MONDAY, JUNE 4: 10:30 - 12:30 PM

TUT6: The Global Electrolyte Market: Competitive Landscape and Market Opportunities

This tutorial will provide an overview of the electrolyte market, including the competitive landscape, pricing history and market forecast and prospects. The tutorial will then dive into each of the three components of electrolyte: fluorinated lithium salt, solvents and additives. Each electrolyte component will be explored, including an examination of incumbent materials as well as potentially disruptive new entrants, as well as the competitive landscape and pricing regimes. Finally, the tutorial will review next generation materials such as ionic liquids, salt-intensive formulations and others.

Instructor: Sam Jaffe, Managing Director, Cairn Energy Research Advisors

Sam is the founder and Managing Director of Cairn Energy Research Advisors. He has more than ten years of experience as an analyst, consultant and executive in the energy storage industry. Prior to Cairn ERA, he has worked at Navigant Research and IDC as an analyst and has also served as CEO at Panea Energy and Cygnus Energy Storage. He is an authority on battery usage on the grid, transportation and consumer electronics. He is an accomplished public speaker and a frequent keynote speaker at conferences and events throughout the world, including the Battery Show, Interbattery Korea, Stockage D’Energie and the Energy Storage Association annual meeting. He is frequently quoted in multiple press outlets, including the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and CNBC. He lives and works in Boulder, CO.