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市場調査レポート
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電池セパレーター市場の展望 (2020~2030年):セパレーターの将来性<2023> Outlook for Battery Separator Market (2020~2030) - Future of Separator |
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電池セパレーター市場の展望 (2020~2030年):セパレーターの将来性 |
出版日: 2023年06月27日
発行: SNE Research
ページ情報: 英文 142 Pages
納期: お問合せ
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電気自動車時代の到来以来、鉱物価格に関する記事が多く見られるようになっています。リチウム、コバルト、ニッケルといった鉱物の相場変動は、EV用二次電池の価格に直結するため、ニュースバリューを持ち始めました。リチウムはカソード材や電解液に欠かせない材料であり、コバルトとニッケルは三元系カソード材の主成分です。また、アノード材の主原料である黒鉛の価格も注目され始めています。カソード材もアノード材も電解質も価格が不安定です。
一方、二次電池を構成する4つの部材のうち、セパレーターの場合は事情が少し異なります。セパレーターの素材は、乾式・湿式を問わず、プラスチックの一種であるポリプロピレンやポリエチレンが主に使われています。この素材は原料としての問題が少ないです。セラミックやアルミナをコーティング材として使用することで、原料の価値に比べて高い付加価値を生み出すことができます。この原料は、二次電池のセパレーター以外にも、炭素回収やリチウム抽出技術などさまざまな市場需要があります。
当レポートでは、高付加価値化に大きく貢献しているにもかかわらず、相対的に注目されていない電池セパレーターの市場に焦点を当て、バリューチェーン、技術動向などに加え、米国のインフレ抑制法 (IRA) や欧州の重要原材料法 (CRMA) などの政治的変数の中で、セパレーターの市場構造が今後どのように変化するかを予測しています。
Since the advent of the electric vehicle era, there have been many articles about mineral prices. Changes in market prices of minerals such as lithium, cobalt, and nickel began to have news value as they directly affect the prices of secondary batteries for EVs. Lithium is an indispensable material for cathode material and electrolyte, and cobalt and nickel are major components of the ternary cathode material. In addition, the price of graphite, the main material for anode materials, has also begun to draw attention. In other words, cathode materials, anode materials, and electrolytes have instability in its prices.
On the other hand, the case for separator among the four components of the secondary batteries is a little different. Polypropylene or polyethylene, a kind of plastic, is mainly used as the material for separator regardless of method, dry or wet. This material has few issues as raw material. High added value is created by using ceramic and alumina as coating materials, compared to the value of its raw material. The raw material has a variety of market demand from carbon capture and lithium extraction technology, other than the secondary battery separator.
This SNE Research report is putting focus on the separator market, which is relatively not getting attention despite its considerable contribution in adding value. Especially it predicts how the market structure of separator will change in the future amid political variables such as the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and Europe's Critical Raw Minerals Act (CRMA). In the case of separator, it was identified as a secondary battery component in the IRA, and shifting production to North America became a requirement, not an option. Since both IRA and CRMA require to match the ratio of local production of the material, local production by the separator makers can be seen as an unchangeable fact.
A scenario regarding the possibility of extinction of the separator market due to the emergence of all solid-state batteries is also presented. It is known that solid state batteries no longer need separator by using solid electrolyte instead of electrolyte. Solid batteries are expected to greatly reduce the risk of fire and other issues due to low heat generation.
We hope this report, which is presenting outlook for the separator market, can help readers in their work.