The Global Market for Flexible Batteries 2025-2035

1.1 Definition and Overview of Flexible Batteries
1.2 Battery market megatrends
1.3 Advanced materials for batteries
1.4 Macro-trends
1.5 Importance of Flexible Batteries in Modern Applications
1.6 Technology benchmarking
1.7 Battery Development
1.7.1 Enhanced Energy Density and Performance
1.7.2 Stretchable Batteries
1.7.3 Textile-Based Batteries
1.7.4 Printable Batteries
1.7.5 Sustainable and Biodegradable Batteries
1.7.6 Self-Healing Batteries
1.7.7 Solid-State Flexible Batteries
1.7.8 Integration with Energy Harvesting
1.7.9 Nanostructured Materials
1.7.10 Thin-Film Battery Technologies
1.8 The Global Battery Market
1.9 Market drivers
1.10 Batteries roadmap
1.11 Application market roadmap
1.12 Applications
1.13 Market forecast assumptions and challenges
1.13.1 By technology (Millions USD)
1.13.2 By technology (Units)
1.13.3 By application (Millions USD)
1.13.4 By application (Units)
1.14 Market and technical challenges

2.1 Approaches to flexibility
2.1.1 Thinness-derived flexibility
2.1.2 Material-derived flexibility
2.1.3 Device-Design-Derived Flexibility
2.2 Production
2.3 Flexible Battery Technologies
2.3.1 Thin-film Lithium-ion Batteries
2.3.1.1 The Goliath range
2.3.1.2 Thin film vs bulk solid-state batteries
2.3.1.3 Types of Flexible/stretchable LIBs
2.3.1.3.1 Flexible planar LiBs
2.3.1.3.2 Flexible Fiber LiBs
2.3.1.3.3 Flexible micro-LiBs
2.3.1.3.4 Stretchable lithium-ion batteries
2.3.1.3.5 Origami and kirigami lithium-ion batteries
2.3.1.4 Flexible Li/S batteries
2.3.1.4.1 Components
2.3.1.4.2 Carbon nanomaterials
2.3.1.5 Flexible lithium-manganese dioxide (Li-MnO2) batteries
2.3.2 Printed Batteries
2.3.2.1 Technical specifications
2.3.2.2 Components
2.3.2.3 Design
2.3.2.4 Manufacturing
2.3.2.4.1 Blade Coating/Doctor Blade Printing
2.3.2.4.2 Screen and Stencil Printing
2.3.2.4.3 Screen Printed Secondary NMH Batteries
2.3.2.4.4 Spray and Flexographic Printing
2.3.2.4.5 Inkjet and Dispenser Printing
2.3.2.4.6 2D and 3D Printing techniques
2.3.2.5 Key features
2.3.2.5.1 Printable current collectors
2.3.2.5.2 Printable electrodes
2.3.2.5.3 Materials
2.3.2.5.4 Applications
2.3.2.5.5 Lithium-ion (LIB) printed batteries
2.3.2.5.6 Zinc-based printed batteries
2.3.2.5.7 3D Printed batteries
2.3.2.5.7.1 Materials for 3D printed batteries
2.3.2.5.7.1.1 Electrode Materials
2.3.2.5.7.1.2 Electrolyte Materials
2.3.3 Thin-Film Solid-state Batteries
2.3.3.1 Fabrication Techniques
2.3.3.1.1 Physical vapor deposition (PVD)
2.3.3.1.2 Direct Vapor Deposition
2.3.3.2 Solid-state electrolytes
2.3.3.3 Features and advantages
2.3.3.4 Technical specifications
2.3.3.4.1 Types
2.3.3.5 Microbatteries
2.3.3.5.1 Introduction
2.3.3.5.2 Materials
2.3.3.5.3 Applications
2.3.3.5.4 3D designs
2.3.4 Stretchable Batteries
2.3.5 Other Emerging Technologies
2.3.5.1 Metal-sulfur batteries
2.3.5.2 Flexible zinc-based batteries
2.3.5.3 Flexible silver-zinc (Ag-Zn) batteries
2.3.5.4 Flexible Zn-Air batteries
2.3.5.5 Flexible zinc-vanadium batteries
2.3.5.6 Fiber-shaped batteries
2.3.5.6.1 Carbon nanotubes
2.3.5.6.2 Types
2.3.5.6.3 Applications
2.3.5.6.4 Challenges
2.3.5.7 Transparent batteries
2.3.5.7.1 Components
2.3.5.8 Degradable batteries
2.3.5.8.1 Components
2.3.5.9 Fiber-shaped batteries
2.3.5.9.1 Carbon nanotubes
2.3.5.9.2 Types
2.3.5.9.3 Applications
2.3.5.9.4 Challenges
2.3.5.10 Cable-type batteries
2.4 Key Components of Flexible Batteries
2.4.1 Electrodes
2.4.2 Electrolytes
2.4.3 Separators
2.4.4 Current Collectors
2.4.5 Packaging
2.4.5.1 Pouch cells
2.4.6 Encapsulation Materials
2.4.7 Other Manufacturing Techniques
2.5 Performance Metrics and Characteristics
2.5.1 Energy Density
2.5.2 Power Density
2.5.3 Cycle Life
2.5.4 Flexibility and Bendability
2.5.5 Operating Temperature
2.5.6 Self-Discharge

3.1 Market Drivers
3.1.1 Growing Demand for Wearable Electronics
3.1.2 Increasing Adoption of IoT Devices
3.1.3 Advancements in Flexible Electronics
3.1.4 Rising Interest in Printed Electronics
3.1.5 Demand for Lightweight and Portable Power Sources
3.2 Market Restraints
3.2.1 Technical Challenges in Manufacturing
3.2.2 Limited Energy Density Compared to Conventional Batteries
3.2.3 High Initial Production Costs
3.2.4 Safety Concerns and Regulatory Hurdles
3.3 Market Opportunities
3.3.1 Emerging Applications in Healthcare and Medical Devices
3.3.2 Integration with Energy Harvesting Technologies
3.3.3 Potential in Aerospace and Defense Sectors
3.3.4 Smart Packaging and RFID Applications
3.4 Market Challenges
3.4.1 Scaling Up Production
3.4.2 Achieving Consistent Performance Under Various Conditions
3.4.3 Competition from Alternative Energy Storage Technologies
3.4.4 Addressing Environmental and Recycling Concerns

4.1 Market Segmentation by Technology
4.1.1 Thin-film Lithium-ion Batteries
4.1.2 Printed Batteries
4.1.3 Flexible Solid-state Batteries
4.1.4 Stretchable Batteries
4.2 Market Segmentation by Application
4.2.1 Consumer Electronics
4.2.2 Healthcare and Medical Devices
4.2.3 Smart Packaging
4.2.4 Smart Cards and RFID
4.2.5 Wearable Devices
4.2.6 Internet of Things (IoT)
4.2.7 Automotive
4.3 Market Segmentation by Region
4.3.1 North America
4.3.2 Europe
4.3.3 Asia-Pacific

5.1 Consumer Electronics
5.1.1 Foldable and flexible phones
5.1.2 Battery Requirements
5.1.3 Low-power electronic components
5.1.4 Thin and flexible supercapacitors
5.1.5 Applications
5.1.5.1 Flexible Batteries in Smartphones
5.1.5.2 Flexible Batteries in Tablets
5.1.5.3 Flexible Batteries in Wearables
5.1.6 Technology Requirements and Challenges
5.2 Healthcare and Medical Devices
5.2.1 Key Applications
5.2.1.1 Smart Patches
5.2.1.1.1 Cosmetic Skin Patches
5.2.1.1.2 Cardiovascular monitoring patch
5.2.1.1.3 Diabetes management
5.2.1.1.4 Temperature Monitoring
5.2.1.2 Implantable Devices
5.2.1.3 Monitoring Systems
5.2.2 Technology Requirements and Challenges
5.3 Smart Packaging
5.3.1 Key Applications
5.3.1.1 Temperature Sensors
5.3.1.2 Freshness Indicators
5.3.2 Technology Requirements and Challenges
5.4 Smart Cards and RFID
5.4.1 Key Applications
5.4.2 Technology Requirements and Challenges
5.5 Wearable Devices
5.5.1 Key Products
5.5.1.1 Wrist-worn wearables and fitness trackers
5.5.1.2 Smart Textiles
5.5.1.3 Smart eyewear and headwear
5.5.1.4 Smart contact lenses
5.5.2 Technology Requirements and Challenges
5.6 Internet of Things (IoT)
5.6.1 Key Applications
5.6.1.1 Sensors
5.6.1.1.1 IoT and Industry 4.0 ecosystem
5.6.1.1.2 Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs)
5.6.1.1.3 IoT applications in consumer goods
5.6.1.2 Smart Home Devices
5.6.1.3 Industrial IoT
5.6.2 Technology Requirements and Challenges
5.7 Aerospace and Defense
5.7.1 Key Applications
5.7.1.1 Drones
5.7.1.2 Soldier Systems
5.7.1.3 Aircraft Components
5.7.2 Technology Requirements and Challenges
5.8 Automotive
5.8.1 Key Applications
5.8.1.1 Electric Vehicles
5.8.1.2 Smart Keys
5.8.1.3 In-Car Electronics
5.8.2 Technology Requirements and Challenges

6.1 Emerging Flexible Battery Technologies
6.1.1 Graphene-based Flexible Batteries
6.1.2 Fiber and Textile Batteries
6.1.3 Bio-batteries and Eco-friendly Solutions
6.1.4 Self-healing Battery Technologies
6.2 Integration with Other Technologies
6.2.1 Flexible Solar Cells
6.2.2 Wireless Charging Systems
6.2.3 Energy Harvesting Devices
6.2.4 Artificial Intelligence and Smart Power Management
6.3 Advancements in Materials Science
6.4 Manufacturing Innovations
6.5 Standardization and Regulatory Landscape
6.5.1 Development of Industry Standards
6.5.2 Safety Regulations and Compliance
6.5.3 Environmental Regulations and Sustainability Initiatives
6.6 Environmental Impact and Sustainability
6.6.1 Life Cycle Assessment of Flexible Batteries
6.6.2 Recyclability and End-of-Life Management
6.6.3 Eco-friendly Materials and Production Processes

8.1 Glossary of Terms
8.2 List of Abbreviations
8.3 Research Methodology

Table 1. Comparison with Conventional Battery Technologies
Table 2. Battery market megatrends
Table 3. Advanced materials for batteries
Table 4. Macro-trends in flexible batteries
Table 5. Technology benchmarking for flexible batteries
Table 6. Application market roadmap for flexible batteries
Table 7. Overview of applications for flexible batteries
Table 8. Value drivers for flexible batteries
Table 9. Global market 2025-2035 by technology (Millions USD) for flexible batteries
Table 10. Global market 2025-2035 by technology (units) for flexible batteries
Table 11.Global market 2025-2035 by application (Millions USD) for flexible batteries
Table 12. Global market 2025-2035 by application (Units) for flexible batteries
Table 13. Market and technical challenges in flexible batteries
Table 14. Comparison of Flexible vs Traditional LIB
Table 15. Material Choices for Flexible Battery Components
Table 16. Flexible Battery Production Facilities
Table 17. Flexible Li-ion battery commercial examples
Table 18. Thin film vs bulk solid-state batteries
Table 19. Types of Flexible/Stretchable LIBs
Table 20. Summary of fiber-shaped lithium-ion batteries
Table 21. Main components and properties of different printed battery types
Table 22. Manufacturing Technologies for Printed Batteries
Table 23. Comparison of Printing Techniques
Table 24. 2D and 3D printing techniques
Table 25. Printing techniques applied to printed batteries
Table 26. Advantages and Disadvantages of Printing Techniques
Table 27, Types of printable current collectors and the materials commonly used
Table 28. Applications of printed batteries and their physical and electrochemical requirements
Table 29. Main components and corresponding electrochemical values of lithium-ion printed batteries
Table 30. Printing technique, main components and corresponding electrochemical values of printed batteries based on Zn-MnO2 and other battery types
Table 31. Main 3D Printing techniques for battery manufacturing
Table 32. Electrode Materials for 3D Printed Batteries
Table 33. Main Fabrication Techniques for Thin Film Batteries
Table 34. Types of solid-state electrolytes
Table 35. Market segmentation and status for solid-state batteries
Table 36. Typical process chains for manufacturing key components and assembly of solid-state batteries
Table 37. Comparison between liquid and solid-state batteries
Table 38. Types of fiber-shaped batteries
Table 39. Components of transparent batteries
Table 40. Components of degradable batteries
Table 41. Types of fiber-shaped batteries
Table 42. Comparison of Organic and Inorganic Solid-State Electrolytes
Table 43. Electrode designs in flexible lithium-ion batteries
Table 44. Packaging procedures for pouch cells
Table 45. Encapsulation Materials
Table 46. Manufacturing Techniques Combinations
Table 47. Energy Density Comparison
Table 48. Power Density Performance
Table 49. Cycle Life Performance
Table 50. Flexibility Metrics
Table 51. Temperature Effects
Table 52. Self-Discharge Rates
Table 53. Market Drivers for Flexible Batteries
Table 54. Market Restraints for Flexible Batteries
Table 55. Technical Challenges in Manufacturing,
Table 56. Limited Energy Density Comparison
Table 57. Production Cost Comparison
Table 58. Healthcare and Medical Applications
Table 59. Smart Packaging Applications
Table 60. Thin batteries used in RFID tags/ sensors
Table 61. Alternative Technology Comparison
Table 62. Global market for Thin-film Lithium-ion Batteries 2025-2035 (Millions USD)
Table 63. Global market for Printed Batteries 2025-2035 (Millions USD)
Table 64. Global market for Flexible Solid-state Batteries 2025-2035 (Millions USD)
Table 65. Global market for Stretchable Batteries 2025-2035 (Millions USD)
Table 66. Global market for Flexible Batteries in Consumer Electronics 2025-2035 (Millions USD)
Table 67. Global market for Flexible Batteries in Healthcare and Medical Devices 2025-2035 (Millions USD)
Table 68. Global market for Flexible Batteries in Smart Packaging 2025-2035 (Millions USD)
Table 69. Global market for Flexible Batteries in Smart Cards and RFID 2025-2035 (Millions USD)
Table 70. Global market for Flexible Batteries in Wearables 2025-2035 (Millions USD)
Table 71. Global market for Flexible Batteries in Internet of Things (IoT) 2025-2035 (Millions USD)
Table 72. Global market for Flexible Batteries in Automotive 2025-2035 (Millions USD)
Table 73. Market for Flexible Batteries in North America 2025-2035 (Millions USD)
Table 74. Market for Flexible Batteries in Europe 2025-2035 (Millions USD)
Table 75. Market for Flexible Batteries in Asia-Pacific 2025-2035 (Millions USD)
Table 76. Applications of Flexible Batteries in Consumer Electronics
Table 77. Applications of Flexible Batteries in Medical/Healthcare
Table 78. Monitoring Systems in Medicine and Healthcare Applications
Table 79. Alternative Power Solutions for Smart Cards
Table 80. Applications of Flexible Batteries in Smart Cards and RFID
Table 81. Healthcare for Wearables
Table 82. Flexible batteries in IoT devices
Table 83. Flexible Batteries in Aerospace and Defence
Table 84. Applications of Flexible Batteries in the Automotive Industry
Table 85. Emerging Flexible Battery Technologies
Table 86. Novel Electrode Materials
Table 87. Automated Production Lines for Flexible Batteries
Table 88. Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing for Flexible Batteries
Table 89. Nano-manufacturing Techniques for Flexible Batteries
Table 90. Global safety regulations
Table 91. Environmental Regulations for Flexible Batteries
Table 92. LCA process for Flexible Batteries
Table 93. Recycling and End-of-Life Considerations
Table 94. Eco-friendly Materials in Flexible Batteries
Table 95. Eco-friendly Production Processes
Table 96. 3DOM separator
Table 97. Battery performance test specifications of J. Flex batteries
Table 98. Glossary of Terms
Table 99. List of Abbreviations

Figure 1. Flexible, rechargeable battery
Figure 2. Examples of Flexible batteries on the market
Figure 3. Stretchable lithium-ion battery for flexible electronics
Figure 4. Loomia E-textile
Figure 5. BrightVolt battery
Figure 6. ProLogium solid-state technology
Figure 7. Amprius Li-ion batteries
Figure 8. MOLEX thin-film battery
Figure 9. Grepow flexible batteries
Figure 10. Global market 2025-2035 by technology (value) for flexible batteries
Figure 11. Global market 2025-2035 by technology (units) for flexible batteries
Figure 12. Global market 2025-2035 by application (Millions USD) for flexible batteries
Figure 13. Global market 2025-2035 by application (Units) for flexible batteries
Figure 14. The evolution of flexible energy storage devices
Figure 15. Types of flexible batteries
Figure 16. Various architectures for flexible and stretchable electrochemical energy storage
Figure 17. Materials and design structures in flexible lithium ion batteries
Figure 18. Blue Spark Flexible Battery
Figure 19. J.Flex Battery
Figure 20. LG Chem Wire battery
Figure 21. Panasonic Flexible Li-ion
Figure 22. ProLogium Flexible SSB
Figure 23. Samsung SDI Stripe Battery
Figure 24. a-c) Schematic illustration of coaxial (a), twisted (b), and stretchable (c) LIBs
Figure 25. Panasonic’s flexible lithium-ion battery
Figure 26. Flexible/stretchable LIBs with different structures
Figure 27. a) Schematic illustration of the fabrication of the superstretchy LIB based on an MWCNT/LMO composite fiber and an MWCNT/LTO composite fiber. b,c) Photograph (b) and the schematic illustration (c) of a stretchable fiber-shaped battery under stretching conditions. d) Schematic illustration of the spring-like stretchable LIB. e) SEM images of a fiberat different strains. f) Evolution of specific capacitance with strain. d-f)
Figure 28. Origami disposable battery
Figure 29. Zn-MnO2 batteries produced by Brightvolt
Figure 30. VARTA AG printed battery
Figure 31. Various applications of printed paper batteries
Figure 32.Schematic representation of the main components of a battery
Figure 33. Schematic of a printed battery in a sandwich cell architecture, where the anode and cathode of the battery are stacked together
Figure 34. Sakuú's Swift Print 3D-printed solid-state battery cells
Figure 35. Manufacturing Processes for Conventional Batteries (I), 3D Microbatteries (II), and 3D-Printed Batteries (III)
Figure 36. Examples of applications of thin film batteries
Figure 37. Capacities and voltage windows of various cathode and anode materials
Figure 38. Traditional lithium-ion battery (left), solid state battery (right)
Figure 39. Stretchable lithium-air battery for wearable electronics
Figure 40. Ag-Zn batteries
Figure 41. Transparent batteries
Figure 42. Degradable batteries
Figure 43. LG Chem's cable-type battery
Figure 44. Fraunhofer IFAM printed electrodes
Figure 45. Ragone plots of diverse batteries and the commonly used electronics powered by flexible batteries
Figure 46. Schematic of the structure of stretchable LIBs
Figure 47. Electrochemical performance of materials in flexible LIBs
Figure 48. Lithium Pouch Battery
Figure 49. Wearable self-powered devices
Figure 50. Toppan's RFID Tag with Electronic Paper Display
Figure 51. Global market for Thin-film Lithium-ion Batteries 2025-2035 (Millions USD)
Figure 52. Global market for Printed Lithium-ion Batteries 2025-2035 (Millions USD)
Figure 53. Global market for Flexible Solid-state Batteries 2025-2035 (Millions USD)
Figure 54. Global market for Stretchable Solid-state Batteries 2025-2035 (Millions USD)
Figure 55. Global market for Flexible Batteries in Consumer Electronics 2025-2035 (Millions USD)
Figure 56. Global market for Flexible Batteries in Healthcare and Medical Devices 2025-2035 (Millions USD)
Figure 57. Global market for Flexible Batteries in Smart Packaging 2025-2035 (Millions USD)
Figure 58. Global market for Flexible Batteries in Smart Cards and RFID 2025-2035 (Millions USD)
Figure 59. Global market for Flexible Batteries in Wearables 2025-2035 (Millions USD)
Figure 60. Global market for Flexible Batteries in Internet of Things (IoT) 2025-2035 (Millions USD)
Figure 61. Global market for Flexible Batteries in Automotive 2025-2035 (Millions USD)
Figure 62. Market for Flexible Batteries in North America 2025-2035 (Millions USD)
Figure 63. Market for Flexible Batteries in Europe 2025-2035 (Millions USD)
Figure 64. Market for Flexible Batteries in Asia-Pacific 2025-2035 (Millions USD)
Figure 65. Skin patch
Figure 66. TempTraq Wearable Temperature Monitor
Figure 67. Flexible, non-cytotoxic battery concept
Figure 68. Mojo Vision Smart Contact Lens
Figure 69. 3DOM battery
Figure 70. AC biode prototype
Figure 71. Ampcera’s all-ceramic dense solid-state electrolyte separator sheets (25 um thickness, 50mm x 100mm size, flexible and defect free, room temperature ionic conductivity ~1 mA/cm)
Figure 72. Ateios thin-film, printed battery
Figure 73. 3D printed lithium-ion battery
Figure 74. TempTraq wearable patch
Figure 75. SoftBattery®
Figure 76. Roll-to-roll equipment working with ultrathin steel substrate
Figure 77. TAeTTOOz printable battery materials
Figure 78. Exeger Powerfoyle
Figure 79. 2D paper batteries
Figure 80. 3D Custom Format paper batteries
Figure 81. Hitachi Zosen solid-state battery
Figure 82. Ilika solid-state batteries
Figure 83. TAeTTOOz printable battery materials
Figure 84. LiBEST flexible battery
Figure 85. 3D solid-state thin-film battery technology
Figure 86. Schematic illustration of three-chamber system for SWCNH production
Figure 87. TEM images of carbon nanobrush
Figure 88. Printed Energy flexible battery
Figure 89. Printed battery
Figure 90. ProLogium solid-state battery
Figure 91. Sakuú Corporation 3Ah Lithium Metal Solid-state Battery
Figure 92. Samsung SDI's sixth-generation prismatic batteries
Figure 93. Grepow flexible battery