Report Scope:
This report covers the following conductive agent materials used in batteries, fuel cells, supercapacitors, conductive or antistatic polymers, conductive or antistatic coatings, and electrical and electronic products:
- CNTs
- Graphene
- Carbon black, including acetylene black, Ketjen black, channel black, furnace black, lamp black, and thermal black
- Graphite
- Other carbons such as carbon fibers, petroleum coke, and active carbon
- Metals such as metal fibers, silver powder, copper powder, fluorocarbon powder, aluminum powder, and nickel powder
- Metal oxides such as a stannic oxide (SnO₂) and zinc oxide (ZnO)
- Other materials including cationic antistatic agents and anionic antistatic agents such as quaternary ammonium compounds
This report also examines conductive agents used in motive power batteries and fuel cells in the following types of electric vehicles (EVs), which is a fast-growing segment that will take 56.4% of the global conductive agent market by 2025:
- Passenger vehicles (sedans, microcars, SUVs, crossover SUVs, pickup trucks, sports cars)
- Low-velocity vehicles (golf carts, neighborhood EVs, personal mobility devices)
- Buses
- Commercial/industrial vehicles (material handling equipment, burden carriers, forklifts, trucks)
The numbers and weight of batteries and fuel cells used in these EVs are estimated and forecasted in this report.
Two other major types of electric vehicles are out of the scope of this report:
- Scooters (two-wheelers, motorcycles, some three-wheelers)
- Niche (military, self-driving vehicles, locomotives)
There are many types of batteries and fuel cells available in the market, but nearly all EV batteries/fuel cells and have one of four systems:
- Lead-acid battery
- Nickel metal hydride battery
- Lithium-ion (including lithium polymer) battery
- Proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell
Materials used in automotive lithium-ion batteries and PEM fuel cells will have strong growth in the next five years. Materials used in automotive lead-acid batteries and nickel-metal hydride batteries will have slow growth in the next five years. In addition to the above four types, phosphoric acid fuel cells and other fuel cells may also be used in the automotive industry on a commercial scale in the forecast period.
Batteries used for automotive starting, lighting, and ignition are not considered to be motive batteries in this report.
The Report Includes:
- 165 data tables and 11 additional tables
- An overview of the global market for advanced conductive agents within the fuel cell and batteries industry
- Analyses of the global market trends with data from 2019 and 2020, and projections of compound annual growth rates (CAGRs) through 2025
- Estimation of the actual market size (both value and volumetric based data) and revenue forecasts (in dollar millions), and corresponding market share analysis on the basis of material type, end-use, and geographical region
- Highlights of the new technological developments and major industry strategies with an emphasis on the Chinese government subsidy policies to the EV industry, restructuring of the battery business, and a comparison between Chinese and the global markets
- Patent review of conductive agents, and allotments of patents and corresponding shares by assignee country, application area, and year of grants
- Detailed company profiles of the major market participants, including Arkema, Akzo Nobel, Hitachi Chemical Co., Mitsubishi Chemical Corp., SGL Group, and Toray
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
- Study Goals and Objectives
- Reasons for Doing This Study
- Scope of Report
- Information Sources
- Methodology
- Geographic Breakdown
- Analyst's Credentials
- Custom Research
- Related Reports
Chapter 2 Summary and Highlights
- Summary
- Highlights
- Largest Markets
- Fastest-Growing Markets
Chapter 3 Global Market for Conductive Agents by Material
- Global Market for Carbon Conductive Agents
- Carbon Nanotubes Conductive Agents
- Carbon Black Conductive Agents
- Graphite Conductive Agents
- Graphene Conductive Agents
- Other Carbon Conductive Agents
- Other Conductive Agents
- Metal Conductive Agents
- Metal Oxide Carbon Conductive Agents
- Cationic Antistatic Agents and Anionic Antistatic Agents
Chapter 4 Global Market for Conductive Agents by End-Use
- Batteries and Fuel Cells
- Lithium-Ion Batteries
- Other Batteries and Fuel Cells
- Automotive Batteries and Fuel Cells
- Supercapacitors
- Other End-Uses
Chapter 5 Global Market for Conductive Agents by Region
- Chinese Market for Conductive Agents
- Carbon Materials
- Asian Market for Conductive Agents
- Carbon Materials
- North American Market for Conductive Agents
- Carbon Materials
- European Market for Conductive Agents
- Carbon Materials
- ROW Market for Conductive Agents
- Carbon Materials
Chapter 6 Market Trends and Industry Strategies
- Comparison of Chinese and Global Markets
- Entrants to the Market
- New Formulas
- Move to Upstream
- China's Subsidy Policy
- Restructuring of the Battery Business
Chapter 7 Patent Review
- Patent Review by Year
- Patent Review by Application
- Patent Review by Country
Chapter 8 Company Profiles
- Akzo Nobel
- Arkema
- Asbury Carbons
- Aoyu Graphite Group
- BTR New Energy Materials Inc.
- Cabot Corp.
- Cnano Technology
- Coorstek
- Dazhan
- Dynanonic
- Engineered Fibers Technology Llc (Fibers Technology)
- Fangda Carbon New Material Co., Ltd.
- Hitachi Chemical
- Honjo Chemical Corp.
- Imerys Graphite & Carbon
- LG Chem
- Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd., and Mitsubishi Chemical Corp.
- Nano-C Inc.
- Nanocyl S.A.
- Nanoxplore
- Nedstack Fuel Cell Technology
- Nippon Carbon Co., Ltd.
- NTP
- Phillips 66
- Porvair Fuel Cell Technology
- Qingdao Haida Graphite
- Raymor Industries Inc.
- SGL Group-The Carbon Company
- Shanshan Technology
- Showa Denko K.K. (SDK)
- Superior Graphite Co.
- Thomas Swan & Co., Ltd.
- Toray
- Zoltek Commercial Carbon Fiber
Chapter 9 Appendix A: Battery Companies
Chapter 10 Appendix B: Fuel Cell Companies
Chapter 11 Appendix C: Abbreviations and Acronyms
List of Tables
Summary Table: Global Market for Conductive Agents, by Type, Through 2025
Table 1: Global Market Volumes of Conductive Agents, by Type, Through 2025
Table 2: Global Market for Conductive Agents, by Material, Through 2025
Table 3: Global Market Shares of Conductive Agents, by Material, 2019
Table 4: Global Market Volumes of Conductive Agents, by Material, Through 2025
Table 5: Carbon Conductive Agent Comparison
Table 6: Global Market for Carbon Conductive Agents, by Material, Through 2025
Table 7: Global Market Volumes of Carbon Conductive Agents, by Material, Through 2025
Table 8: Global Market for Carbon Nanotube Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 9: Global Market Volumes of Carbon Nanotube Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 10: Global Market for Carbon Black Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 11: Global Market Volumes of Carbon Black Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 12: Global Market for Graphite Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 13: Global Market Volumes of Graphite Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 14: Global Market for Graphene Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 15: Global Market Volumes of Graphene Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 16: Global Market for Other Carbon Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 17: Global Market Volumes of Other Carbon Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 18: Global Market for Other Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 19: Global Market Volumes of Other Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 20: Global Market for Other Conductive Agents, by Material, Through 2025
Table 21: Global Market Volumes of Other Conductive Agents, by Material, Through 2025
Table 22: Global Market for Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 23: Global Market Shares of Conductive Agents, by End-Use, 2019
Table 24: Global Market Volumes of Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 25: Global Market for Conductive Agents for Batteries and Fuel Cells, by Purpose, Through 2025
Table 26: Global Market Volumes of Conductive Agents for Batteries and Fuel Cells, by Purpose, Through 2025
Table 27: Global Market for Conductive Agents Used in Lithium-Ion Batteries, by Material, Through 2025
Table 28: Global Market Volumes of Conductive Agents Used in Lithium-Ion Batteries, by Material, Through 2025
Table 29: Global Market for Conductive Agents for Lithium-Ion Batteries, by Purpose, Through 2025
Table 30: Global Market Volumes of Conductive Agents for Lithium-Ion Batteries, by Purpose, Through 2025
Table 31: Global Market for Conductive Agents Used in Other Batteries and Fuel Cells, by Material, Through 2025
Table 32: Global Market Volumes of Conductive Agents Used in Other Batteries and Fuel Cells, by Material, Through 2025
Table 33: Global Market for Conductive Agents for Other Batteries and Fuel Cells, by Purpose, Through 2025
Table 34: Global Market Volumes of Conductive Agents for Other Batteries and Fuel Cells, by Purpose, Through 2025
Table 35: Global Market for Conductive Agents for Automotive Batteries and Fuel Cells, by Material, Through 2025
Table 36: Global Market Volumes of Conductive Agents for Automotive Batteries and Fuel Cells, by Material, Through 2025
Table 37: Global Market for Conductive Agents for Automotive Lithium-Ion Batteries, by Material, Through 2025
Table 38: Global Market Volumes of Conductive Agents for Automotive Lithium-Ion Batteries, by Material, Through 2025
Table 39: Global Market for Conductive Agents for Other Automotive Batteries and Fuel Cells, by Material, Through 2025
Table 40: Global Market Volumes of Conductive Agents for Other Automotive Batteries and Fuel Cells, by Material, Through 2025
Table 41: Global Market for Automotive Batteries and Fuel Cells, by Vehicle Type, Through 2025
Table 42: Global Market Volumes of Automotive Batteries and Fuel Cells, by Vehicle Type, Through 2025
Table 43: Global Market for Automotive Batteries and Fuel Cells for Electric Passenger Vehicles, by Product Type, Through 2025
Table 44: Global Market Volumes of Automotive Batteries and Fuel Cells for Electric Passenger Vehicles, by Product Type, Through 2025
Table 45: Electric Passenger Cars and Makers
Table 46: Electric Microcars and Makers
Table 47: Electric Pickup Trucks and Makers
Table 48: Electric SUVs and Makers
Table 49: Global Market for Automotive Batteries and Fuel Cells for Electric Low-Velocity Vehicles, by Product Type, Through 2025
Table 50: Global Market Volumes of Automotive Batteries and Fuel Cells for Electric Low-Velocity Vehicles, by Product Type, Through 2025
Table 51: Electric Low-Velocity Vehicles and Makers
Table 52: Global Market for Automotive Batteries and Fuel Cells for Electric Buses, by Product Type, Through 2025
Table 53: Global Market Volumes of Automotive Batteries and Fuel Cells for Electric Buses, by Product Type, Through 2025
Table 54: Electric Buses and Makers
Table 55: Global Market for Automotive Batteries and Fuel Cells for Industrial/Commercial Electric Vehicles, by Product Type, Through 2025
Table 56: Global Market Volumes of Automotive Batteries and Fuel Cells for Industrial/Commercial Electric Vehicles, by Product Type, Through 2025
Table 57: Electric Trucks and Makers
Table 58: Electric Vans and Makers
Table 59: Global Market for Conductive Agents Used in Supercapacitors, by Material, Through 2025
Table 60: Global Market Volumes of Conductive Agents Used in Supercapacitors, by Material, Through 2025
Table 61: Global Market for Conductive Agents in Other End-Uses, by Material, Through 2025
Table 62: Global Market Volumes of Conductive Agents in Other End-Uses, by Material, Through 2025
Table 63: Global Market for Conductive Agents, by Region, Through 2025
Table 64: Global Market Shares of Conductive Agents, by Region, 2019
Table 65: Global Market Volumes of Conductive Agents, by Region, Through 2025
Table 66: Chinese Market for Conductive Agents, by Province, Through 2025
Table 67: Chinese Market Volumes of Conductive Agents, by Province, Through 2025
Table 68: Chinese Market for Conductive Agents, by Material, Through 2025
Table 69: Chinese Market Volumes of Conductive Agents, by Material, Through 2025
Table 70: Chinese Market for Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 71: Chinese Market Volumes of Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 72: Chinese Market for Carbon Conductive Agents, by Material, Through 2025
Table 73: Chinese Market Volumes of Carbon Conductive Agents, by Material, Through 2025
Table 74: Chinese Market for Carbon Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 75: Chinese Market Volumes of Carbon Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 76: Chinese Market for Carbon Nanotube Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 77: Chinese Market Volumes of Carbon Nanotube Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 78: Chinese Market for Carbon Black Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 79: Chinese Market Volumes of Carbon Black Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 80: Chinese Market for Graphite Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 81: Chinese Market Volumes of Graphite Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 82: Chinese Market for Graphene Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 83: Chinese Market Volumes of Graphene Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 84: Chinese Market for Other Carbon Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 85: Chinese Market Volumes of Other Carbon Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 86: Asian Market for Conductive Agents, by Country, Through 2025
Table 87: Asian Market Volumes of Conductive Agents, by Country, Through 2025
Table 88: Asian Market for Conductive Agents, by Material, Through 2025
Table 89: Asian Market Volumes of Conductive Agents, by Material, Through 2025
Table 90: Asian Market for Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 91: Asian Market Volumes of Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 92: Asian Market for Carbon Conductive Agents, by Material, Through 2025
Table 93: Asian Market Volumes of Carbon Conductive Agents, by Material, Through 2025
Table 94: Asian Market for Carbon Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 95: Asian Market Volumes of Carbon Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 96: Asian Market for Carbon Nanotube Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 97: Asian Market Volumes of Carbon Nanotube Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 98: Asian Market for Carbon Black Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 99: Asian Market Volumes of Carbon Black Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 100: Asian Market for Graphite Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 101: Asian Market Volumes of Graphite Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 102: Asian Market for Graphene Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 103: Asian Market Volumes of Graphene Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 104: Asian Market for Other Carbon Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 105: Asian Market Volumes of Other Carbon Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 106: North American Market for Conductive Agents, by Country, Through 2025
Table 107: North American Market Volumes of Conductive Agents, by Country, Through 2025
Table 108: North American Market for Conductive Agents, by Material, Through 2025
Table 109: North American Market Volumes of Conductive Agents, by Material, Through 2025
Table 110: North American Market for Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 111: North American Market Volumes of Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 112: North American Market for Carbon Conductive Agents, by Material, Through 2025
Table 113: North American Market Volumes of Carbon Conductive Agents, by Material, Through 2025
Table 114: North American Market for Carbon Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 115: North American Market Volumes of Carbon Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 116: North American Market for Carbon Nanotube Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 117: North American Market Volumes of Carbon Nanotube Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 118: North American Market for Carbon Black Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 119: North American Market Volumes of Carbon Black Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 120: North American Market for Graphite Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 121: North American Market Volumes of Graphite Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 122: North American Market for Graphene Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 123: North American Market Volumes of Graphene Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 124: North American Market for Other Carbon Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 125: North American Market Volumes of Other Carbon Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 126: European Market for Conductive Agents, by Country, Through 2025
Table 127: European Market Volumes of Conductive Agents, by Country, Through 2025
Table 128: European Market for Conductive Agents, by Material, Through 2025
Table 129: European Market Volumes of Conductive Agents, by Material, Through 2025
Table 130: European Market for Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 131: European Market Volumes of Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 132: European Market for Carbon Conductive Agents, by Material, Through 2025
Table 133: European Market Volumes of Carbon Conductive Agents, by Material, Through 2025
Table 134: European Market for Carbon Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 135: European Market Volumes of Carbon Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 136: European Market for Carbon Nanotube Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 137: European Market Volumes of Carbon Nanotube Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 138: European Market for Carbon Black Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 139: European Market Volumes of Carbon Black Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 140: European Market for Graphite Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 141: European Market Volumes of Graphite Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 142: European Market for Graphene Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 143: European Market Volumes of Graphene Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 144: European Market for Other Carbon Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 145: European Market Volumes of Other Carbon Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 146: ROW Market for Conductive Agents, by Country, Through 2025
Table 147: ROW Market Volumes for Conductive Agents, by Country, Through 2025
Table 148: ROW Market for Conductive Agents, by Material, Through 2025
Table 149: ROW Market Volumes for Conductive Agents, by Material, Through 2025
Table 150: ROW Market for Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 151: ROW Market Volumes of Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 152: ROW Market for Carbon Conductive Agents, by Material, Through 2025
Table 153: ROW Market Volumes of Carbon Conductive Agents, by Material, Through 2025
Table 154: ROW Market for Carbon Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 155: ROW Market Volumes of Carbon Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 156: ROW Market for Carbon Nanotube Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 157: ROW Market Volumes of Carbon Nanotube Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 158: ROW Market for Carbon Black Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 159: ROW Market Volumes of Carbon Black Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 160: ROW Market for Graphite Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 161: ROW Market Volumes of Graphite Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 162: ROW Market for Graphene Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 163: ROW Market Volumes of Graphene Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 164: ROW Market for Other Carbon Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 165: ROW Market Volumes of Other Carbon Conductive Agents, by End-Use, Through 2025
Table 166: Chinese Market for Conductive Agents, by Source, Through 2025
Table 167: Chinese Market Volumes of Conductive Agents, by Source, Through 2025
Table 168: Chinese and Global Markets for Conductive Agents, by Production Source, Through 2025
Table 169: Chinese and Global Market Volumes of Conductive Agents, by Production Source, Through 2025
Table 170: EV Passenger Car Type, Range, and Subsidy by Chinese Government
Table 171: Patent Review of Conductive Agents, May 2020-December 2020
Table 172: Patent Shares of Conductive Agents, by Year, 2018-2020
Table 173: Patent Shares of Conductive Agents, by Application, 2018-2020
Table 174: Patent Shares of Conductive Agents, by Country, 2018-2020
Table 175: Abbreviations and Acronyms Used in This Report
List of Figures
Summary Figure: Global Market for Conductive Agents, by Type, 2019-2025
Figure 1: Global Market for Conductive Agents, by Material, 2019-2025
Figure 2: Global Market Shares of Conductive Agents, by Material, 2019
Figure 3: Global Market for Conductive Agents, by End-Use, 2019-2025
Figure 4: Global Market Shares of Conductive Agents, by End-Use, 2019
Figure 5: Global Market for Conductive Agents, by Region, 2019-2025
Figure 6: Global Market Shares of Conductive Agents, by Region 2019
Figure 7: Patent Shares of Conductive Agents, by Year, 2018-2020
Figure 8: Patent Shares of Conductive Agents, by Application, 2018-2020
Figure 9: Patent Shares of Conductive Agents, by Country, 2018-2020
Executive Summary
A conductive agent is used to improve the charge and discharge performance of electrodes or add conductivity or antistatic ability to polymers, coatings, and other materials. Mainly driven by the fast-growing EV, motive batteries, and fuel cell markets.
The market into two major segments: advanced conductive agents and conventional conductive agents:
- Advanced conductive agents are CNTs and graphene.
- Conventional conductive agents include carbon black, graphite, carbon fiber, petroleum coke, metals, and metal oxides.
CNTs and graphene will have strong growth in the next five years. They are considered to be advanced materials in this report.
Conventional materials will have steady but relatively slow growth in the next five years. Although carbon fibers, such as vapor grown carbon fibers (VGCF), are sometimes considered to be advanced materials, they are counted as conventional materials in this report to simplify analysis; as their market is small, this will not have a large effect on the results.
Companies Mentioned
- Akzo Nobel
- Arkema
- Asbury Carbons
- Aoyu Graphite Group
- BTR New Energy Materials Inc.
- Cabot Corp.
- Cnano Technology
- Coorstek
- Dazhan
- Dynanonic
- Engineered Fibers Technology Llc (Fibers Technology)
- Fangda Carbon New Material Co., Ltd.
- Hitachi Chemical
- Honjo Chemical Corp.
- Imerys Graphite & Carbon
- LG Chem
- Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd., and Mitsubishi Chemical Corp.
- Nano-C Inc.
- Nanocyl S.A.
- Nanoxplore
- Nedstack Fuel Cell Technology
- Nippon Carbon Co., Ltd.
- NTP
- Phillips 66
- Porvair Fuel Cell Technology
- Qingdao Haida Graphite
- Raymor Industries Inc.
- SGL Group-The Carbon Company
- Shanshan Technology
- Showa Denko K.K. (SDK)
- Superior Graphite Co.
- Thomas Swan & Co., Ltd.
- Toray
- Zoltek Commercial Carbon Fiber
