A raw material is labeled “critical” when the risks of a supply shortage and the resulting impacts on the economy are higher than those of other raw materials. Basic availability is not the only factor affecting a critical material’s overall supply risk. Other factors include political or regulatory risks in countries that are major producers of critical materials, lack of diversity in producers, and demand from competing technologies.
STUDY BACKGROUND
The United States and other advanced economies depend on the continued availability of various critical materials to ensure their economic prosperity and in some cases their national security. Strategies for ensuring the continued availability of these critical materials include stockpiling, developing new domestic supplies or substitution.
Critical materials potentially affect the nanotechnology market in at least three ways:
STUDY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
The overall goal of this report is to analyze the interrelationships between critical materials and nanotechnology. Specific objectives include:
INTENDED AUDIENCE
The report is intended for entrepreneurs, investors, venture capitalists and other readers concerned with future trends in the nanotechnology market. Other readers who should find the report particularly valuable include executives of companies that are consumers of critical materials and officials of government agencies concerned with ensuring the continued supply of these materials. In the United States, these agencies include the Departments of Defense, Energy and Homeland Security, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the U.S. Trade Representative. The report’s findings and conclusions should also be of interest to the broader nanotechnology community.
SCOPE OF REPORT
“Critical materials” is a relative term. The list of critical materials varies among countries and industries, depending on their specific circumstances. In selecting the materials to be covered in this report, we drew from a number of sources, including reports published by the U.S. Department of Energy, the European Union, the British Geological Survey and the German Institut für Zukunftstudien und Technologie-bewertung.
Not all of the critical materials identified in these reports have implications for the nanotechnology market. This study focuses on those critical materials that have potential nanotechnology applications or for which nanotechnology-based substitutes exist:
For each of these materials, the report contains an assessment of:
REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
The market for existing nanotechnology applications of critical materials was worth nearly $6.5 billion in 2012. This market is expected to reach nearly $6.9 billion in 2013 and nearly $9.4 billion in 2018, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.5% for the five-year period, 2013 to 2018.
This report provides:
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION
STUDY BACKGROUND
STUDY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
INTENDED AUDIENCE
SCOPE OF REPORT
METHODOLOGY AND INFORMATION SOURCES
ANALYST CREDENTIALS
DISCLAIMER
Chapter 2: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY $250
Table Summary : CRITICAL MATERIALS WITH THE GREATEST IMPACT ON EXISTING NANOTECHNOLOGY MARKETS, THROUGH 2018
Figure Summary : MARKET IMPACTS VS. OPPORTUNITIES CREATED BY CRITICAL MATERIALS, 2018
Chapter 3: OVERVIEW $1116
DEFINITIONS
CRITICAL MATERIALS
NANOTECHNOLOGY
Table 2 : MAJOR CATEGORIES OF NANOMATERIALS
CRITICAL MATERIALS COVERED IN THIS REPORT
ANTIMONY
Existing Nanotechnology Applications
Potential Nanotechnology Substitutes
BARIUM
GALLIUM
Existing Nanotechnology Applications
Potential Nanotechnology Substitutes
INDIUM
Existing Nanotechnology Applications
Potential Nanotechnology Substitutes
MAGNESIUM
Existing Nanotechnology Applications
Potential Nanotechnology Substitutes
NIOBIUM
Potential Nanotechnology Substitutes
PLATINUM GROUP METALS
Existing Nanotechnology Applications
Potential Nanotechnology Substitutes
RARE EARTHS
Existing Nanotechnology Applications
Potential Nanotechnology Substitutes
RHENIUM
Potential Nanotechnology Substitutes
TANTALUM
Potential Nanotechnology Substitutes
TELLURIUM
Potential Nanotechnology Substitutes
TUNGSTEN
Table 3 : CRITICAL MATERIALS, THEIR IMPACTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NANOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY
MARKET IMPACTS
EXISTING NANOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS POTENTIALLY AFFECTED
SUBSTITUTES
Chapter 4: ANTIMONY $1046
SUMMARY
DESCRIPTION AND PROPERTIES
PRODUCTION AND DEMAND
PRODUCTION
DEMAND
NANOSCALE ANTIMONY APPLICATIONS
ANTIMONY TIN OXIDE CONDUCTIVE COATINGS
NANOTECHNOLOGY SUBSTITITES FOR ANTIMONY
FIRE RETARDANTS
BATTERY MATERIALS
TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE COATINGS
IR ATTENTUATING COATINGS
Table 8 : GLOBAL MARKET FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY-BASED SUBSTITUTES FOR ANTIMONY, THROUGH 2018
Chapter 5: BARIUM $419
SUMMARY
DESCRIPTION AND PROPERTIES
PRODUCTION AND DEMAND
NANOSCALE BARIUM APPLICATIONS
MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITORS
NANOTECHNOLOGY SUBSTITUTES FOR BARIUM
CAPACITORS
Chapter 6: GALLIUM $698
SUMMARY
DESCRIPTION AND PROPERTIES
PRODUCTION AND DEMAND
NANOSCALE GALLIUM APPLICATIONS
PHOTOVOLTAICS
NANOTECHNOLOGY SUBSTITUTES FOR GALLIUM
DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS
LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES
Organic Light-Emitting Diodes
Carbon Nanotube LEDs
Table 18 : POTENTIAL MARKET FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY-BASED GALLIUM SUBSTITUTES, THROUGH 2018
Chapter 7: INDIUM $558
SUMMARY
DESCRIPTION AND PROPERTIES
PRODUCTION AND DEMAND
PRODUCTION
DEMAND
NANOSCALE INDIUM APPLICATIONS
PHOTOVOLTAICS
NANOTECHNOLOGY SUBSTITITES FOR INDIUM
Chapter 8: MAGNESIUM $419
SUMMARY
DESCRIPTION AND PROPERTIES
PRODUCTION AND DEMAND
NANOSCALE MAGNESIUM APPLICATIONS
MAGNESIUM NANOPARTICLES
NANOTECHNOLOGY SUBSTITUTES FOR MAGNESIUM
NANOCOMPOSITE FIRE RETARDANTS
REFRACTORY CERAMIC NANOCOMPOSITES
Table 27 : POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR NONMAGNESIUM-CONTAINING NANOCOMPOSITES, THROUGH 2018
Chapter 9: NIOBIUM $488
SUMMARY
DESCRIPTION AND PROPERTIES
PRODUCTION AND DEMAND
PRODUCTION
DEMAND
NANOSCALE NIOBIUM APPLICATIONS
NANOTECHNOLOGY SUBSTITUTES FOR MAGNESIUM
NANOSTRUCTURED STEEL
SUPERCONDUCTING NANOMATERIALS
Table 30 : GLOBAL MARKET FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY-BASED SUBSTITUTES FOR NIOBIUM, THROUGH 2018
Chapter 10: PLATINUM GROUP METALS $1046
SUMMARY
DESCRIPTION AND PROPERTIES
PRODUCTION AND DEMAND
PRODUCTION
DEMAND
NANOSCALE APPLICATIONS OF PLATINUM GROUP METALS
CATALYTIC CONVERTERS
FUEL CELLS
Table 34 : MARKET FOR PGM NANOPARTICLES IN EXISTING APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2018
NANOTECHNOLOGY SUBSTITUTES FOR PLATINUM GROUP METALS
SUBSTITUTES FOR PLATINUM NANOCATALYSTS
Vehicle Exhaust Remediation Catalysts
Fuel Cell Catalysts
Refinery and Petrochemical Catalysts
Chapter 11: RARE EARTHS $907
SUMMARY
DESCRIPTION AND PROPERTIES
PRODUCTION AND DEMAND
NANOSCALE APPLICATIONS OF RARE EARTHS
NANOTECHNOLOGY SUBSTITUTES FOR RARE EARTHS
PERMANENT MAGNETS
OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS
RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES
LIGHTING
Table 42 : MARKET OPPORTUNITIES FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY-BASED SUBSTITUTES FOR RARE EARTH APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2018
Chapter 12: RHENIUM $279
SUMMARY
DESCRIPTION AND PROPERTIES
PRODUCTION AND DEMAND
PRODUCTION
DEMAND
NANOTECHNOLOGY SUBSTITUTES FOR RHENIUM
NANORHENIUM COMPOSITE ALLOY
Chapter 13: TANTALUM $558
SUMMARY
DESCRIPTION AND PROPERTIES
PRODUCTION AND DEMAND
PRODUCTION
DEMAND
NANOTECHNOLOGY SUBSTITUTES FOR TANTALUM
CAPACITORS
Carbon-Nanotube-Based Ultracapacitors
Aerogel Capacitors
Other Technologies
Table 48 : PROJECTED CONSUMPTION OF NANOMATERIALS USED IN CAPACITIVE ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES, THROUGH 2018
Chapter 14: TELLURIUM $279
SUMMARY
DESCRIPTION AND PROPERTIES
PRODUCTION AND DEMAND
PRODUCTION
DEMAND
NANOSCALE SUBSTITUTES FOR TELLURIUM
PHOTOVOLTAICS
Chapter 15: TUNGSTEN $349
SUMMARY
DESCRIPTION AND PROPERTIES
PRODUCTION AND DEMAND
PRODUCTION
DEMAND
NANOSCALE TUNGSTEN APPLICATIONS
Tungsten Carbide Nanocomposites
NANOTECHNOLOGY SUBSTITUTES FOR TUNGSTEN
Chapter 16: COMPANY PROFILES $1325
ANTIMONY
NANOSCALE SUBSTITUTES
BARIUM
NANOSCALE APPLICATIONS
NANOSCALE SUBSTITUTES
GALLIUM
NANOSCALE APPLICATIONS
NANOSCALE SUBSTITUTES
INDIUM
MAGNESIUM
NANOSCALE APPLICATIONS
NANOSCALE SUBSTITUTES
NIOBIUM
NANOSCALE APPLICATIONS
NANOSCALE SUBSTITUTES
PLATINUM GROUP METALS
NANOSCALE APPLICATIONS
NANOSCALE SUBSTITUTES
RARE EARTHS, APPLICATIONS AND SUBSTITUTES
NANOSCALE APPLICATIONS
NANOSCALE SUBSTITUTES
RHENIUM
THE BOEING COMPANY
TANTALUM
NANOSCALE SUBSTITUTES
TELLURIUM
NANOSCALE SUBSTITUTES
TUNGSTEN
NANOSCALE SUBSTITUTES
List of Tables
Summary Table : CRITICAL MATERIALS WITH THE GREATEST IMPACT ON EXISTING NANOTECHNOLOGY MARKETS, THROUGH 2018
Table 1 : SUMMARY OF MATERIALS IDENTIFIED AS BEING AT RISK OF SUPPLY DISRUPTIONS
Table 2 : MAJOR CATEGORIES OF NANOMATERIALS
Table 3 : CRITICAL MATERIALS, THEIR IMPACTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NANOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY
Table 4 : CONSUMPTION OF CRITICAL MATERIALS IN EXISTING NANOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS,THROUGH 2018
Table 5 : MARKET FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS THAT REPLACE OR REDUCE CONSUMPTION OF CRITICAL MATERIALS, THROUGH 2018
Table 6 : NANOSCALE ANTIMONY TIN OXIDE PRODUCERS
Table 7 : GLOBAL CONSUMPTION OF NANOSCALE ANTIMONY USED IN THIN FILM COATINGS, THROUGH 2018
Table 8 : GLOBAL MARKET FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY-BASED SUBSTITUTES FOR ANTIMONY, THROUGH 2018
Table 9 : GLOBAL CONSUMPTION OF NANOCOMPOSITE FIRE RETARDANT MATERIALS, THROUGH 2018
Table 10 : GLOBAL CONSUMPTION OF NANOPARTICLES USED IN RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM ION BATTERIES, THROUGH 2018
Table 11 : GLOBAL MARKET FOR NANOSTRUCTURED REPLACEMENT FOR ANTIMONY TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE COATINGS, THROUGH 2018
Table 12 : GLOBAL CONSUMPTION OF NANOTECHNOLOGY-BASED ALTERNATIVES TO ATO IR-ATTENTUATING COATINGS, THROUGH 2018
Table 13 : MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR PRODUCERS
Table 14 : GLOBAL CONSUMPTION OF BARIUM TITANATE NANOPARTICLES IN MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2018
Table 15 : POTENTIAL MARKET FOR STRONTIUM TITANATE NANOPARTICLES AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR BARIUM TITANATE CERAMIC CAPACITOR APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2018
Table 16 : MANUFACTURERS OF CIGS THIN FILM PVS
Table 17 : MARKET FOR GALLIUM NANOPARTICLES/PRECURSORS USED IN CIGS PV FABRICATION, THROUGH 2018
Table 18 : POTENTIAL MARKET FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY-BASED GALLIUM SUBSTITUTES, THROUGH 2018
Table 19 : COMPANIES MANUFACTURING OR DEVELOPING DSSC PVS
Table 20 : GLOBAL CONSUMPTION OF TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLES IN PHOTOVOLTAICS, THROUGH 2018
Table 21 : GLOBAL SHIPMENTS OF OLED LIGHTING MATERIALS FOR BACKLIGHITNG APPLICATIONS
Table 22 : GLOBAL CONSUMPTION OF INDIUM NANOPARTICLES/PRECURSORS USED IN CIGS PV FABRICATION, THROUGH 2018
Table 23 : GLOBAL MARKET FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY-BASED SUBSTITUTES FOR INDIUM, THROUGH 2018
Table 24 : GLOBAL MARKET FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY-BASED SUBSTITUTES FOR INDIUM USED IN PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2018
Table 25 : PROJECTED SUBSTITUTION OF GALLIUM NANOPARTICLES/PRECURSORS FOR INDIUM USED IN CIGS PVS, THROUGH 2018
Table 26 : GLOBAL CONSUMPTION OF MAGNESIUM AND MAGNESIUM OXIDE NANOPARTICLES, THROUGH 2018
Table 27 : POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR NONMAGNESIUM-CONTAINING NANOCOMPOSITES, THROUGH 2018
Table 28 : GLOBAL CONSUMPTION OF NONMAGNESIUM-CONTAINING FIRE RETARDANT NANOCOMPOSITES, THROUGH 2018
Table 29 : GLOBAL CONSUMPTION OF REFRACTORY NANOCOMPOSITES, THROUGH 2018
Table 30 : GLOBAL MARKET FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY-BASED SUBSTITUTES FOR NIOBIUM, THROUGH 2018
Table 31 : GLOBAL CONSUMPTION OF NANOSTRUCTURED STEEL, THROUGH 2018
Table 32 : GLOBAL CONSUMPTION OF NANOSTRUCTURED SUPERCONDUCTORS, THROUGH 2018
Table 33 : GLOBAL MINE PRODUCTION OF PGMS, 2012
Table 34 : MARKET FOR PGM NANOPARTICLES IN EXISTING APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2018
Table 35 : GLOBAL CONSUMPTION OF NANOSCALE THIN FILM MATERIALS IN CATALYTIC CONVERTERS, THROUGH 2018
Table 36 : GLOBAL SALES OF FUEL CELLS THAT USE PLATINUM NANOCATALYSTS, THROUGH 2018
Table 37 : FUEL CELL CONSUMPTION OF PLATINUM THIN FILM CATALYSTS, THROUGH 2018
Table 38 : RARE EARTH ELEMENTS
Table 39 : RARE EARTH ELEMENT APPLICATIONS
Table 40 : RARE EARTH ELEMENTS CONSIDERED CRITICAL
Table 41 : RARE-EARTH-DOPED METAL OXIDE NANOPHOSPHOR MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2018
Table 42 : MARKET OPPORTUNITIES FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY-BASED SUBSTITUTES FOR RARE EARTH APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2018
Table 43 : GLOBAL CONSUMPTION OF MAGNETIC NANOCOMPOSITES FOR ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2018
Table 44 : COMPANIES INVOLVED IN QUANTUM DOT OPTICAL AMPLIFIER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Table 45 : GLOBAL CONSUMPTION OF QUANTUM DOTS USED IN OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS, THROUGH 2018
Table 46 : GLOBAL SHIPMENTS OF OLED LIGHTING MATERIALS FOR ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2018
Table 47 : PROJECTED CONSUMPTION OF NANOSCALE RHENIUM IN JET AND ROCKET PROPULSION SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2018
Table 48 : PROJECTED CONSUMPTION OF NANOMATERIALS USED IN CAPACITIVE ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES, THROUGH 2018
Table 49 : PROJECTED CONSUMPTION OF CARBON NANOTUBES USED IN ULTRACAPACITORS, THROUGH 2018
Table 50 : PROJECTED CONSUMPTION OF CARBON AEROGELS USED IN SUPERCAPACITORS, THROUGH 2018
Table 51 : GLOBAL CONSUMPTION OF NANOCOMPOSITES IN TUNGSTEN CARBIDE TOOLS, THROUGH 2018
Table 52 : GLOBAL CONSUMPTION OF NANOADDITIVES USED IN TUNGSTEN CARBIDE SUBSTITUTES, THROUGH 2018
List of Figures
Summary Figure : MARKET IMPACTS VS. OPPORTUNITIES CREATED BY CRITICAL MATERIALS, 2018
Figure 1 : ANTIMONY: RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NANOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY, 2012-2018
Figure 2 : WORLD MINE PRODUCTION OF ANTIMONY, 2011
Figure 3 : BARIUM: RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NANOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY, 2012-2018
Figure 4 : WORLD MINE PRODUCTION OF BARITES, 2012
Figure 5 : GALLIUM: RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NANOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY, 2012-2018
Figure 6 : INDIUM: RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NANOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY
Figure 7 : WORLD REFINERY PRODUCTION OF INDIUM, 2012
Figure 8 : MAGNESIUM: RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NANOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY, 2012-2018
Figure 9 : GLOBAL MAGNESIUM PRODUCTION, 2012
Figure 10 : NIOBIUM: RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NANOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY, 2012-2018
Figure 11 : WORLD MINE PRODUCTION OF NIOBIUM, 2012
Figure 12 : GLOBAL CONSUMPTION OF NIOBIUM
Figure 13 : PLATINUM GROUP METALS: RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NANOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY, 2012-2018
Figure 14 : GLOBAL PGM SUPPLY, 2012
Figure 15 : WORLD MINE PRODUCTION OF PLATINUM GROUP METALS, 2008-2012
Figure 16 : GROSS DEMAND FOR PGMS BY SECTOR, 2012
Figure 17 : GLOBAL LIGHT-VEHICLE ASSEMBLIES, 2007-2018
Figure 18 : RARE EARTHS: RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NANOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY, 2012-2018
Figure 19 : TRENDS IN CHINESE EXPORT QUOTAS FOR RARE EARTH ELEMENTS, 2006-2012
Figure 20 : INDIVIDUAL REE SHARES OF TOTAL GLOBAL REE PRODUCTION
Figure 21 : RARE EARTH ELEMENT USAGE BY APPLICATION
Figure 22 : RHENIUM: RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NANOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY, 2012-2018
Figure 23 : GLOBAL RHENIUM CONSUMPTION BY APPLICATION, 2012
Figure 24 : TANTALUM: RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NANOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY, 2012-2018
Figure 25 : TANTALUM PRODUCTION BY SOURCE, 2011
Figure 26 : PRIMARY PRODUCTION OF TANTALUM BY COUNTRY/REGION, 2010
Figure 27 : WORLDWIDE CONSUMPTION OF TANTALUM, 2000-2011
Figure 28 : TELLURIUM: RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NANOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY, 2012-2018
Figure 29 : WORLD REFINERY PRODUCTION OF TELLURIUM BY COUNTRY, 2012
Figure 30 : TELLURIUM APPLICATIONS, 2012
Figure 31 : TUNGSTEN CARBIDE: RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NANOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY, 2012-2018
Figure 32 : GLOBAL PRODUCTION OF TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATE