Battery News

According to reports, with the deepening of the battery market, currently the world’s second largest rechargeable battery maker Samsung SDI plans to beyond Sanyo become the world’s largest battery supplier.

As of the end of 2009, Samsung SDI has 12,000 employees, of which 1,300 involved in research and development business, its R & D centers throughout South Korea, Japan, Russia and other countries, in Taiwan, Germany, Malaysia, India and Vietnam also has offices.

In the past, Samsung SDI main on small and medium panels, batteries, CRT and plasma business, but later the plasma business is divided into Samsung and not reproduct panel.

In 2009, the battery revenues account for 50-60% of total Samsung SDI revenues, and as 22% share of the market became the second, only two percentage points behind Sanyo.

To complete the transcendence of Sanyo, Samsung SDI will take to obtain patent rights, joint development and acquisition strategy. As energy storage technology, and future energy-saving display technology, they also intend to enter the emerging business market.

Samsung SDI currently has 27 battery production lines, according to the difference of products, capacity utilization, each production line can produce 200-700 million per month.

Not only batteries used for existing IT field and laptops, Samsung SDI is also planning to develop the next generation of solar cells, fuel cell technology to expand market share.

Sanyo Electric for the first time publicly in the silicon thin film solar battery manufacturing process of some of the results of the use of coating technology. As the vacuum process can be reduced, is expected to reduce manufacturing costs. The company also revealed the use of 1.1m × 1.4m floor, the stability of pre-conversion efficiency of 10.4% results.

film coating process is the use of ITO, Ag and Si, using a Line Coater Dainippon Screen Mitsubishi Materials Nano-coating and heated to form the ink. film amorphous silicon and microcrystalline silicon film and the original is still the same vacuum process.

The combined use of coating technology to 1.1 m × 1.4 m floor to form the tandem structure thin film silicon solar cells, the stability of pre-conversion efficiency of 10.4%. Isc (short circuit current) is 1.40A, Voc (open voltage) is 160.7V, FF (fill factor) is 71.2%.

According to Japanese media, Sanyo announced that its new lithium-ion battery plant for the eco electric vehicles is currently completed.

The factory covers an area of 42,831 square meters, began in September last year, is expected to cost 130 billion yen, the new plant from one million cells per month, after adjustment production according to market demand.

Sanyo is currently Ford, Honda and Volkswagen offers hybrid NiMH batteries, and with the public to develop lithium-ion batteries used in hybrid cars, and Peugeot Citroen to develop nickel-metal hydride batteries.

Last year in November, using the system Sanyo lithium-ion battery powered electric vehicle EV Mira in the case of a charging time leads 555.6 km, then access the Guinness Book of World Records certified. This year, in May, the system of lithium-ion once again to break their own record-keeping, 1003.184 km drive to exercise.

The battery manufacturer acquired by Panasonic, Sanyo Electric Co. back to profitability and increased earnings forecast, higher performance through solar panels and electronic components of strong gains.

Total net income in six months from September 30 can be achieved 16 billion yen (182 million dollars), compared with previous estimates of operating earnings or sales minus selling and administrative costs may be 24 billion yen.

Sanyo is accelerating development of the next generation of solar cells and lithium-ion batteries with new materials, to win a greater share of renewable energy market. The electronics maker earlier this month agreed to sell its loss-making chip business and focus more on the battery of the future business and increase profits.

According to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported that Sanyo is working with multiple vendors to discuss the procurement of solar cells, because the company plans to expand its market share increasing the supply of products, objects of negotiation, including a Taiwanese company.

Sharp also noted that outsourcing is increasing, mainly overseas suppliers intend to buy more batteries.

It is reported that the Japanese solar battery manufacturers to gradually increase the purchase of foreign companies to reduce investment in products with low added value and focus more on development of key products.

In addition, the Sanyo Electric will purchase the solar cell linked its brand to sell its majority stake held by Panasonic.

Sanyo plans to invest 170 billion yen (1.8 billion U.S. dollars) for the development of television and solar panels in the next three years.

Sanyo said 120 billion yen will be used for research and development of new technologies to reduce production costs of rechargeable batteries, increase productivity. They will invest another 50 billion yen for solar cell business before March 2013.

To expand the market share of renewable energies, Panasonic and Sanyo decided to accelerate the development of next generation battery power. Panasonic will invest 300 billion yen in the energy sector to develop new products and increase marketing in the next three years.

Sanyo plans to rise operating profit from 32.3 billion yen to 90 billion yen at the end of March 2013.

Sanyo announced yesterday that its system of lithium-ion battery, the longest distance a charge of conduct certification by the Guinness Book of Records.

November 17, 2009, the Japan Electric Vehicle Test Drive the club organized the event. test drive cars for the Japanese club electric vehicles with the modified vehicle EV Mira Electric, which uses the 8320 cylindrical lithium-ion battery (18650 type) to form a battery system, the total energy of about 50Kwh (maximum 74Kwh).

In the case of a single charge, Mira EV electric vehicle traveling from Tokyo to Osaka, Japan from the Nihonbashi Bridge Street Electric, 555.6 km full.

Sanyo did not disclose other details.

Sanyo has recently introduced a new Eneloop nickel-metal hydrides with low discharge to 2000, charging time on several occasions.

Although Ni-MH Rechargeable Battery Ni-Cd capacity before the larger and greener, but the self-discharge and the higher effects of the memory use of time and life, he been a certain limit, while the Sanyo Eneloop NiMH batteries greatly enhance the nickel hydride battery capacity.

Although Eneloop long term low-discharge NiMH batteries may not be in terms of volume with Ni-traditional capacity-MH compared to low speed, but if it is nature and life has been considerably strengthened, and more at the request of the current demand for electronic products.

According to Sanyo introduced a pair of 1.2V AA 950mAh Ni-MH is priced at 8.64 U.S. dollars, a pair of AAA 1.2V 550mAh Ni-MH battery is at a price of 7.09 U.S. dollars, is scheduled for June 22 to This year, the official announcement.