The Global Market for Flexible, Printed, and Thin Film Batteries 2023-2033

1.1 Report scope
1.2 Market coverage
1.3 Research methodology
1.4 Primary research
1.5 Secondary research

2.1 Current market for batteries
2.2 Market drivers
2.3 Flexible and stretchable batteries for electronics
2.4 Flexible and stretchable supercapacitors
2.5 Battery market megatrends
2.6 The global market for thin film, printed, flexible & stretchable, batteries
2.6.1 Global market to 2033, by types and markets (revenues)
2.6.1.1 Solid-state batteries segment
2.7 Market challenges
2.8 Industry developments 2020-2022

3.1 Introduction
3.1.1 Features and advantages
3.1.2 Technical specifications
3.1.3 Types
3.1.4 Microbatteries
3.1.4.1 Introduction
3.1.4.2 Materials
3.1.4.3 Applications
3.1.4.4 3D designs
3.1.5 Bulk type solid-state batteries
3.2 Shortcomings and market challenges for solid-state thin film batteries

4.1 Technical specifications
4.1.1 Approaches to flexibility
4.2 Flexible electronics
4.2.1 Flexible materials
4.3 Flexible and wearable Metal-sulfur batteries
4.4 Flexible and wearable Metal-air batteries
4.5 Flexible Lithium-ion Batteries
4.5.1 Electrode designs
4.5.2 Fiber-shaped Lithium-Ion batteries
4.5.3 Stretchable lithium-ion batteries
4.5.4 Origami and kirigami lithium-ion batteries
4.6 Flexible Li/S batteries
4.6.1 Components
4.6.2 Carbon nanomaterials
4.7 Flexible lithium-manganese dioxide (Li-MnO2) batteries
4.8 Flexible zinc-based batteries
4.8.1 Components
4.8.1.1 Anodes
4.8.1.2 Cathodes
4.8.2 Challenges
4.8.3 Flexible zinc-manganese dioxide (Zn-Mn) batteries
4.8.4 Flexible silver-zinc (Ag-Zn) batteries
4.8.5 Flexible Zn-Air batteries
4.8.6 Flexible zinc-vanadium batteries
4.9 Fiber-shaped batteries
4.9.1 Carbon nanotubes
4.9.2 Types
4.9.3 Applications
4.9.4 Challenges
4.10 Transparent batteries
4.10.1 Components
4.11 Degradable batteries
4.11.1 Components
4.12 Flexible and stretchable supercapacitors
4.12.1 Nanomaterials for electrodes
4.13 Energy harvesting combined with wearable energy storage devices

5.1 Technical specifications
5.1.1 Components
5.1.1.1 Design
5.1.2 Key features
5.1.3 Printable current collectors
5.1.4 Printable electrodes
5.1.5 Materials
5.1.6 Applications
5.1.7 Printing techniques
5.1.8 Applications
5.2 Lithium-ion (LIB) printed batteries
5.3 Zinc-based printed batteries
5.4 3D Printed batteries
5.4.1 3D Printing techniques for battery manufacturing
5.4.2 Materials for 3D printed batteries
5.4.2.1 Electrode materials
5.4.2.2 Electrolyte Materials
5.5 Printed supercapacitors
5.5.1 Electrode materials
5.5.2 Electrolytes

6.1 Internet of Things (IoT)
6.2 Health and wellness monitoring devices
6.3 Medical implantables
6.4 Skin patches
6.4.1 Minimally-invasive and non-invasive glucose monitoring products
6.4.2 Cardiovascular monitoring
6.4.3 Temperature monitoring
6.5 Smart Cards
6.6 RFID tags
6.6.1 Low-frequency (LF) RFID tags: 30 KHz to 300 KHz
6.6.2 High-frequency (HF) RFID tags: 3 to 30 MHz
6.6.3 Ultra-high-frequency (UHF) RFID tags: 300 MHz to 3GHz
6.6.4 Active, passive and semi-passive RFID tags
6.7 Wearables
6.7.1 Energy sources for wearable sensors
6.7.2 Wrist-worn wearables
6.7.3 Smart watches
6.7.3.1 Health monitoring
6.7.3.2 Energy harvesting for powering smartwatches
6.7.3.3 Main smart watch producers and products
6.7.4 Sports and fitness trackers
6.7.4.1 Built in function in smart watches and fitness trackers
6.7.5 Foot-worn wearables
6.7.5.1 Companies and products
6.8 E-textiles
6.8.1 Textile-based batteries
6.8.2 Energy harvesting
6.8.3 Powering E-textiles
6.8.4 Advantages and disadvantages of main battery types for E-textiles
6.8.5 Bio-batteries
6.8.6 Challenges for battery integration in smart textiles
6.9 Automotive, Transport
6.10 Micro/Nano Electromechanical Systems (MEMS/NEMS)
6.11 Smart packaging
6.12 Foldable smartphones and displays

Table 1. Market drivers for use of advanced technologies in batteries
Table 2. Battery market megatrends
Table 3. Market challenges for flexible, printed and thin film batteries
Table 4. Flexible, printed and thin film batteries industry developments 2020-2022
Table 5. Market segmentation and status for solid-state batteries
Table 6. Shortcoming of solid-state thin film batteries
Table 7. Flexible battery applications and technical requirements
Table 8. Flexible Li-ion battery prototypes
Table 9. Electrode designs in flexible lithium-ion batteries
Table 10. Summary of fiber-shaped lithium-ion batteries
Table 11. Types of fiber-shaped batteries
Table 12. Components of transparent batteries
Table 13. Components of degradable batteries
Table 14. Applications of nanomaterials in flexible and stretchable supercapacitors, by advanced materials type and benefits thereof
Table 15. Main components and properties of different printed battery types
Table 16. Applications of printed batteries and their physical and electrochemical requirements
Table 17. 2D and 3D printing techniques
Table 18. Printing techniques applied to printed batteries
Table 19. Main components and corresponding electrochemical values of lithium-ion printed batteries
Table 20. Printing technique, main components and corresponding electrochemical values of printed batteries based on Zn-MnO2 and other battery types
Table 21. Main 3D Printing techniques for battery manufacturing
Table 22. Electrode Materials for 3D Printed Batteries
Table 23. Methods for printing supercapacitors
Table 24. Electrode Materials for printed supercapacitors
Table 25. Electrolytes for printed supercapacitors
Table 26. Main properties and components of printed supercapacitors
Table 27. Devices for IoT power sources
Table 28. Examples of wearable medical device products
Table 29. Wearable bio-signal monitoring devices
Table 30. Minimally-invasive and non-invasive glucose monitoring products
Table 31. Types of RFID tags
Table 32. Market requirements for energy storage in wearables
Table 33. Flexible batteries types in wearable sensors
Table 34. Wearable health monitors
Table 35. Main smart watch producers and products
Table 36. Wearable sensor products for monitoring sport performance
Table 37. Companies and products in smart footwear
Table 38. Advantages and disadvantages of batteries for E-textiles
Table 39. Comparison of prototype batteries (flexible, textile, and other) in terms of area-specific performance
Table 40. Foldable smartphones, laptops and tablets, on or near market
Table 41. 3DOM separator
Table 42. Battery performance test specifications of J. Flex batteries

Figure 1. Annual sales of battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles
Figure 2. Global battery market 2015-2033, billions USD
Figure 3. Flexible batteries on the market
Figure 4. Examples of flexible electronics devices
Figure 5. Stretchable graphene supercapacitor
Figure 6. Costs of batteries to 2030
Figure 7. Revenues for thin film, flexible and printed batteries 2021-2033, by market, millions USD (excluding thin film solid-state batteries)
Figure 8. The global market for solid-state batteries, 2018-2033, millions USD
Figure 9. ULTRALIFE thin film battery
Figure 10. Examples of applications of thin film batteries
Figure 11. Capacities and voltage windows of various cathode and anode materials
Figure 12. Traditional lithium-ion battery (left), solid state battery (right)
Figure 13. Bulk type compared to thin film type SSB
Figure 14. Ragone plots of diverse batteries and the commonly used electronics powered by flexible batteries
Figure 15. Flexible, rechargeable battery
Figure 16. Various architectures for flexible and stretchable electrochemical energy storage
Figure 17. Types of flexible batteries
Figure 18. Flexible label and printed paper battery
Figure 19. Materials and design structures in flexible lithium ion batteries
Figure 20. Flexible/stretchable LIBs with different structures
Figure 21. Schematic of the structure of stretchable LIBs
Figure 22. Electrochemical performance of materials in flexible LIBs
Figure 23. a-c) Schematic illustration of coaxial (a), twisted (b), and stretchable (c) LIBs
Figure 24. 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 25. Origami disposable battery
Figure 26. Zn-MnO2 batteries produced by Brightvolt
Figure 27. Charge storage mechanism of alkaline Zn-based batteries and zinc-ion batteries
Figure 28. Zn-MnO2 batteries produced by Blue Spark
Figure 29. Ag-Zn batteries produced by Imprint Energy
Figure 30. Transparent batteries
Figure 31. Degradable batteries
Figure 32. Schematic of supercapacitors in wearables
Figure 33. (A) Schematic overview of a flexible supercapacitor as compared to conventional supercapacitor
Figure 34. Stretchable graphene supercapacitor
Figure 35. Wearable self-powered devices
Figure 36. Various applications of printed paper batteries
Figure 37.Schematic representation of the main components of a battery
Figure 38. Schematic of a printed battery in a sandwich cell architecture, where the anode and cathode of the battery are stacked together
Figure 39. Manufacturing Processes for Conventional Batteries (I), 3D Microbatteries (II), and 3D-Printed Batteries (III)
Figure 40. Main printing methods for supercapacitors
Figure 41. Capacitech Energy cable-based capacitor
Figure 42. Cable-Based Capacitor integrated with wiring of an indoor solar cell
Figure 43. Companies and products in wearable health monitoring and rehabilitation devices and products
Figure 44. Flexible, implantable battery concept
Figure 45. Schematic of non-invasive CGM sensor
Figure 46. Adhesive wearable CGM sensor
Figure 47. VitalPatch
Figure 48. Wearable ECG-textile
Figure 49. Wearable ECG recorder
Figure 50. Nexkin™
Figure 51. Enfucell wearable temperature tag
Figure 52. TempTraQ wearable wireless thermometer
Figure 53. Smart card incorporating an ultra-thin battery
Figure 54. RFID ultra micro battery
Figure 55. Applications of wearable flexible sensors worn on various body parts
Figure 56. Stretchable transistor
Figure 57. Artificial skin prototype for gesture recognition
Figure 58. Connected human body and product examples
Figure 59. Schematic flow chart of self-powering smart wearable sensors
Figure 60. Digitsole Smartshoe
Figure 61. E-textile flexible, printed and thin film battery applications
Figure 62. Power supply mechanisms for electronic textiles and wearables
Figure 63. Toyota sports EV concept incorporating solid-state batteries
Figure 64. Samsung foldable battery patent schematic
Figure 65. LG Chem foldable display
Figure 66. Asus Foldable Phone
Figure 67. Dell Concept Ori
Figure 68. Intel Foldable phone
Figure 69. ThinkPad X1 Fold
Figure 70. Motorola Razr
Figure 71. Oppo Find N folding phone
Figure 72. Royole FlexPai 2
Figure 73. Galaxy Fold 3
Figure 74. Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3
Figure 75. TCL Tri-Fold Foldable Phone
Figure 76. TCL rollable phone
Figure 77. Xiaomi Mi MIX Flex
Figure 78. 24M battery
Figure 79. 3DOM battery
Figure 80. AC biode prototype
Figure 81. 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 82. Amprius battery products
Figure 83. All-polymer battery schematic
Figure 84. All Polymer Battery Module
Figure 85. Resin current collector
Figure 86. Ateios thin-film, printed battery
Figure 87. 3D printed lithium-ion battery
Figure 88. Blue Solution module
Figure 89. TempTraq wearable patch
Figure 90. Cymbet EnerChip™
Figure 91. E-magy nano sponge structure
Figure 92. SoftBattery®
Figure 93. Roll-to-roll equipment working with ultrathin steel substrate
Figure 95. 40 Ah battery cell
Figure 96. FDK Corp battery
Figure 97. 2D paper batteries
Figure 98. 3D Custom Format paper batteries
Figure 99. Fuji carbon nanotube products
Figure 100. Gelion Endure battery
Figure 101. Portable desalination plant
Figure 102. Grepow flexible battery
Figure 103. Hitachi Zosen solid-state battery
Figure 104. Ilika solid-state batteries
Figure 105. ZincPoly™ technology
Figure 94. TAeTTOOz printable battery materials
Figure 106. Ionic Materials battery cell
Figure 107. Schematic of Ion Storage Systems solid-state battery structure
Figure 108. ITEN micro batteries
Figure 109. LiBEST flexible battery
Figure 110. 3D solid-state thin-film battery technology
Figure 111. Lyten batteries
Figure 112. Nanotech Energy battery
Figure 113. Hybrid battery powered electrical motorbike concept
Figure 114. NBD battery
Figure 115. Schematic illustration of three-chamber system for SWCNH production
Figure 116. TEM images of carbon nanobrush
Figure 117. EnerCerachip
Figure 118. Cambrian battery
Figure 119. Printed battery
Figure 120. Prieto Foam-Based 3D Battery
Figure 121. Printed Energy flexible battery
Figure 122. ProLogium solid-state battery
Figure 123. QingTao solid-state batteries
Figure 124. Sakuú Corporation 3Ah Lithium Metal Solid-state Battery
Figure 125. SES Apollo batteries
Figure 126. Sionic Energy battery cell
Figure 127. Solid Power battery pouch cell
Figure 128.TeraWatt Technology solid-state battery