- Nobel Prize in Chemistry Honors Work on Lithium-Ion Batteries - BATTERY POWER BRIEF | This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry to three scientists — John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino — for their development of lightweight lithium-ion batteries. more..
- Sandwich-Style Sulfur Electrode Improves Energy Density - BATTERY POWER NEWS | Researchers from the Beijing Institute of Technology have created a sandwich-structured electrode using a novel material that could make high capacity lithium sulfur batteries a reality. more..
- Explosive: How to Qualify Battery Safety And Prevent Failures - BATTERY POWER INSIGHTS | With increasing frequency, we hear about lithium ion battery explosions on the news. It is imperative for companies to have a risk mitigation strategy. more..
- Tesla May Soon Have a Battery That Can Last a Million Miles - BATTERY POWER BRIEF | Elon Musk promised Tesla would soon have a million-mile battery, more than double what drivers can expect today. A new paper suggests he wasn't exaggerating. more..
- Lithium Ion Batteries and the Future of Grid-Scale Energy Storage - BATTERY POWER INSIGHTS | Roger Lin believes batteries—particularly lithium ion—may hold the power to salvage our electrical grid. Lin, who is the Vice President of Marketing at NEC Energy Solutions, recently spoke with Battery Power Online about his vision for the future of batteries. more..
- Thermal Runaway: Understanding the Fundamentals to Ensure Safer Batteries - BATTERY POWER INSIGHTS | Lithium-ion battery thermal runaway occurs when a cell, or area within the cell, achieves elevated temperatures due to thermal failure, mechanical failure, internal/external short circuiting, and electrochemical abuse. William Walker is working to unravel the fundamentals of this explosive process. more..
- Ironing Out the Technical Details of Fe-ion Batteries - BATTERY POWER NEWS | Recently, a group of physics researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in Chennai, India, have proposed and filed a patent on a new multivalent-ion battery based on iron. The basic idea is that iron ions, rather than the lithium ions in a convention lithium-ion battery, are inserted into and… more..
- Lithium-ion Batteries: “Rare Earth” vs Supply Chain Availability - BATTERY POWER INSIGHTS | There are recurring fears about running out of lithium, something that is keeping investors who anxiously eyeball emerging sectors like energy storage, on the sidelines. Part of this misconception is due to the freewheeling use of the phrase “rare earth materials” which often looms over discussions about lithium-ion chemistry and the… more..
- What the Fluoride-Ion Battery ‘Breakthrough’ Really Means BATTERY POWER NEWS | Scientists from Honda Research Institute, together with researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), recently achiev...
- Department of Transportation Releases New Rule On Transport Of Lithium Batteries BATTERY POWER NEWS | On March 6, the Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration released an interim final rule on enhanced safety provisions for transporting l...
- High-Energy Lithium Metal Battery Ready for Prime Time BATTERY POWER INSIGHTS | After several years quietly developing its metallic lithium anode technology to more than 500 watt-hours per kilogram to large format scale, Sion Power Corporation is ready to...
- The Impact of New Lithium Battery Transport Rules BATTERY POWER INSIGHTS | New U.S. rules for transporting lithium batteries became official in March, further prohibiting the transport of lithium-ion cells or batteries on aircraft and adding addition...
- Case Study: Real World Battery Failure Prediction BATTERY POWER INSIGHTS | Batteries have been tested for performance for many years. The need for rigorous performance testing accelerated most rapidly in recent years due to technological innovation o...
- New Battery Patent For Tesla With Two-Additive Electrolyte BATTERY POWER BRIEF | Tesla’s battery research group led by Jeff Dahn in Halifax has applied for a patent that describes a new battery cell chemistry that would result in faster charging and dischargi...
- The Future For Fast-Charging Lithium Ion Batteries BATTERY POWER NEWS | Decreasing the time required to recharge a lithium-ion battery is a crucial target in the effort to stimulate electric vehicle ownership and transition to zero-emissions vehicles...
- Vertiv Introduces HPL Lithium-Ion Battery Cabinet BATTERY POWER NEWS | Vertiv introduced the Vertiv HPL lithium-ion battery cabinet today, for use with larger capacity Vertiv uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems. It is the company's first batte...
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Battery Separators Market by Battery Type, End-use Industry, Material And Region - Global Forecast to 2022
The global battery separator market is projected to reach USD 5.13 billion by 2022, at a CAGR of 12.5%, from USD 2.85 billion in 2017. Stringent government regulations regarding reduction of carbon emission, inclination of automotive manufacturers toward production of EVs, and rising demand for smartphones due to rapid urbanization are the key factors that are driving the demand for battery separators. Moreover, increasing industrialization and higher dependency on technology leads to a demand for consumer electronics, and constant development in these areas has further increased the adoption of compact batteries. This, in turn, is expected to fuel the demand for battery separators. However, low heat resistance of battery separator materials and various reported cases of battery failures could lead to a lower the consumption of battery separators.
