead prices, the battery price increases are taken for granted.
Ms. Qin way to predict future price movements, the battery: "Battery prices will definitely not down to the end of this year, the battery prices will rise even higher. By then, electric cars will reach a higher price."
Distribution of electric vehicle parts, said Mr. Ban, who so far have not prices, but the manufacturer has received notice of the battery price will be adjusted in the near future.
Markets: no significant change in prices of electric cars
Press survey found that, although the battery price has been increased, but the electric car market, there is no significant change in the overall price. "The market is too competitive pressures, merchants are in price competition, how will higher prices then!" An electric car sales, said the owner of Miss Song, but does not rule out the battery prices have gone up with the speed too fast, resulting in electric car prices . "Currently, many electric cars dealers are in the wait stage, to see the market trend."
The road to fuel cells? Experts feel the pulse of your direction! Casio NP-30, Casio NP-40, Casio NP-L7
Taiwan's ITRI IEK for direct methanol fuel cell (DirectMethanolFuelCell, DMFC) research report published by Market, although the direct methanol fuel cell with high energy density, the future potential applications well received by good, but at this stage still can not replace lithium batteries In the application of 4C products, mainly in its high price difficult to reconcile with the current widely used secondary battery match.
IEK industry analysts are like Jin said, the semiconductor industry Moore's Law (Moore'sLaw) to say that every 1.5 to 2 years will increase the effectiveness of a semiconductor-fold, while the increase in recent years, battery technology is only about 9% per year is expected mobile phone and other portable The power consumption of electronic products will be substantially leap forward, while the lithium-ion battery performance of simultaneous breakthroughs in the theory has its limits, making electronic products will have a large energy gaps between supply and demand; and direct methanol fuel cell can exceed the energy density of 1,000 Wh / kg , in order to bring about the future high-performance portable DSLR Battery Grip power solutions.
Portable fuel cell system at this stage in order to DMFC technology-based applied to 4C products to Japan, Korea and electronics industry's most active, while the U.S. portable fuel cell maker is more of a military use for the initial applications. Just like Jin said, DMFC systems can be divided into four parts, one for the fuel cell body (from a few pieces FuelCell stack into the Stack), the other for the peripheral devices (components of main components are: responsible for transport of methanol fuel Pump, and the control of oxygen, CO2, heat and out of the Fan, Blower, and monitoring of methanol concentration sensors ... and so the fuel supply and water and thermal management components). Third, the power control system (including power conversion, energy management control, humidity control, load control components, etc.), four fuel supply system (mainly constitute the components of a mixture of methanol fuel tanks and pure water tanks).
Present DMFC system costs, Stack ontology approximately 7 ~ 80%, one of the most Canon BG-E2N Battery Grip crucial parts of MEA (including the gas diffusion layer GDL, Membrane, Electrodes), cost accounting for about Stack cost 1 / 2, while the MEA cost of about Qi Cheng is a layer of precious metal from the electrode catalyst material. Just like Jin said that as a direct methanol fuel cell system involves many materials and the operation of peripheral components and related industries on the downstream from the fuel supply to the system application, covering many areas.
Just like Jin also pointed out that in the 4C with the commercialization of DMFC product has not yet before the cell stack or battery (Stack) of the upstream materials and key components of the market pioneer, because of its direct methanol fuel cell's fuel efficiency and energy density there are a big impact, so the entire fuel cell industry occupies a pivotal position, the main profit source for the current industry.
In order to function as if the fuel cell system CPU of the MEA, its product gross margin in excess of 50%, so it attracted many European and North American manufacturer of professional materials into this area; but because of the size of the downstream application market is still small, the M & A activity among manufacturers in recent years, are also common. As the market barriers to entry are relatively high, at this stage the upper reaches of the key fuel cell materials and components controlled by a small number of large international companies, such as JohnsonMatthy, Dupont, Toray other hand, it belongs to oligopoly market structure. If these alone Nafionembrane markets, Dupont are entitled to high monopoly profits.
Just like Jin said that although the fuel cell industry is currently present oligopoly situation Canon BG-E3 Battery Grip, Canon BG-E5 Battery Grip in the upper reaches of the supply chain, but not in price competition among firms as a means, but through innovative R & D to make its own product technology upgrade to meet the changing portable consumer electronics product demand.
Although the direct methanol fuel cell with high energy density, but at this stage still can not replace lithium batteries in the application of 4C products, mainly because of the acquisition cost of the fuel cell except expensive, consumers can not easily give up almost for free while charging the secondary battery to spend money to purchase additional boxes unfavorable factors such as fuel, the fuel cell can not be an immediate increase in Feed-in the amount of fuel to match the changes in peak load demand for electricity is also a problem.
In addition, at low temperature (0 ℃ below) can not start the fuel cell environment, we must help the battery as the main power supply. Therefore, 4C into the early commercialization of fuel-cell stage, will be paired together with the lithium battery hybrid system (HybridSystem), by a lithium battery peak electricity demand, while other fuel cells, a continuous supply of electricity; or when the power outlet can not be used, the fuel cell can serve as ACAdaptor or battery charger function.
Just like Jin stated that at the beginning stage, fuel cells and lithium batteries will be complementary goods, rather than a substitute product. The future, until fuel cell technology is more mature, simple fuel cell system can be integrated in 4C-product, and in full by 4C system power supply. Is expected in 2010, Canon BG-E6 Battery Grip, Canon EOS 20D Battery Grip, the fuel cell alone power supply the products 4C can there be a significant development.