Battery is a long history of technology, we demand for portable small batteries are also gradually growing. The battery is more than just small tools in our daily life, but also the important resource of can light up our whole world. Our daily life without battery, battery is playing a more and more important role .
Believe that everyone has heard of Volkswagen‘s emissions scandal, the world also is trying to get rid of the dependence on oil, trying to find greener alternatives. In instead of the old energy and technology at the same time, we also need to find the corresponding replacement. And lithium battery seema to have potential,is waiting for people to discover .
Lithium is why?
Facts have proven that the development of lithium ion battery for portable electronic products has played a vital role. Lithium ion battery has found a new purpose -- to provide new energy vehicles cleaner energy solutions. But the most dramatic, or should be the number in the past few years, contributed to the rapid growth of the smartphone industry. Lithium battery is, as it were, smart phones, wearable devices, medium and small electronic equipment such as notebook computers are able to rapidly development of the key factors.
Quietly to the lithium battery revolution: the future is not just a driver your moible phone .Lithium batteries and other materials made of battery compared with many advantages. Under the equal weight, lithium ion battery can output the most energy, therefore, than other different material with size batteries for longer life. Due to its high energy density, so the other materials can be three times the energy supply. Lithium ion batteries in a single charge energy consumed over time than nickel cadmium battery and nickel hydrogen battery compound by less. Lithium ion battery technology is not stagnant, basically can improve the energy density of 5% every year, and can reduce the cost of 8% every year. Scientists on silicon anode lithium batteries, lithium air batteries, solid-state batteries and capacitors, actually also is in in order to further improve the performance of lithium ion battery and efforts.
Technology drives demand in the future
Developing countries - such as China, India and other countries of the smartphone market continues to expand, will be able to ensure that global lithium or other battery materials have higher demand. But laptops and old decline in sales of portable devices also means that this segment of the market demand may not be as expected growth; High and new technology markets, such as wearable devices and smart watch will also help the development of lithium battery demand growth; But cars and renewable energy the emerging markets is expected in the next ten years to further expand.
Electric and hybrid cars need a lot of lithium ion battery, and is expected to become one of the fastest growth in market demand for lithium. Lithium battery in capacity and quality of progress is also promote the development of the electric car industry. Although at present, the application of lithium-ion batteries in electric cars is not so perfect, but the world‘s main several giant carmakers have been launched at least an electric car.
Of vehicle emissions control become stricter and the people environmental protection consciousness to the society growing, are virtually to stimulate the demand of the emerging markets. It also led to charging stations and wireless charging technology such as the rapid development of the project.
For now, this kind of the renewable energy is converted into a driving way though not really popular, but it is one of the most development potential of lithium electricity application scenario. Many renewable energy, solar energy, for example, when its not normal to collect energy must have the infrastructure to store energy, can adjust the power supply to the more wide range of power grid.
Tesla has these emerging technology, the factory is expected to take 20000 to 20000 tons of lithium hydroxide to produce aluminum nickel and cobalt battery. Once tesla‘s factory fully put into operation in 2020, the production of lithium ion battery is expected to more than 2013 worldwide production of lithium ion battery.
Industrial production and opportunities
Before 2015, the demand for lithium battery will basically maintain annual growth of 20%, so its price is expected to rise accordingly. Lithium industry consultant Navigant expects the market could reach $675 million in 2014, will reach $16 billion by 2024. Although this surge in demand will also be producers to bring certain pressure, but they can also get new opportunities in the industry.
Lthium battery producer in the world is highly centralized, more than 80% of supply comes from Chile, Argentina, and Australia. About 61% of the lithium extracted from lithium salt, 39% is extracted from hard rock. Although theoretically lithium all over the world, but can be extracted on economic reserves few and far between. Although the United States has considerable reserves of lithium resources of her own, but now the country to contribute only about 4% of global production. In fact, surveys show that the lithium resources reserves near China, far more than Australia. In the United States, Nevada is recognized with the most abundant reserve resources, including rich lithium brine, and this is precisely what is best for extracting lithium type of raw materials. Nevada is the potential of lithium carbonate production, some of the public and private companies are keen to try to land acquisition for the area.
Lithium Energy company (Lithium Energy X corp.) is such a company. At present the company has adjacent to yabao silver peak, currently on the market in North America is the only company with more than 4000 acres can be used in the extraction of lithium.
Tesla‘s product designers elon musk announced earlier this year, the company will try to obtain more resources in the United States, as far as possible. Lithium energy company recently received a tesla proposed lithium hydroxide off-take agreement. In this view, the United States will have to increase the supply of lithium in response to growing demand in the next few years.
Lithium will become the "new oil"?
Mess is not just about lithium energy due to investors and mining companies for risk and potential benefits of indecision. Some countries like Russia think the oil is the source of their wealth creation, new energy development will touch their interests. South America has a lot of national production of lithium, so called "lithium triangle". And once the lithium triangle control the resources, like the Middle East are likely to accumulate very powerful economic and political power. And their movements will be on the development of the emerging markets play a crucial role.
between will be how to develop? We have to wait and see.
PS. Shenzhen zhongke energy co., LTD. Is a battery energy research institute, Chinese academy of sciences subordinate enterprises, was founded in 2000, is energy research institute, Chinese academy of sciences the secondary sexual battery research and experimental base. Zhongke energy has built two factories in shenzhen, hunan, using automated production, the existing staff of more than 2000 people, is engaged in the electric lithium battery module, electric tool lithium battery module, new energy vehicles lithium battery module, the solar energy storage battery module, UPS
PS. Shenzhen zhongke energy co., LTD. Is a battery energy research institute, Chinese academy of sciences subordinate enterprises, was founded in 2000, is energy research institute, Chinese academy of sciences the secondary sexual battery research and experimental base. Zhongke energy has built two factories in shenzhen, hunan, using automated production, the existing staff of more than 2000 people, is engaged in the electric lithium battery module, electric tool lithium battery module, new energy vehicles lithium battery module, the solar energy storage battery module, UPS storage power products such as research and development, production and sales.
