Background  

Lithium-ion battery (LIB) has become the mainstream of rechargeable batteries for its outstanding performance. The anode material has significant impact on the safety, life cycle and energy density of LIB. As driven by the growth of portable electronic devices, the demand of LIB and anode materials is strong. In 2011, the global market of LIB anode materials is about USD 500 million; the producers are mainly concentrated in Japan and China.  

In global market, the LIB anode material mainly includes Natural Graphite (59%), Artificial Graphite (30%), Mesocarbon Microbeads (8%) and other types (3%); the leading producers including Hitachi Chemical, BTR, Nippon Carbon, JFE Chemical, Mitsubishi Chemical and Shanshan Tech etc.  

The LIB anode material development is encouraged by Chinese Government. National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) announced the <Industry Adjustment &  Restructure Guideline Catalogue (2011)>, which encourages the development of Mesocarbon Microbeads (MCMB) and Lithium Titanate (LTO) anode materials. The <New Materials Industry 12th Five-Year Development Planning> announced that the Government will promote the graphite and titanates based anode materials; the new added anode materials production capacity will be 20,000 t/a by 2015, and the high-purity graphite will be positively developed and the quality of LIB graphite anode material will be improved.  

2012 China LIB Anode Materials Conference will be held on Aug. 23-25 in Qingdao, China. The upcoming conference will discuss the national policies & planning and its impacts on LIB and anode materials; Graphite Resources & Anode Materials Production Layout; competitive analysis of Artificial, Natural Graphite, MCMB, LTO and other anode materials; different anode materials and their impacts on safety, energy density, life cycle of LIB; novel anode materials R&D updates and applications; LIB and anode materials projects update.   

Topics  

1. National Policies & its Impacts on LIB & Anode Materials 2. China LIB & Anode Materials Demand Outlook 

3. Graphite Resources & Anode Materials Production Layout 4. Different Anode Materials Comparison & Growth Potentials 5. Outlook of Anode Materials of Power Li-Ion Battery 6. China Anode Materials Projects Update & Analysis 7. Innovations of LIB Anode Materials 

8. LIB & Anode Materials Industrial Park Construction & Planning 9. Onsite Visiting  

 

Cindy Huang 

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