Currently, the lithium battery industry in China continues to grow under the accelerating trend for electric vehicles, applications in military equipment, 5G services, and more. Before the 2000s, lithium-ion battery production was dominated by Japan with its superior technologies, by companies like Panasonic.
Its inventor, A. Yoshino, describes the process by which the lithium-ion battery was first developed (picture shows the first test-tube cell) and made commercially practical. Successful safety tests marked the turning point in this work.
In the 1990s, China had its first breakthrough with its state enterprise China Electronics Corporation successfully developing its own Model 18650 lithium battery which was ready for mass production.
In this perspective, we present an overview of the research and development of advanced battery materials made in China, covering Li-ion batteries, Na-ion batteries, solid-state batteries and some promising types of Li-S, Li-O 2, Li-CO 2 batteries, all of which have been achieved remarkable progress.
In 2019, there were 131.6GWH produced in China, and in the 2023, reached to 940GWH The battery production concerning the consumer demand is near saturation in China, however consumer demand for lithium batteries applications on vehicles is expected to have continual growth in the upcoming decades.
Regarding knowledge development and exchange (F2 and F3), Chinese battery enterprises have increased their R&D expenditure, leading to several technological breakthroughs as well as increasing domesticalization of the key technologies in the four core battery components (anodes, cathodes, electrolytes, and separators) (Gov.cn, 2020).
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Before the 2000s, lithium-ion battery production was dominated by Japan with its superior technologies, by companies like Panasonic. Japan alone made 88% of the world''s battery supply. In the following two decades, China invested heavily in its sourcing and manufacturing processes. Since 2015, China surpassed Japan, Korea, and the rest of the world and became the largest exporter of lithium batteries. Combined with Japan and Korea, the countries account for 95% of …