Worldwide Micro Fuel Cell Market Shares, Strategies, And Forecasts, 2009-2015

Micro fuel cells provide a hybrid storage technology				5.5 BASF
that supports long term reliable portable electronics				5.5.1 BASF / E-TEK
power. Renewable energy is base source for charging				5.5.2 BASF ETEK LT Series 12D MEA for Direct
batteries, but micro fuel cell alternative charging is				Methanol Fuel Cells.
needed to provide power continuity. Batteries are a				5.6 Ceramic Fuel Cells
chemical process, but current devices do not last long				5.6.1 Ceramic Fuel Cells Volume Order Secured With
enough. Fuel cells are one of several evolving				Partner Nuon
technologies that promise to provide more reliable,				5.6.2 Ceramic Fuel Cells Customers and Products
longer portable power.				5.6.3 Ceramic Fuel Cells Regional Presence
				5.7 Fuel Cell Components & Integrators
Micro fuel cell component costs continue to be an				5.8 Gore
issue. Micro fuel cells are expected to be an				5.9 GrafTech International
expensive alternative to thin film batteries, providing				5.10 Heliocentris Fuel Cells AG
hybrid technology that is needed for power continuity,				5.11 Horizon
but not basic power sources in most cases throughout				5.11.1 Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies Pte Ltd
the forecast period.				5.11.2 Horizon Fuel Cell Bicycles
				5.11.3 Horizon Fuel Cell Integrated To An Electric
Economies of scale do not entirely solve the inherent				Bicycle
high costs of high grade metallic catalysts used in				5.11.4 Horizon Light Duty Automotive
micro fuel cells. More catalyst price reductions are				5.11.5 Horizon Supplying Multi-kW Fuel Cells
needed to make micro fuel cells competitive with thin				5.12 ICM Plastics
film batteries. Micro fuel cells are useful in many				5.13 JMC / Tekion
particular situations.				5.13.1 Tekion Formira Hybrid Configuration
				5.14 Johnson Matthey
The direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) portable power				5.15 Manhattan Scientifics
market for notebook computers, mobile phones, and				5.15.1 Manhattan Scientifics MicroFuel Cell
other portable electronic devices is expected to grow				5.16 Masterflex AG
significantly. Leading electronics manufacturers and				5.17 Medis Technologies
innovative start]up companies are introducing products.				5.17.1 Medis Technologies Revenue
Micro fuel cells are anticipated to work in combination				5.17.2 Medis Technologies Strategic Partners
with thin film batteries, creating hybrid power systems.				5.17.3 Medis Technologies / Cell Kinetics
Hybrid markets are expected to achieve market				5.17.4 Medis / Founder Technology Group
growth as the batteries are less expensive than the				5.17.5 Medis / Aspect and Tenzor MA
micro fuel cells. The micro fuel cells are useful for				5.17.6 Medis / Israel Aerospace Industries
charging thin film batteries.				5.17.7 Medis Strategy
				5.17.8 Medis General Dynamics C4 Systems
Micro fuel cell markets are at $75 million at the end				5.17.9 Medis Platform Technology Broadens Its
of 2008. By 2015, micro fuel cell markets reach $5.59				Possibilities
billion. Another related segment, portable fuel cells used				5.18 Microcell
in bicycles and similar large portable devices represent				5.19 Millennium Cell Liquidation Plan
a similar market opportunity. The micro fuel cells				5.19.1 Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies and Millennium Cell
represent power for devices that include a range of				5.19.2 Millennium Cell HydroPak™ Positioned As An
PC, handset, PDA, and digital device segments in a				Emergency Power Product
variety of industry, military, and health care segments.				5.20 Mechanical Technology Incorporated (MTI)
				5.20.1 MTI MicroFuel Cells
				5.20.2 MTI Fourth Quarter And Year End Results
Table of Contents :				5.20.3 MTI Micro Commercialization In 2009 - Projected
				Design Freeze In December 2008
MICRO FUEL CELL EXECUTIVE SUMMARY				5.20.4 Mechanical Technology Incorporated Fourth
Micro Fuel Cell Market Driving Forces				Quarter Revenues
Micro Fuel Cell Market Shares				5.21 Neah
Micro Fuel Cell Market Forecasts				5.22 PolyFuel
1. MICRO FUEL CELL MARKET DESCRIPTION AND				5.22.1 PolyFuel Engineered Membranes
MARKET DYNAMICS				5.22.2 PolyFuel Engineered Membranes
1.1 Fuel Cell Description				5.22.3 PolyFuel Business, Products and Markets
1.1.1 Fuel Cell Efficiency				5.22.4 PolyFuel Ultra-Thin 20-Micron Version Of Its
1.1.2 Fuel Cell Electrochemical Converter -- Clean				DMFC Membrane
Energy				5.22.5 PolyFuel Agreement With Johnson Matthey Fuel
1.1.3 DMFC Fuel Cells				Cells Limited,
1.1.4 Micro Fuel Cell Hours Of Operation And Power				5.22.2 PolyFuel Comprehensive Loss
Degradation				5.22.7 PolyFuel Cash Used in Operations
1.1.5 Cathode Catalysts				5.22.8 PolyFuel Concentrates Resources On
1.1.6 Micro Fuel Cell Description				Reference System Design Program
1.2 United States Has Approved The Use Of Some				5.23 Sanyo / Hoku Scientific
Micro Fuel Cells In Airplanes				5.23.1 Hoku Scientific Customers
1.2.1 Market Opportunity for Micro Fuel Cell Products				5.23.2 Suntech Purchases Shares of Hoku Scientific
1.3 Micro Fuel Cell Target Markets				5.23.3 Hoku Fuel Cells
1.3.1 Military As A Micro Fuel Cell Target Market				5.24 SGL Technologies
1.3.2 Micro Fuel Cell Portable Medical Equipment				5.24.1 SGL Technologies Financials
1.3.3 Micro Fuel Cell Laptop Computer Market				5.25 Smart Fuel Cells (SFC)
1.3.4 Micro Fuel Cell Consumer Electronics Portable				5.25.1 Smart Fuel Cells Automotive
Power Source				5.25.2 Smart Fuel Cells Stationary
1.3.5 Micro Fuel Cell Laptop Computer Power Source				5.25.3 Smart Fuel Cells Positioning
1.3.6 Mobile Life Fuel Cell Power				5.25.4 SFC Sells 10,000th EFOY Fuel Cell
1.3.7 Persistent Computing Requires Extended Power				5.25.5 SFC EFOY Service Station In France.
1.3.8 First Responders				5.25.6 SFC Financials
1.3.9 Instant Recharge for Continuous Computing				5.25.7 SFC Smart Fuel Cell Market and Technology
1.3.10 RV Recreational Micro Fuel Cell Markets				Leader in Mobile Fuel Cells
1.4 Fuel Cell Fuel Distribution and Infrastructure				5.25.8 SFC Fuel Cells In Use All Over The World
1.5 Approvals From The United Nations And Related				5.25.9 Electric Automotive Vehicle Smart Fuel Cell
Regulatory Organizations				Battery Charger
1.5.1 Fuel Cells Compared to Rechargeable Batteries				5.26 Solvay
2. MICRO FUEL CELL MARKET SHARES AND				5.26.2 Solvay Financials
MARKET FORECASTS				5.27 Tatung System Technologies
2.1 Micro Fuel Cell Market Driving Forces				5.28 Toshiba
2.1.1 Driving Forces of Micro Fuel Cell Products				5.28.1 Toshiba America (TAI)
2.2 Micro Fuel Cell Market Shares				5.28.2 Toshiba Financials
2.2.1 Toshiba Direct Methanol Micro Fuel Cell				5.28.3 Toshiba Mid Term Business Plan
2.2.2 Toshiba Standards Leader				5.28.2 Toshiba Financials
2.2.3 Toshiba Fuel Cell Reference Model				5.28.5 Toshiba Business Strategy
2.2.4 Mechanical Technology Inc (MTI) MTI Fourth				5.28.6 Toshiba Nuclear Energy Business
Quarter And Year End Results				5.28.2 Toshiba Investors
2.2.5 Smart Fuel Cell Products and Markets				5.28.2 Toshiba Partners
2.2.6 PolyFuel DMFC Membrane				5.29 UltraCell
2.2.7 PolyFuel Engineered Membranes				5.29.1 BASF Venture Capital / UltraCell
2.2.8 Poly Fuel Prototype Notebook Computer Fuel Cell				5.29.2 UltraCell Advanced Reformed Methanol Micro
Power Supply				Fuel Cell
2.2.9 Medis				List of Tables and Figures
2.2.10 Medis Targets End Users				Table ES-1
2.2.11 Medis 24/7 Power Pack				Micro Fuel Cell Market Driving Forces
2.3 Micro Fuel Cell Market Forecasts				Figure ES-2
2.3.1 Hybrid Technologies				Worldwide Micro Fuel Cell Market Shares,
2.3.2 Sample Quotes on Market Size:				First Three Quarters 2008
2.4 Mobile Handset Subscribers				Figure ES-3
2.4.1 Enterprise Wireless Handset Markets				Worldwide Micro Fuel Cell Market Forecasts, Dollars,
2.5 Micro Fuel Cell Prices				2009-2015
2.5.1 Smart Fuel Cell EFOY				Table 1-1
2.5.2 Fuel Cell Cartridges Approved For Commercial				Fuel Cell Efficiency
Aircraft				Figure 1-2
2.5.3 Fuel Cell Technology Decreases The Weight				Direct Methanol Fuel Cell
Soldiers Carry				Table 1-3
2.6 Regional Energy Demand				Portable Power Market Strategy
2.6.1 United Kingdom Leader in Carbon Offset Initiatives				Table 1-4
2.6.2 Germany				Micro Fuel Cell Product Benefits
2.6.3 Japan				Table 1-4 (Continued)
2.6.4 Military Uses Of Micro Fuel Cells				Micro Fuel Cell Product Benefits
3. MICRO FUEL CELL PRODUCT DESCRIPTION				Table 1-5
3.1 Micro Fuel Cells Power Digital Devices				Military Micro Fuel Cell Target Markets
3.2 Toshiba				Table 1-6
3.2.1 Toshiba DMFC-Powered Audio Players				Micro Fuel Cells Military Positioning
3.2.2 Toshiba Micro Fuel Cell				Table 1-7
3.2.3 Toshiba Direct Methanol Fuel Cell				Micro Fuel Cell Portable Medical Equipment
3.2.4 Toshiba Methanol Concentration				Demand Parameters
3.3 Samsung				Table 1-8
3.4 Poly Fuel				Micro Fuel Cell Consumer Electronics Portable
3.4.1 PolyFuel Cartridges Approved For Commercial				Power Source Target Market
Aircraft By Regulatory Agencies				Table 2-1
3.4.2 PolyFuel Functional Prototype Of A Notebook PC				Micro Fuel Cell Market Driving Forces
Fuel Cell Power Supply				Table 2-2
3.4.3 PolyFuel Engineered Polymer Nano Fuel Cell				Micro Fuel Cell Advantages
Architectures				Table 2-3
3.5 Smart Fuel Cell				Market Aspects For Micro Fuel Cells
3.5.1 Smart Fuel Cell Products and Markets				Table 2-4
3.5.2 Smart Fuel Cell Remote Traffic Systems				Micro Fuel Cell Technology Issues
3.5.3 Smart Fuel Cell Projects				Table 2-5
3.5.4 Smart Fuel Cell EFOY Cartridges				Micro Fuel Cell Market Issues
3.6 UltraCell C XX25				Table 2-5 (Continued)
3.6.1 UltraCell's XX25 Communication				Micro Fuel Cell Market Issues
3.6.2 UltraCell XX25™ Fuel Cell Powering A Field				Figure 2-6
Repeater				Worldwide Micro Fuel Cell Market Shares,
3.6.3 UltraCell XX25™ Fuel Cell Powering A Field				First Three Quarters 2008
Repeater				Table 2-7
3.6.4 UltraCell Light-Weight And Portable Power				Worldwide Micro Fuel Cell Market Shares,
Sources For Military				First Three Quarters 2008
3.6.5 UltraCell U.S. Military Validation:				Table 2-8
3.6.6 UltraCell Altitude Test				Toshiba Handheld Fuel-Cell Technology Specifications
3.6.7 UltraCell Foreign Military Programs:				Figure 2-9
3.6.8 UltraCell Partnership With Tatung System				PolyFuel Competitive Positioning
Technologies				Figure 2-10
3.6.9 UltraCell is partnered with ABSL				Worldwide Micro Fuel Cell Market Forecasts, Dollars,
3.6.10 UltraCell is partnered with TSTI				2009-2015
3.6.11 UltraCell Products				Figure 2-11
3.6.12 UltraCell XX25 MiTAC, General Dynamics and				Worldwide Micro Fuel Cell Device
Panasonic Homeland Security				Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2009-2015
3.7 Manhattan Scientifics Micro Fuel Cell				Figure 2-12
3.7.1 Manhattan Scientifics MicroFuel Cell™				Worldwide Micro Fuel Cell Devices
3.8 Medis Technologies				Market Forecasts, Units,
3.8.1 More Energy Subsidiary Of Medis Technologies				2009-2015
3.8.2 Medis Technologies Department of Defense in				Figure 2-13
Wearable Power				Worldwide Micro Fuel Cell Cartridge
3.8.3 Medis Fuel Cell Provides 20 Watt Hours Of Total				Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2009-2015
Energy				Figure 2-14
3.8.4 Medis Portable Fuel Cell Market				Worldwide Micro Fuel Cell Cartridge
3.8.5 Medis 24/7 Power Pack				Market Forecasts, Units, 2009-2015
3.8.6 Medis / General Dynamics C4 Systems Promote				Table 2-15
24/7 Power Pack For Military Use				Worldwide Micro Fuel Cell Cartridge
3.8.7 Medis / General Dynamics Competitive				Market Forecasts, Units and Dollars, 2009-2015
Advantages				Table 2-16
3.8.8 Medis Target End Users				Factors Driving Mobile Handsets To Require
3.8.9 Medis 24-7 Power Pack Benefits				Increasing Amounts Of Power Consumption
3.9 Mechanical Technology Incorporated (MTI)				Figure 3-1
3.9.1 MTI Micro Fuel Cell Life Test				Toshiba Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Technology
3.9.2 MTI Micro / Neosolar Co-Develop Mobion®				Figure 3-2
Digital Devices For Consumers				Toshiba DMFC-Powered Audio Players
3.9.3 MTI Micro Cord-Free Rechargeable Power Pack				Figure 3-3
3.9.4 MTI Micro Mobion® Chip				Samsung Hydrogen Gas Block Diagram
3.9.5 MTI Mobion® Advantage				Figure 3-4
3.9.6 MTI Pocket Fuel Cells				Hydrogen Fuel Cell Patent From Samsung
3.10 Tekion				Figure 3-5
3.10.1 Tekion Power Source				Samsung Multi Layered Hydrogen Fuel Cell
3.10.2 Tekion Fuel Cell On A Chip				Table 3-6
3.10.3 Tekion Formira				Smart EFOY Fuel Cell Ratings
3.10.4 Tekion / BASF Formic Acid				Table 3-7
3.11 NEC Fuel-Cell Handsets				Smart EFOY Fuel Cell Features
3.11.1 NEC				Figure 3-8
3.11.2 NEC Fuel Cell Carbon Nanotubes Toshiba /				Technical Data Of Smart Fuel Cell EFOY
CRDC Compact Fuel Cell For Notebook PCs				Figure 3-9
3.12 Sony Hybrid Fuel Cell System				Smart Fuel Cell EFOY Cartridges
3.13 Angstrom Power				Figure 3-10
3.13.1 Angstrom Micro Hydrogen™ Systems for				UltraCell XX25™ Fuel Cell Powering A Field
Portable Power				Repeater
3.13.2 Micro Hydrogen™ for Device Integration				Table 3-11
3.13.3 Angstrom Power Better Than Batteries™				UltraCell's XX25 communication functions
Performance				Figure 3-12
3.13.4 Angstrom Benefits Of Micro Hydrogen™				UltraCell System Integrated With A Multi-Unit
Systems				Battery Charger (MUC)
3.13.5 Angstrom Micro Hydrogen Products				Figure 3-13
3.14 Neah Power Systems				UltraCell Multi-Unit Battery Charger System Runtime
3.14.1 Neah Power Systems Military				Table 3-14
3.14.2 Neah Power Systems Mobile Life				Collaboration Off Grid Power Solution
3.14.3 Neah Power Systems First Responders				Table 3-15
3.14.4 Neah Power Systems Logistics				UltraCell XX25™ Fuel Cell Powering A Field
3.14.5 Neah Solution Silicon-Based Architecture				Repeater
3.14.6 Neah Power Systems Water Vapor Captured In				Figure 3-16
Cartridge				MicroCell Sand Test
3.14.7 Neah Power Military Positioning				Figure 3-17
3.15 BIC				UltraCell Military Applications
3.16 Masterflex				Table 3-18
3.17 Microcell Corporation				UltraCell XX25 Applications
3.17.1 Microcell Products				Figure 3-19
3.18 3-118				UltraCEll Mobile Portable Fuel Cell
3.19 Casio Laptop Fuel Cell				Table 3-20
3.20 Smart Fuel Cell (SFC) Fuel Cell Systems				Manhattan Scientifics Metallicum NanoTitanium
3.20.1 Smart Fuel Cell (SFC) Direct Methanol Fuel Cells				Figure 3-21
3.20.2 Smart Fuel Cell (SFC) Applications				Manhattan Scientifics MicroFuel Cell
3.20.3 Smart Fuel Cell (SFC) Electric Device Power				Table 3-22
3.20.4 SFC DMFC				Manhattan Scientifics MicroFuel Cell™ Advantages
4. MICRO FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGY				Of Technology
4.1 Significant Progress In Development of Compact				Table 3-23
Micro Fuel Cell				Medis / General Dynamics Power Pack For Military
4.2 Medis Micro Fuel Cell Underwriters' Laboratories				Use
(UL) listing				Table 3-24
4.3 Comparison of PEM Based Silicon Bed DMFC				Medis Micro Fuel Cell Competitive Advantages
4.4 Nanowire Battery Can Hold 10 Times The Charge				Table 3-24 (Continued)
Of Existing Lithium-Ion Battery				Medis Micro Fuel Cell Competitive Advantages
4.4.1 Silicon In A Battery Swells As It Absorbs Lithium				Table 3-25
Atoms				Medis 24/7 Power Pack Device Charging
4.4.2 Neah Solution Silicon-Based Architecture				Table 3-26
4.4.3 Neah Water Vapor Captured in Cartridge				Medis 24-7 Power Pack Benefits
4.4.4 Neah Silicon Pragmatic and Scalable				Table 3-27
4.5 PEM Fuel Cells				MTI Micro Mobion® Portable Power Applications
4.6 Solvay				Table 3-28
4.7 SGL Technologies				MTI Micro External Mobion® Power Sources
4.7.1 Sigracet® Fuel Cell Components				Figure 3-29
4.8 PolyFuel Engineered Membranes For Fuel Cells				NeoSolar Seoul, Korea -- Dr. James Y. Yu Holding
4.8.1 Fluorocarbon Membranes Based Upon The				A Mobion® Chip And A Wibrain Ultra Mobile PC
Teflon® Polymer				Figure 3-30
4.8.2 Polyfuel Hydrogen Membrane				MTI Micro's Mobion® Chips
4.9 Fuel Cell Electrochemical Reaction				Table 3-31
4.10 Organizations With Fuel Cell Information				MTI Micro Performance
4.10.1 SFC Energetic Revolution powered by Smart				Table 3-32
Fuel Cell				MTI Mobion® Advantages
4.11 Clean And Silent Micro Fuel Cell Power Generation				Figure 3-33
By Methanol				CEO of MTI Micro Fuel Cell Technology
4.12 Storing Hydrogen				Table 3-34
4.12.1 Sodium Borohydride Storing of Hydrogen				Tekion Technology Competitive Advantage
4.12.2 Borohydride Hydrogen Generation				Table 3-35
4.12.3 International Electrotechnical Commission Forms				Tekion Technology Positioning
Working Group				Figure 3-36
4.13 PolymerElectrolyte Membrane				Tekion Fuel Cell
4.14 Sodium Borohydride Chemical Power				Figure 3-37
4.15 Bacterial Enzymes Replacement For The Platinum				Tekion Power And Energy Characteristics Of
Catalysts				Formira™ Fuel Versus Methanol
4.16 Portable Applications				Figure 3-38
4.16.1 Fuel Cell Power Packs				NEC Micro Fuel Cell
4.16.2 PolyFuel Honeycomb Membrane				Figure 3-39
4.16.3 Portable Electronic Fuel Cell Devices				NEC Fuel-Cells Flask Phone
4.16.4 Marketing Limitation Of Hydrogen Gas Or				Figure 3-40
Methanol Powered Fuel Cells				NEC Fuel Cells and Catalysts
4.16.5 Hitachi Compact DMFC				Figure 3-41
4.16.6 NEC Compact DMFC				Sony Micro Fuel Cell System
4.16.7 Toshiba's DMFC				Figure 3-42
4.16.8 Toshiba Fuel Cell				Angstrom's Micro Hydrogen™ Systems
5. Micro Fuel Cell Company Profiles				Table 3-43
5.1 Altair Nanomaterials				Angstrom Thin Film Fuel Cell Features
5.1.1 Altair Nanotechnologies Partners				Table 3-43 (Continued)
5.1.2 Altair Nanotechnology Power and Energy				Angstrom Thin Film Fuel Cell Features
Systems				Table 3-44
5.1.3 Altair Nanotechnology Performance Materials				Selected Angstrom Micro Fuel Cell Lights
Division				Table 3-45
5.1.4 Altair Nanotechnology Life Sciences				Selected Angstrom Micro Fuel Cell Initiatives
5.1.5 Altair Nanotechnology Net Losses In Each Fiscal				Table 3-45 (Continued)
Year				Selected Angstrom Micro Fuel Cell Initiatives
5.1.6 AlSher Titania Joint Venture With Sherwin-Williams				Table 3-46
5.1.7 Altair Nanotechnology BAE Systems				Angstrom Micro Hydrogen Products
5.1.8 Altair Nanotechnologies Faster Recharging And				Figure 3-47
Discharging				Angstrom's Micro Hydrogen™ Systems
5.1.9 Altair Nanotechnologies Longer Battery Life				Components
5.1.10 Altairnano				Table 3-48
5.2 Angstrom Power				Angstrom's Micro Hydrogen™ Systems
5.2.1 Angstrom Power Micro Fuel Cell Technology				Components
5.3 Asahi Glass				Figure 3-49
5.3.1 Asahi Glass Financials				Neah Power Systems Military Packs
5.3.2 Asahi Glass Business Strategy				Figure 3-50
5.3.3 Asahi Glass Owners				Neah Power Systems Mobile PC Uses
5.4 Ballard				Figure 3-51
5.4.1 Ballard Fuel Cell Features & Benefits				Neah Power Systems First Responder Uses
5.4.2 Ballard Fuel Cell Japanese Residential				Figure 3-52
Cogeneration Program				Neah Power Systems Logistics Uses
5.4.3 Ballard Product : Mark1030™				Figure 3-53
5.4.4 Ballard Improved Reliability				Neah Solution Silicon-Based Architecture
5.4.5 Ballard Bus Fuel Cell				Figure 3-54
5.4.6 Ballard Power Systems' Second Quarter 2008				Neah Power Systems Comparative Size Silicon vs.
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Worldwide Micro Fuel Cell Market Shares, Strategies, And Forecasts, 2009-2015