Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are one-atom-thick rolled-up graphene sheets, typically with diameters between 0.6 and 2.0 nm and lengths up to 500 mm. Owing to their unique structure, they exhibit excellent electronic, thermal, and mechanical properties including:
- Incredible strength (they are 100 times stronger than steel at one sixth the weight);
- Electrical conductivity as high as copper, but five times lighter;
- Thermal conductivity as high as diamond (up to 1000oC);
- Highest length-to-diameter ratio;
- Chemical inertness (SWCNTs are compatible with almost all materials).
Due to these unique properties, SWCNTs have great potential for utilisation as a multi-functional additive and as the basis for creating new products with previously unattainable properties. And this can be achieved using a very low concentration of SWCNTs - starting from 0.01% of the total weight of the material. However, SWCNTs have not been used in industry until recently owing to the absence of technology for their mass production and, as a consequence, their high price. This has recently charge due to improvements in manufacturing and capacity increases and they are finding wider application in thin-film transistors, fuel cells, lithium-ion batteries, rubber, composites, coatings and more.
Report contents include:
- Assessment of economic prospects of the market for SWCNTs.
- Market trends impacting the market for SWCNTs.
- Main applications and markets for SWCNTs. Markets covered include composites, coatings, rubber additives, batteries, fuel cells, supercapacitors, construction materials, thermal interphase materials (TIM), plastics, electronics, power cables, adhesives and lubricants.
- Demand for SWCNTs by market.
- SWCNT market demand forecast (tons), 2018-2033.
- Annual production capacity of the key SWCNT producers
- In-depth SWCNT producer profiles. Producers profiled include Chasm Advanced Materials, Korbon, Meijo Nano Carbon, OCSiAl and Zeon Nano Technology.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION
- 1.1 Single-walled carbon nanotubes properties
- 1.2 Advantages of SWCNTs over other carbon-based materials as conductive additives
- 1.3 Other types of carbon nanotubes and related materials
2 SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES PATENTS
3 THE GLOBAL MARKET FOR SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES
- 3.1 Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) market
- 3.1.1 MWCNT production capacities in 2023
- 3.1.2 Market demand, metric tons (MT)
- 3.2 Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) market
- 3.2.1 Global SWCNT market consumption
- 3.2.2 Production capacities
4 GLOBAL SWCNT DEMAND BY MARKET, FOR MAIN APPLICATIONS
- 4.1 BATTERIES
- 4.1.1 Market overview
- 4.1.2 Global market demand for SWCNTs in batteries
- 4.2 COMPOSITES
- 4.2.1 Market overview
- 4.2.1.1 Fiber-based polymer composite parts
- 4.2.1.2 Global market demand for SWCNTs in thermosets and thermoplastics
- 4.2.2 Metal-matrix composites
- 4.2.2.1 Market overview
- 4.2.2.2 Global market demand for SWCNTs in metal-matrix composites
- 4.3 COATINGS
- 4.3.1 Market overview
- 4.3.2 Global market demand for SWCNTs in coatings
- 4.4 RUBBER ADDITIVES
- 4.4.1 Tyres
- 4.4.1.1 Market overview
- 4.4.1.2 Global market demand for SWCNTs in tyres
- 4.4.2 Rubber technical goods
- 4.4.2.1 Market overview
- 4.4.2.2 Global market demand for SWCNTs in rubber technical goods
- 4.5 FUEL CELLS
- 4.5.1 Market overview
- 4.5.2 Global market demand for SWCNTs in fuel cell
- 4.6 CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
- 4.6.1 Cement
- 4.6.1.1 Market overview
- 4.6.1.2 Global market demand for SWCNTs in cement
- 4.7 ANTI-STATIC PLASTICS
- 4.7.1 Market overview
- 4.7.2 Global market demand for SWCNTs in anti-static plastics
- 4.8 TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILMS
- 4.8.1 Market overview
- 4.8.2 Global market demand for SWCNTs in transparent conductive films
- 4.9 POWER CABLES
- 4.9.1 Market overview
- 4.9.2 Global market demand for SWCNTs in power cables
- 4.10 ADHESIVES
- 4.10.1 Market overview
- 4.10.2 Global market demand for SWCNTs in adhesives
- 4.11 LUBRICANTS
- 4.11.1 Market overview
- 4.11.2 Global market demand for SWCNTs in lubricants
- 4.12 THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIALS
- 4.13 SUPERCAPACITORS
5 SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES COMPANY PROFILES (17 company profiles)
6 REFERENCES