Analysis of China Rechargeable Battery Market 2008-2009

Analysis of China Rechargeable Battery Market 2008-2009

By the development of commercialization application, rechargeable battery industry has undergone two main development periods: lead-acid batteries and nickel-cadmium batteries; presently the development of rechargeable battery mainly focuses on the nickel-metal hydride (Ni-MH) battery and lithium-ion battery. Moreover, fuel cells and solar cell will be the direction of future development of rechargeable battery.

China has 1500 Lead-acid battery manufacturers and in recent years, the average annual growth rate of output is 20%. China’s output of lead-acid battery contributes 1/3 of the world's total output.

Automotive starting battery is the major consumption of lead-acid battery, accounts for about 37% of total. Although the development of Ni-MH battery and lithium-ion battery have been in a rapid period, but because of price and other reasons,
they can not replace Lead-acid battery’s position in Auto starting battery market in many years.

According to the data of China Industrial Association of Power Sources, Ni-MH battery used in HEV has reached 118 million all over the world in 2008. With the development of new energy vehicle, Ni-MH power battery will continue to maintain a certain growth in auto battery market.

Lithium-ion battery has a wide range of applications, such as mobile phone, laptop, power tools, digital cameras, audio devices and game. Mobile phone and laptop are the main markets for lithium-ion battery and will still dominate for a while; but, in the long term future, after the promotion of new energy vehicles, lithium-ion power battery will has a high-speed growth in the auto battery market, therefore, the pattern of lithium-ion battery market may will be changed.

Since lithium-ion battery’s industrialization, the world's total output of lithium-ion battery has been grown yearly, but its growth rate in last three-year has been slow down. Affected by the global economy downturn, the growth rate of the global lithium-ion battery might be under 20% in 2008. China's output of lithium-ion battery had been an outbreak period previously, now is entering the stage of steady growth. China's product of lithium-ion battery is mainly for cell phone. Affected by the financial crisis, it is estimated that the growth rate of lithium-ion battery in China might drop to around 11% in 2008.

In terms of the battery’s industrialization that China has a considerable gap compared with Japan and the United States, which can be reflected in the materials technology industrialization. Comparison of materials technology and manufacturing technology of Ni-MH and lithium-ion battery among China, Japan and the United States, China could produce small-monomer cells relying on imports of cell materials. However, even if the issue of materials technology solves, the design and manufacturing problems of high-capacity and high-power battery are still as a barrier, which is the key technical problems need to sort out for electric vehicle’s battery.

Contents

1 Brief of rechargeable battery
1.1 The development process of rechargeable battery
1.2 The composition and preparation of rechargeable battery
1.3 Application fields of rechargeable batteries

2 The technical characteristics of rechargeable batteries and their advantages and disadvantages
2.1 Lead-acid batteries (Pb-acid)
2.2 Nickel-cadmium batteries (Ni-Cd)
2.3 Nickel-metal hydride battery (Ni-MH)
2.4 Lithium-ion battery (Li-ion) 7
2.5 Fuel Cell

3 Application and market of lead-acid battery in China
3.1 China is the world's largest production and consumer country of lead-acid battery
3.2 The large volume of vehicles is the main demands for lead-acid battery
3.3 The steady growth of demand for automotive starting battery replacement
3.4 The slow-down growth of battery for new automobile
3.5 The rapid development of electric bicycle drives the strong demand for lead-acid battery
3.5.1 The significant growth of electric bike market
3.5.2 The huge demand for Lead-acid battery from electric bicycle
3.6 The application of Lead-acid batteries in new energy fields
3.6.1 Wind power generators
3.6.2 Solar energy storage batteries and photovoltaic cells
3.6.3 Motor vehicles and agricultural electric vehicles

4 Application and market of Ni-MH battery in China

5 Application and market of lithium-ion battery in China
5.1 Applications of Li-ion battery
5.2 Market pattern
5.3 Market demand
5.4 The expansion of production capacity

6 Fuel cell in China
7 Analysis of market risk
8 Comparison of rechargeable battery among China, Japan and the United States


Table of Figures

The applications of rechargeable battery
The output and growth rate of nickel-cadmium battery
The market segmentation of Ni-MH battery
The output and growth rate of Ni-MH battery
The principle of fuel cell
China's output of lead-acid battery
China's exports of lead-acid battery
The function of starting battery
The auto possessions and year-on-year growth in China
The output of auto and year-on-year growth in China
The output of electric bike and year-on-year growth in China The total installed capacity of wind power generator
The demand of lead-acid battery from wind power generator
The consumption and growth rate of Ni-MH battery in HEV Auto
The world market pattern of lithium-ion battery of 2008
The output and growth rate of China Li-ion battery 2000-2008
The shipment of China's mobile phones and growth rate 2001-2008
The shipment of China's laptops and growth rate 2004-2008
Comparison of battery materials among China, Japan and the United States
Comparison of battery production technology among China, Japan and the United States


Table
The applications of various rechargeable batteries and their consumption volumes 2008
The performance parameters of lead-acid battery
The global application fields of lead-acid battery
The performance parameters of nickel-cadmium battery
The performance parameters of nickel-metal hydride battery
The performance parameters of lithium-ion battery
The types of Fuel Cells
The main export destination of electric bike 2007
The major auto models of car makers and their planning production