Since Tesla launched 4680 large cylindrical batteries on Battery Day, leading lithium battery companies have rushed to deploy 4680 batteries.
Tesla 4680 battery uses new materials such as cobalt-free and high-nickel ternary cathode materials, silicon-based anode materials, a new generation of solute lithium salt LiFSI, and lithium supplements, which also drives the new development of the battery material industry chain. This article will introduce the top 10 4680 battery material suppliers in China.
CNGR New Materials Co., Ltd. was established in September 2014. It is based on a full range of high-nickel and low-cobalt ternary precursors, high-voltage cobalt tetroxide, iron phosphate, sodium-based precursors, comprehensive recycling, raw material smelting, and material equipment manufacturing. The main research and development direction has reached strategic cooperation with dozens of well-known battery companies over the world.
In China, CNGR has established Tongren industrial base, Ningxiang industrial base, Qinzhou industrial base, and Kaiyang industrial base. And it has established an Indonesian raw material base, and plans to build other overseas industrial bases, forming an integrated industrial layout of “raw ore smelting-raw material refining-new energy material manufacturing-recycling”.
The company’s self-developed high-voltage cobalt tetroxide, high-nickel NCM, NCA and other core products rank among the high-end supply chains of the world’s top 500 companies in China, Europe, America, Japan and South Korea. In the past three years, the company’s shipments of ternary precursors and cobalt tetroxide have ranked first in the world.
The company’s products include NCM523, NCM622, NCM811, NCA, NCM90,etc., among which single crystal and high-nickel precursors are the main ones, which are the key core materials for the preparation of ternary lithium battery cathodes, high-voltage three cobalt oxides, iron phosphate, Layered oxides, Prussian blue, polyanions and other series of sodium electrical precursors, etc. The products have been widely used in power transportation, energy storage, 3C products and so on.
Shenzhen Dynanonic Technology Co., Ltd. was founded in January 2007, headquartered in Nanshan, Shenzhen, and has R&D and production bases in Foshan, Guangdong, Qujing, Yunnan, and Sichuan. It is a high-tech company dedicated to the research, development, production and sales of lithium-ion battery core materials. The company’s core product is phosphate-based cathode materials, which are widely used in new energy vehicle power batteries, energy storage batteries and other fields. The company’s main products include nano-lithium iron phosphate, lithium iron manganese phosphate and lithium supplement, etc., which can be used for all types of batteries including cylindrical, soft pack, square and blade batteries. The products are used in many fields such as power vehicles and energy storage.
In this field, the nano-iron phosphate carp produced by the company adopts the self-heating evaporation liquid phase method with the international leading level, and the material properties are all at the international leading level. In February 2023, Dynanonic’s first phase of the 20,000-ton cathode lithium supplement project in Germany was officially put into operation. This project is currently the world’s first cathode lithium supplement project to achieve mass production. The commissioning of the project means that Dynanonic has set up another milestone in realizing the corporate vision of becoming the world’s leading provider of new energy solutions.
Founded in 1996 and listed in the market in 2010, Capchem is a world-leading manufacturer in electronic chemicals and functional materials. The company focuses on the research and development, production and sales of battery chemicals, capacitor chemicals, organic fluorine chemicals and semiconductor chemicals, and is committed to providing customers with first-class “one-stop” product solutions, with more than 700 research and development patents.
The company is headquartered in Shenzhen, and now has multiple production bases in Guangdong, Jiangsu, Fujian, Hunan, Hubei, Poland, and the United States, as well as global branches in Japan, South Korea, etc.There are three main categories of Capchem battery chemicals: secondary lithium-ion battery electrolyte, primary lithium battery electrolyte and supercapacitor electrolyte.
Capchem has specialized in the research of battery chemicals for more than 20 years. It is committed to the mechanism research of electrolyte functional additives and formulas to solve key problems such as long cycle life and high and low temperature.
At present, it has a world-leading position in the development of independent new additives and formulas level, the products are widely used in new energy vehicle batteries, digital product batteries, distributed energy storage and other industries.
Recently, Capchem plans to set up a production base in Ohio, USA to produce battery chemicals with its wholly-owned subsidiary, Capchem USA, as the main body of project implementation. The total investment of the project is about 120 million U.S. dollars, and it will be constructed in two phases, of which the investment in the first phase is about 75 million U.S. dollars, and it is planned to be put into operation in the second quarter of 2025.
Founded in June 2002, Guangdong Fangyuan New Material Group Co., Ltd. is headquartered in Xinhui, Jiangmen. It is a leading manufacturer of lithium battery NCA cathode material precursors in China, mainly engaged in lithium battery ternary cathode material precursors and nickel R&D, production and sales of battery cathode materials.
The company has established a complete industrial chain from nickel-cobalt raw materials to ternary cathode material precursors and nickel battery cathode materials: using resources such as nickel hydroxide, crude nickel sulfate, nickel-cobalt materials as raw materials, and using separation and purification technology to prepare high-purity nickel sulfate, high-purity cobalt sulfate, high-purity manganese sulfate and other solutions, and then directly synthesize NCA/NCM ternary precursor and spherical nickel hydroxide.
The finished products are mainly used in the manufacture of lithium batteries and nickel batteries, and are ultimately used in the fields of new energy vehicle power batteries, electric tools, energy storage equipment and electronic products.
At present, the company has also established good cooperative relations with global mainstream lithium battery or cathode material manufacturers such as Beiterui, Shanshan Energy, BYD, Easpring Technology, and through continuous technological innovation and process optimization, stable product quality and cost advantage, expand in-depth cooperation with the above customers in the supply of NCA and NCM precursors.
Beijing Easpring Material Technology Co., Ltd., established in 2001, is a high-tech company engaged in the research, development and production of new energy materials. The company is mainly engaged in the R&D, production and sales of lithium cobalt oxide, multi-component materials and lithium manganese oxide and other small lithium battery and power lithium battery cathode materials.
It is a leading professional supplier of lithium ion battery cathode materials in China. In recent years, Easpring Technology has achieved a compound growth rate of 68% in annual sales and a compound growth rate of 85% in net profit, becoming the company with the highest growth rate in the industry.
At present, Easpring Technology has successfully developed more than 70 series of cathode material products such as lithium cobalt oxide, lithium manganese oxide, and multi-component materials. The cathode material products are widely used in the three major fields of power, small, and energy storage.
Easpring products are widely supplied for ithium battery leading manufacturers and car companies in China, South Korea, Europe, the United States and other countries and regions, and the market share of overseas high-end power battery materials continues to rise, and has developed into one of the most influential companies in the field of lithium battery cathode materials and smart equipment.
The company’s products mainly include ternary materials, lithium iron phosphate and lithium manganese iron phosphate used in electric vehicles, energy storage systems, electric tools and other fields; lithium cobalt oxide used in smart phones, tablet computers, drones and other fields; sodium-ion battery cathode materials used in electric bicycles and other fields; solid-state lithium battery materials used in electric vehicle field, etc.
Putailai was established in November 2012 and listed in November 2017. It is committed to becoming the world’s leading provider of comprehensive solutions for key materials and automation equipment for new energy batteries.
Since its establishment, the company’s business has developed steadily. Through new establishments, joint ventures, and mergers and acquisitions, more than 20 wholly-owned/holding subsidiaries have been established in Jiangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangsu, Shandong, and Inner Mongolia.
After the initial business layout , the company’s related businesses have developed interactively and produced good synergistic effects, forming a comprehensive extension of lithium-ion battery anode materials, coated separators, automated coating equipment, aluminum-plastic packaging films and other businesses.
Putailai’s anode materials and graphitization business department strengthens R&D construction and investment, increases the development of fast charging, high cost performance and natural graphite anodes.
Putailai actively promotes the pilot test and quantity of new products such as silicon oxide/silicon carbon/hard carbon. And Putailai has built integrated and large-scale production bases in Sichuan and Inner Mongolia to sprint to the leading position in the global lithium battery anode material market.
Founded in June 2009 and headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, Xiangfenghua is a high-tech company integrating R&D, production and sales of high-end graphite, silicon-carbon anode materials and graphene and other new carbon materials for lithium-ion batteries.
Xiangfenghua Products cover traditional graphite anode materials such as natural graphite and artificial graphite, next-generation silicon carbon and titanium non-graphite anode materials, and new energy materials such as graphene and carbon fiber.
The company is an advanced lithium ion battery anode material solution provider in China and over the world, and its shipments have been among the top in the world for many years. Its products are widely used in new energy vehicles, energy storage power stations, consumer electronics, power tools, electric bicycles and many other fields. Customers mainly include BYD, LG New Energy, Gotion Hi-Tech, Samsung SDI, CATL and many other world-renowned lithium battery companies.
At present, the company has two graphite anode material production bases with an annual production capacity of 120,000 tons. Among them, Fujian Xiangfenghua New Energy Materials Co., Ltd. is located in Yong’an, Fujian, with an annual production capacity of 60,000 tons. Sichuan Xiangfenghua New Energy Materials Co., Ltd. is located in Pengxi, Suining, with a planned area over 260000㎡ and an annual production capacity of 60,000 tons.
Guangzhou Tinci High-tech Materials Co., Ltd. was established in June 2000. Its main business is lithium-ion battery materials, daily chemical materials and specialty chemicals. Tinci Materials is committed to the research on the formula mechanism of functional additives for electrolytes to solve key problems such as long cycle life and high and low temperature.
At present, it has achieved outstanding results in the development of independent new additives and formulas. The products are widely used in new energy vehicles, digital products, Distributed energy storage and other fields. Tinci Materials’ energy storage sodium-ion battery electrolyte products are suitable for layered oxide, Prussian blue/white, polyanion cathodes with hard carbon soft packs, and square batteries.
Tinci Materials is equipped with key raw materials such as lithium hexafluorophosphate, new electrolytes, additives, iron phosphate, etc., with a high production capacity and cost advantages, and is a reliable new energy integrated material service provider in the world. The main export countries of the products include the United States, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, South Korea, Japan, Singapore and so on.
Jiangsu Cnano Technology Co., Ltd. was established in 2011. It is a high-tech manufacturer dedicated to the research and development, production, application development and sales of carbon nanotubes and graphene. It has multi-walled carbon international patents for the preparation of nanotubes and single-wall carbon nanotubes, as well as professional technologies for mass production of carbon nanotubes.
The company’s products include carbon nanotube powder, carbon nanotube conductive paste, graphene composite conductive paste, carbon nanotube conductive masterbatch, etc. Commercial applications include lithium batteries, conductive polymer composite materials, antistatic coatings, Tire rubber reinforcement, fuel system components, conductive ink, electrostatic spraying polymer and many other fields.
Cnano Technology plans to set up a company in the United States to carry out the production line project of carbon nanotube conductive paste with an annual output of 8,000 tons, and set up a subsidiary in Germany to carry out the project of a production line of carbon nanotube conductive paste with an annual output of 3,000 tons. The projects are currently in steady progress.
At present, the main target customers of Cnano Technology’s single-walled carbon nanotubes are Chinese first-class lithium battery manufacturers and first-class lithium battery manufacturers in Japan and South Korea.
Chengdu Guibao Technology Co., Ltd. was established in 1998 and listed in 2009. It is mainly engaged in the research and development, production and sales of new materials such as silicone sealants. Guibao Technology has 9 wholly-owned subsidiaries, 7 branch companies, 6 production bases in China, and 5 high-tech companies. The production capacity of silicone sealants is nearly 250,000 tons per year, and it is the largest organic silicone sealant in Asia.
The company is mainly engaged in the research, development and production of silicone sealant series products, which are widely used in building curtain walls, insulating glass, energy-saving doors and windows, prefabricated buildings, photovoltaic solar energy, electronic appliances and 5G communications, power anti-corrosion, UHV power transmission and transformation, automobiles manufacturing, rail transit, civil aviation, subway engineering and many other fields.
Guibao Technology stated on June 20, 2023 that the company’s 1,000-ton/year silicon-carbon anode material project for lithium batteries has been completed and put into production, and the company’s 50,000-ton/year lithium-ion battery silicon-carbon anode material and special adhesive project will be completed in 2023, and the first phase of production is planned to be put into operation in 2024. The construction of these project is being accelerated.
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Top 10 4680 battery material suppliers in China
Since Tesla launched 4680 large cylindrical batteries on Battery Day, leading lithium battery companies have rushed to deploy 4680 batteries.
Tesla 4680 battery uses new materials such as cobalt-free and high-nickel ternary cathode materials, silicon-based anode materials, a new generation of solute lithium salt LiFSI, and lithium supplements, which also drives the new development of the battery material industry chain. This article will introduce the top 10 4680 battery material suppliers in China.
CNGR
CNGR New Materials Co., Ltd. was established in September 2014. It is based on a full range of high-nickel and low-cobalt ternary precursors, high-voltage cobalt tetroxide, iron phosphate, sodium-based precursors, comprehensive recycling, raw material smelting, and material equipment manufacturing. The main research and development direction has reached strategic cooperation with dozens of well-known battery companies over the world.
In China, CNGR has established Tongren industrial base, Ningxiang industrial base, Qinzhou industrial base, and Kaiyang industrial base. And it has established an Indonesian raw material base, and plans to build other overseas industrial bases, forming an integrated industrial layout of “raw ore smelting-raw material refining-new energy material manufacturing-recycling”.
The company’s self-developed high-voltage cobalt tetroxide, high-nickel NCM, NCA and other core products rank among the high-end supply chains of the world’s top 500 companies in China, Europe, America, Japan and South Korea. In the past three years, the company’s shipments of ternary precursors and cobalt tetroxide have ranked first in the world.
The company’s products include NCM523, NCM622, NCM811, NCA, NCM90,etc., among which single crystal and high-nickel precursors are the main ones, which are the key core materials for the preparation of ternary lithium battery cathodes, high-voltage three cobalt oxides, iron phosphate, Layered oxides, Prussian blue, polyanions and other series of sodium electrical precursors, etc. The products have been widely used in power transportation, energy storage, 3C products and so on.
Dynanonic
The company’s main products include nano-lithium iron phosphate, lithium iron manganese phosphate and lithium supplement, etc., which can be used for all types of batteries including cylindrical, soft pack, square and blade batteries. The products are used in many fields such as power vehicles and energy storage.
In February 2023, Dynanonic’s first phase of the 20,000-ton cathode lithium supplement project in Germany was officially put into operation. This project is currently the world’s first cathode lithium supplement project to achieve mass production. The commissioning of the project means that Dynanonic has set up another milestone in realizing the corporate vision of becoming the world’s leading provider of new energy solutions.
Capchem
Founded in 1996 and listed in the market in 2010, Capchem is a world-leading manufacturer in electronic chemicals and functional materials. The company focuses on the research and development, production and sales of battery chemicals, capacitor chemicals, organic fluorine chemicals and semiconductor chemicals, and is committed to providing customers with first-class “one-stop” product solutions, with more than 700 research and development patents.
The company is headquartered in Shenzhen, and now has multiple production bases in Guangdong, Jiangsu, Fujian, Hunan, Hubei, Poland, and the United States, as well as global branches in Japan, South Korea, etc.There are three main categories of Capchem battery chemicals: secondary lithium-ion battery electrolyte, primary lithium battery electrolyte and supercapacitor electrolyte.
Capchem has specialized in the research of battery chemicals for more than 20 years. It is committed to the mechanism research of electrolyte functional additives and formulas to solve key problems such as long cycle life and high and low temperature.
At present, it has a world-leading position in the development of independent new additives and formulas level, the products are widely used in new energy vehicle batteries, digital product batteries, distributed energy storage and other industries.
Recently, Capchem plans to set up a production base in Ohio, USA to produce battery chemicals with its wholly-owned subsidiary, Capchem USA, as the main body of project implementation. The total investment of the project is about 120 million U.S. dollars, and it will be constructed in two phases, of which the investment in the first phase is about 75 million U.S. dollars, and it is planned to be put into operation in the second quarter of 2025.
Fangyuan
Founded in June 2002, Guangdong Fangyuan New Material Group Co., Ltd. is headquartered in Xinhui, Jiangmen. It is a leading manufacturer of lithium battery NCA cathode material precursors in China, mainly engaged in lithium battery ternary cathode material precursors and nickel R&D, production and sales of battery cathode materials.
The company has established a complete industrial chain from nickel-cobalt raw materials to ternary cathode material precursors and nickel battery cathode materials: using resources such as nickel hydroxide, crude nickel sulfate, nickel-cobalt materials as raw materials, and using separation and purification technology to prepare high-purity nickel sulfate, high-purity cobalt sulfate, high-purity manganese sulfate and other solutions, and then directly synthesize NCA/NCM ternary precursor and spherical nickel hydroxide.
The finished products are mainly used in the manufacture of lithium batteries and nickel batteries, and are ultimately used in the fields of new energy vehicle power batteries, electric tools, energy storage equipment and electronic products.
At present, the company has also established good cooperative relations with global mainstream lithium battery or cathode material manufacturers such as Beiterui, Shanshan Energy, BYD, Easpring Technology, and through continuous technological innovation and process optimization, stable product quality and cost advantage, expand in-depth cooperation with the above customers in the supply of NCA and NCM precursors.
Easpring
Beijing Easpring Material Technology Co., Ltd., established in 2001, is a high-tech company engaged in the research, development and production of new energy materials. The company is mainly engaged in the R&D, production and sales of lithium cobalt oxide, multi-component materials and lithium manganese oxide and other small lithium battery and power lithium battery cathode materials.
It is a leading professional supplier of lithium ion battery cathode materials in China. In recent years, Easpring Technology has achieved a compound growth rate of 68% in annual sales and a compound growth rate of 85% in net profit, becoming the company with the highest growth rate in the industry.
At present, Easpring Technology has successfully developed more than 70 series of cathode material products such as lithium cobalt oxide, lithium manganese oxide, and multi-component materials. The cathode material products are widely used in the three major fields of power, small, and energy storage.
Easpring products are widely supplied for ithium battery leading manufacturers and car companies in China, South Korea, Europe, the United States and other countries and regions, and the market share of overseas high-end power battery materials continues to rise, and has developed into one of the most influential companies in the field of lithium battery cathode materials and smart equipment.
The company’s products mainly include ternary materials, lithium iron phosphate and lithium manganese iron phosphate used in electric vehicles, energy storage systems, electric tools and other fields; lithium cobalt oxide used in smart phones, tablet computers, drones and other fields; sodium-ion battery cathode materials used in electric bicycles and other fields; solid-state lithium battery materials used in electric vehicle field, etc.
Putailai
Putailai was established in November 2012 and listed in November 2017. It is committed to becoming the world’s leading provider of comprehensive solutions for key materials and automation equipment for new energy batteries.
It is also one of the top 10 silicon-based anode material companies in China.
Since its establishment, the company’s business has developed steadily. Through new establishments, joint ventures, and mergers and acquisitions, more than 20 wholly-owned/holding subsidiaries have been established in Jiangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangsu, Shandong, and Inner Mongolia.
After the initial business layout , the company’s related businesses have developed interactively and produced good synergistic effects, forming a comprehensive extension of lithium-ion battery anode materials, coated separators, automated coating equipment, aluminum-plastic packaging films and other businesses.
Putailai’s anode materials and graphitization business department strengthens R&D construction and investment, increases the development of fast charging, high cost performance and natural graphite anodes.
Putailai actively promotes the pilot test and quantity of new products such as silicon oxide/silicon carbon/hard carbon. And Putailai has built integrated and large-scale production bases in Sichuan and Inner Mongolia to sprint to the leading position in the global lithium battery anode material market.
Xiangfenghua
Founded in June 2009 and headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, Xiangfenghua is a high-tech company integrating R&D, production and sales of high-end graphite, silicon-carbon anode materials and graphene and other new carbon materials for lithium-ion batteries.
Xiangfenghua Products cover traditional graphite anode materials such as natural graphite and artificial graphite, next-generation silicon carbon and titanium non-graphite anode materials, and new energy materials such as graphene and carbon fiber.
The company is an advanced lithium ion battery anode material solution provider in China and over the world, and its shipments have been among the top in the world for many years. Its products are widely used in new energy vehicles, energy storage power stations, consumer electronics, power tools, electric bicycles and many other fields. Customers mainly include BYD, LG New Energy, Gotion Hi-Tech, Samsung SDI, CATL and many other world-renowned lithium battery companies.
At present, the company has two graphite anode material production bases with an annual production capacity of 120,000 tons. Among them, Fujian Xiangfenghua New Energy Materials Co., Ltd. is located in Yong’an, Fujian, with an annual production capacity of 60,000 tons. Sichuan Xiangfenghua New Energy Materials Co., Ltd. is located in Pengxi, Suining, with a planned area over 260000㎡ and an annual production capacity of 60,000 tons.
Tinci
Guangzhou Tinci High-tech Materials Co., Ltd. was established in June 2000. Its main business is lithium-ion battery materials, daily chemical materials and specialty chemicals. Tinci Materials is committed to the research on the formula mechanism of functional additives for electrolytes to solve key problems such as long cycle life and high and low temperature.
At present, it has achieved outstanding results in the development of independent new additives and formulas. The products are widely used in new energy vehicles, digital products, Distributed energy storage and other fields. Tinci Materials’ energy storage sodium-ion battery electrolyte products are suitable for layered oxide, Prussian blue/white, polyanion cathodes with hard carbon soft packs, and square batteries.
Tinci Materials is equipped with key raw materials such as lithium hexafluorophosphate, new electrolytes, additives, iron phosphate, etc., with a high production capacity and cost advantages, and is a reliable new energy integrated material service provider in the world. The main export countries of the products include the United States, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, South Korea, Japan, Singapore and so on.
Cnano
Jiangsu Cnano Technology Co., Ltd. was established in 2011. It is a high-tech manufacturer dedicated to the research and development, production, application development and sales of carbon nanotubes and graphene. It has multi-walled carbon international patents for the preparation of nanotubes and single-wall carbon nanotubes, as well as professional technologies for mass production of carbon nanotubes.
The company’s products include carbon nanotube powder, carbon nanotube conductive paste, graphene composite conductive paste, carbon nanotube conductive masterbatch, etc. Commercial applications include lithium batteries, conductive polymer composite materials, antistatic coatings, Tire rubber reinforcement, fuel system components, conductive ink, electrostatic spraying polymer and many other fields.
Cnano Technology plans to set up a company in the United States to carry out the production line project of carbon nanotube conductive paste with an annual output of 8,000 tons, and set up a subsidiary in Germany to carry out the project of a production line of carbon nanotube conductive paste with an annual output of 3,000 tons. The projects are currently in steady progress.
At present, the main target customers of Cnano Technology’s single-walled carbon nanotubes are Chinese first-class lithium battery manufacturers and first-class lithium battery manufacturers in Japan and South Korea.
Guibao
Chengdu Guibao Technology Co., Ltd. was established in 1998 and listed in 2009. It is mainly engaged in the research and development, production and sales of new materials such as silicone sealants. Guibao Technology has 9 wholly-owned subsidiaries, 7 branch companies, 6 production bases in China, and 5 high-tech companies. The production capacity of silicone sealants is nearly 250,000 tons per year, and it is the largest organic silicone sealant in Asia.
The company is mainly engaged in the research, development and production of silicone sealant series products, which are widely used in building curtain walls, insulating glass, energy-saving doors and windows, prefabricated buildings, photovoltaic solar energy, electronic appliances and 5G communications, power anti-corrosion, UHV power transmission and transformation, automobiles manufacturing, rail transit, civil aviation, subway engineering and many other fields.
Guibao Technology stated on June 20, 2023 that the company’s 1,000-ton/year silicon-carbon anode material project for lithium batteries has been completed and put into production, and the company’s 50,000-ton/year lithium-ion battery silicon-carbon anode material and special adhesive project will be completed in 2023, and the first phase of production is planned to be put into operation in 2024. The construction of these project is being accelerated.