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SUMMARY
A micro fuel cell (MFC) is an electrochemical device that converts the
chemical energy of fuel, such as hydrogen or methanol or some patented fuel,
into electrical energy. Unlike batteries, which require recharging, fuel cells
can continuously produce electricity as long as there is a constant fuel
supply. Though no universally accepted definition exists for micro fuel cells,
the term typically describes small fuel-cell systems that provide less than 50
watts of power.
Fuel cells have unique technological attributes: efficiency, absence of moving
parts, and low emissions. However, compelling technology alone does not
provide a viable business model. Market demand for portable, power-hungry
devices and the corresponding need to power them are critical market drivers
for micro fuel cells, whereas stationary and transportation applications for
fuel cells rely more heavily on environmental and regulatory drivers. Within
the fuel cell industry, many analysts believe that micro fuel cells will be
the first fuel cell systems to achieve widespread acceptance in consumer
markets, despite the fact that stationary and transportation fuel cell systems
are further along in technological development.
To date, small scale power supplies have been the missing link in the
information revolution - the obstacle to the ubiquitous computing environments
and smart machines heralded as the next big wave of silicon intelligence.
Within the decade, however, all this will change. As the micro-device market
grows, coming innovations will redefine the personal use of power. The
individual will now be free from the household and workplace power grids,
relying when desired, on personal (and personalized) mobile power systems.
Connectivity, communication, and knowledge management will be forever changed.
Small-scale power systems will enhance innumerable new, as well as existing,
wireless devices. Uses will run the gamut from augmenting cell phones and
laptop computers to powering communicating cameras as well as new applications.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
- STUDY GOAL AND OBJECTIVES
- REASONS FOR DOING THE STUDY
- CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE STUDY
- SCOPE AND FORMAT
- METHODOLOGY
- INFORMATION SOURCES
- WHOM THE STUDY IS ADDRESSED TO
- AUTHOR'S CREDENTIALS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- SUMMARY TABLE: GLOBAL MARKET FOR MICRO FUEL CELLS BY APPLICATION, 2006 AND
2011
- SUMMARY FIGURE: GLOBAL MARKET SHARE OF MICRO FUEL CELLS BY APPLICATION
2006-2011
INDUSTRY OVERVIEW
- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
- TABLE 1: REPRESENTATIVE LIST OF MAJOR SUPPLIERS OF MICRO FUEL CELLS AND
MFC COMPONENTS 2006
- TABLE 1: REPRESENTATIVE LIST OF MAJOR SUPPLIERS OF MICRO FUEL CELLS AND
MFC COMPONENTS 2006 (CONTINUED)
- TABLE 1: REPRESENTATIVE LIST OF MAJOR SUPPLIERS OF MICRO FUEL CELLS AND
MFC COMPONENTS 2006 (CONTINUED)
- GLOBAL MARKETS
- TABLE 2: SHARE OF WORLD MARKET OF TOP FIVE COMPANIES MANUFACTURING MICRO
FUEL CELLS (FOR HANDHELD ELECTRONIC CONSUMER SEGMENT) 2006
- TABLE 3: SUMMARY OF GLOBAL MARKET FOR MICRO FUEL CELLS(**) BY TECHNOLOGY
THROUGH 2011
- FIGURE 1: GLOBAL PERCENTAGE SHARE FOR MICRO FUEL CELLS 2006 AND 2011
TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW
- SAFETY
- HIGH ENERGY DENSITY
- FIGURE 2: PLOTS OF THE ENERGY DENSITY V/S THE RATIO OF FUEL VOLUME TO
TOTAL SYSTEM VOLUME
- COST
- ELECTRONICS
- DEFINITIONS
- TABLE 4: THE LANGUAGE OF MICRO FUEL CELLS
- TABLE 4: THE LANGUAGE OF MICRO FUEL CELLS (CONTINUED)
- TABLE 4: THE LANGUAGE OF MICRO FUEL CELLS (CONTINUED)
- TABLE 4: THE LANGUAGE OF MICRO FUEL CELLS (CONTINUED)
- TABLE 4: THE LANGUAGE OF MICRO FUEL CELLS (CONTINUED)
- MICRO FUEL CELL THEORY
- MICRO FUEL CELL THEORY (CONTINUED)
- TABLE 5: COMPARISON OF DMFC AND PEFC TECHNOLOGIES USED IN MICRO FUEL
CELLS FOR HANDHELD ELECTRONIC CONSUMER PRODUCTS
- TABLE 5: COMPARISON OF DMFC AND PEFC TECHNOLOGIES USED IN MICRO FUEL
CELLS FOR HANDHELD ELECTRONIC CONSUMER PRODUCTS (CONTINUED)
- TABLE 5: COMPARISON OF DMFC AND PEFC TECHNOLOGIES USED IN MICRO FUEL
CELLS FOR HANDHELD ELECTRONIC CONSUMER PRODUCTS (CONTINUED)
- DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS
- PROTON EXCHANGE (POLYMER ELECTROLYTE) MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS
- PROTON EXCHANGE (POLYMER ELECTROLYTE) MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (CONTINUED)
- DIRECT BOROHYDRIDE FUEL CELLS
- FORMIC ACID FUEL CELLS
- CHIP-SIZE FUEL CELLS
- PROPRIETORY FUEL BASED FUEL CELLS (ALKALINE FUEL CELL)
- APPLICATIONS
- TABLE 6: AVERAGE SALES PRICE OF BATTERY PACK FOR HANDHELD ELECTRONIC
CONSUMER PRODUCTS BY APPLICATION V/S MICRO FUEL CELLS AVERAGE PRICES,
2006-2011
- MOBILE PHONES
- MOBILE PHONES (CONTINUED)
- TABLE 7: FORECAST OF MICRO FUEL CELLS IN MOBILE PHONES
- NOTEBOOK COMPUTERS
- TABLE 8: FORECAST OF MICRO FUEL CELLS IN LAPTOPS, 2006-2011
- PORTABLE DIGITAL ASSISTANT (PDA)
- TABLE 9: FORECAST OF MICRO FUEL CELLS IN PORTABLE DIGITAL ASSISTANTS
(PDAS), 2006-2011
- OTHER HANDHELD ELECTRONIC CONSUMER PRODUCTS INCLUDING IC CHIPS
- OTHER HANDHELD ELECTRONIC CONSUMER PRODUCTS INCLUDING IC CHIPS
(CONTINUED)
- TABLE 10: FORECAST OF MICRO FUEL CELLS IN OTHER HANDHELD ELECTRONIC
CONSUMER PRODUCTS (DIGITAL MUSIC SYSTEMS, CAMCORDERS, DIGITAL CAMERAS,
BATTERY CHARGERS), 2006-2011
- TABLE 11: HANDHELD CONSUMER ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS-POWER REQUIREMENT
ASSUMPTIONS
- CURRENT MATERIALS USED IN MICRO FUEL CELLS
- CURRENT MATERIALS USED IN MICRO FUEL CELLS (CONTINUED)
- TABLE 12: SUMMARY OF TYPES OF PARTS V/S TECHNOLOGY IN MICRO FUEL
CELLS, EXCLUDING MEA
- LIQUID METHANOL
- HYDROGEN AND HYDROGEN BATTERY
- MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY (MEA)
- TABLE 13: KEY SUPPLIERS OF COMPONENTS OF MICRO FUEL CELLS, 2006
- EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
- EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES (CONTINUED)
- EMERGING MATERIALS FOR MICRO FUEL CELLS
- TABLE 14: EMERGING ADVANCED MATERIALS FOR MICRO FUEL CELLS FOR CONSUMER
ELECTRONICS PRODUCTS
- FUEL CELL/HYDROGEN INFRASTRUCTURE CODES AND STANDARDS
- STANDARDS AND APPLICABLE SAFETY REGULATIONS FOR MICRO FUEL CELLS FOR
ELECTRONIC CONSUMER PRODUCTS
- UNDERWRITERS LAB
- UNDERWRITERS LAB (CONTINUED)
- COUNCIL OF THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION (ICAO)
- U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
- FUEL CARTRIDGE DISTRIBUTION
INDUSTRY CHARACTERSTICS
- INDUSTRY CHARACTERSTICS (CONTINUED)
- INDUSTRY CHARACTERSTICS (CONTINUED)
- COMPETITION AND MARKET DYNAMICS
- COMPETITION AND MARKET DYNAMICS (CONTINUED)
- COMPETITION AND MARKET DYNAMICS (CONTINUED)
- PARTNERSHIP AND CONSOLIDATION
- PARTNERSHIP AND CONSOLIDATION (CONTINUED)
- TABLE 15: ACQUISITION DEALS AMONG MANUFACTURERS OF MICRO FUEL CELLS,
2000 TO 2006
- TABLE 15: ACQUISITION DEALS AMONG MANUFACTURERS OF MICRO FUEL CELLS,
2000 TO 2006 (CONTINUED)
- MARKET SIZE
- MARKET SIZE (CONTINUED)
- TABLE 16: SUMMARY OF GLOBAL MARKET FOR MICRO FUEL CELLS BY APPLICATION
THROUGH 2011
- FIGURE 3: PERCENTAGE SHARE OF GLOBAL MARKET FOR MICRO FUEL CELLS BY
APPLICATION IN 2006 AND 2011
- MARKET SIZE (CONTINUED)
- REGIONAL MARKET
- REGIONAL MARKET (CONTINUED)
- TABLE 17: SUMMARY OF GLOBAL MARKET FOR MICRO FUEL CELLS BY REGION
THROUGH 2011
- FIGURE 4: REGIONAL PERCENTAGES OF MARKET SHARE FOR MICRO FUEL CELLS IN
2006 AND 2011
PATENTS AND PATENT ANALYSIS
- LIST OF PATENTS
- PATENT ANALYSIS
- PATENTS ON MICRO FUEL CELLS
- TABLE 18: NUMBER OF US PATENTS GRANTED TO COMPANIES MANUFACTURING MICRO
FUEL CELLS FROM 2002 THROUGH 2006 (UPTO AUG31)
- FIGURE 5: TOP COMPANIES IN TERMS OF US PATENTS GRANTED FOR MICRO FUEL
CELLS FROM 2002 THROUGH 2006
- INTERNATIONAL OVERVIEW OF US PATENT ACTIVITY IN MICROFUEL CELLS
- TABLE 19: NUMBER OF US PATENTS GRANTED BY ASSIGNED COUNTRY/REGION FOR
MICRO FUEL CELLS FROM JANUARY 2001 TO AUGUST 2006
- TABLE 20: COMPANY PRODUCT REFERENCE OF MICRO FUEL CELLS
- TABLE 20: COMPANY PRODUCT REFERENCE OF MICRO FUEL CELLS (CONTINUED)
COMPANY PROFILES
- 3M
- ANGSTROM POWER INCORPORATED
- ANTIG TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
- CANON
- CARBON NANOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
- CMR FUEL CELLS PLC
- DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELL CORPORATION
- DUPONT FUEL CELLS
- ENTEGRIS, INC
- FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS (ISE)
- FUJITSU LABORATORIES
- GINER ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS, LLC
- GORE FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGIES
- HITACHI
- HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
- HORIZON FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGIES PTE LTD
- IDATECH
- JADOO POWER SYSTEMS
- JOHNSON MATTHEY
- KURARAY CO., LTD
- MANHATTAN SCIENTIFICS
- MEDIS TECHNOLOGIES LTD
- MILLENNIUM CELL INC.
- MORE ENERGY LTD.
- MOTOROLA, INC
- MTI MICRO FUEL CELLS INC
- NEAH POWER SYSTEMS
- NEC CORPORATION
- NISSHINBO
- PEMEAS FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGIES
- POLYFUEL
- PROTONEX
- RELION
- SAMSUNG ADVANCED INSITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (SAIT)
- SAMSUNG ELECTRO MECHANICS
- SANYO ELECTRIC CO LTD
- SFC SMART FUEL CELL AG
- SIGNA CHEMISTRY, LLC
- SONY CORPORATION
- ST MICROELECTRONICS
- TEKION
- TOSHIBA CORPORATION
- ULTRACELL CORPORATION (USA)
APPENDIX A: MILITRARY VERSUS CONSUMER MARKETS
- OPERATIONAL /FUNCTIONAL DIFFERENCES WITH A BATTERY PACK VERSUS MFC
- MILITARY MARKET VERSUS NON-MILITARY HANDHELD CONSUMER ELECTRONICS MARKET
- TABLE 21: SHARE OF MILITARY MARKET V/S NON-MILITARY CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
MARKET OF MICRO FUEL CELLS BY TOP THREE MANUFACTURERS
LIST OF TABLES
SUMMARY TABLE:
- GLOBAL MARKET FOR MICRO FUEL CELLS BY APPLICATION, 2006 AND 2011
- TABLE 1: REPRESENTATIVE LIST OF MAJOR SUPPLIERS OF MICRO FUEL CELLS AND
MFC COMPONENTS 2006
- TABLE 1: REPRESENTATIVE LIST OF MAJOR SUPPLIERS OF MICRO FUEL CELLS AND
MFC COMPONENTS 2006 (CONTINUED)
- TABLE 1: REPRESENTATIVE LIST OF MAJOR SUPPLIERS OF MICRO FUEL CELLS AND
MFC COMPONENTS 2006 (CONTINUED)
- TABLE 2: SHARE OF WORLD MARKET OF TOP FIVE COMPANIES MANUFACTURING MICRO
FUEL CELLS (FOR HANDHELD ELECTRONIC CONSUMER SEGMENT) 2006
- TABLE 3: SUMMARY OF GLOBAL MARKET FOR MICRO FUEL CELLS(**) BY TECHNOLOGY
THROUGH 2011
- TABLE 4: THE LANGUAGE OF MICRO FUEL CELLS
- TABLE 4: THE LANGUAGE OF MICRO FUEL CELLS (CONTINUED)
- TABLE 4: THE LANGUAGE OF MICRO FUEL CELLS (CONTINUED)
- TABLE 4: THE LANGUAGE OF MICRO FUEL CELLS (CONTINUED)
- TABLE 4: THE LANGUAGE OF MICRO FUEL CELLS (CONTINUED)
- TABLE 5: COMPARISON OF DMFC AND PEFC TECHNOLOGIES USED IN MICRO FUEL
CELLS FOR HANDHELD ELECTRONIC CONSUMER PRODUCTS
- TABLE 5: COMPARISON OF DMFC AND PEFC TECHNOLOGIES USED IN MICRO FUEL
CELLS FOR HANDHELD ELECTRONIC CONSUMER PRODUCTS (CONTINUED)
- TABLE 5: COMPARISON OF DMFC AND PEFC TECHNOLOGIES USED IN MICRO FUEL
CELLS FOR HANDHELD ELECTRONIC CONSUMER PRODUCTS (CONTINUED)
- TABLE 6: AVERAGE SALES PRICE OF BATTERY PACK FOR HANDHELD ELECTRONIC
CONSUMER PRODUCTS BY APPLICATION V/S MICRO FUEL CELLS AVERAGE PRICES,
2006-2011
- TABLE 7: FORECAST OF MICRO FUEL CELLS IN MOBILE PHONES
- TABLE 8: FORECAST OF MICRO FUEL CELLS IN LAPTOPS, 2006-2011
- TABLE 9: FORECAST OF MICRO FUEL CELLS IN PORTABLE DIGITAL ASSISTANTS
(PDAS), 2006-2011
- TABLE 10: FORECAST OF MICRO FUEL CELLS IN OTHER HANDHELD ELECTRONIC
CONSUMER PRODUCTS (DIGITAL MUSIC SYSTEMS, CAMCORDERS, DIGITAL CAMERAS,
BATTERY CHARGERS), 2006-2011
- TABLE 11: HANDHELD CONSUMER ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS-POWER REQUIREMENT
ASSUMPTIONS
- TABLE 12: SUMMARY OF TYPES OF PARTS V/S TECHNOLOGY IN MICRO FUEL CELLS,
EXCLUDING MEA
- TABLE 13: KEY SUPPLIERS OF COMPONENTS OF MICRO FUEL CELLS, 2006
- TABLE 14: EMERGING ADVANCED MATERIALS FOR MICRO FUEL CELLS FOR CONSUMER
ELECTRONICS PRODUCTS
- TABLE 15: ACQUISITION DEALS AMONG MANUFACTURERS OF MICRO FUEL CELLS,
2000 TO 2006
- TABLE 15: ACQUISITION DEALS AMONG MANUFACTURERS OF MICRO FUEL CELLS,
2000 TO 2006 (CONTINUED)
- TABLE 16: SUMMARY OF GLOBAL MARKET FOR MICRO FUEL CELLS BY APPLICATION
THROUGH 2011
- TABLE 17: SUMMARY OF GLOBAL MARKET FOR MICRO FUEL CELLS BY REGION
THROUGH 2011
- TABLE 18: NUMBER OF US PATENTS GRANTED TO COMPANIES MANUFACTURING MICRO
FUEL CELLS FROM 2002 THROUGH 2006 (UP TO AUG31)
- TABLE 19: NUMBER OF US PATENTS GRANTED BY ASSIGNED COUNTRY/REGION FOR
MICRO FUEL CELLS FROM JANUARY 2001 TO AUGUST 2006
- TABLE 20: COMPANY PRODUCT REFERENCE OF MICRO FUEL CELLS
- TABLE 20: COMPANY PRODUCT REFERENCE OF MICRO FUEL CELLS (CONTINUED)
- TABLE 21: SHARE OF MILITARY MARKET V/S NON-MILITARY CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
MARKET OF MICRO FUEL CELLS BY TOP THREE MANUFACTURERS
LIST OF FIGURES
SUMMARY FIGURE:
- GLOBAL MARKET SHARE OF MICRO FUEL CELLS BY APPLICATION 2006-2011
- FIGURE 1: GLOBAL PERCENTAGE SHARE FOR MICRO FUEL CELLS 2006 AND 2011
- FIGURE 2: PLOTS OF THE ENERGY DENSITY V/S THE RATIO OF FUEL VOLUME TO
TOTAL SYSTEM VOLUME
- FIGURE 3: PERCENTAGE SHARE OF GLOBAL MARKET FOR MICRO FUEL CELLS BY
APPLICATION IN 2006 AND 2011
- FIGURE 4: REGIONAL PERCENTAGES OF MARKET SHARE FOR MICRO FUEL CELLS IN
2006 AND 2011
- FIGURE 5: TOP COMPANIES IN TERMS OF US PATENTS GRANTED FOR MICRO FUEL
CELLS FROM 2002 THROUGH 2006
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