my country’s nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) output has grown steadily, and the number of companies has gradually increased.

Nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) is an organic compound mainly composed of nitrogen atoms and fluorine atoms. It appears as a colorless and odorless gas under normal temperature and pressure. After years of development, my country’s nitrogen trifluoride production technology has gradually matured, with a variety of production methods, which can be roughly divided into molten salt electrolysis, chemical synthesis, etc. Among them, the chemical synthesis method is safer, but the production process is more complex and the product contains more impurities; the molten salt electrolysis method has lower production costs, higher product yields, and is easy to obtain high-purity products. It has now become the first choice for the production of trifluoride in my country. The mainstream process of nitrification.

As a stable plasma etching gas, nitrogen trifluoride has excellent etching rate and is mostly used to produce etchants, oxidants, fluorinating agents, cleaning agents, combustion accelerants, etc., in solar cells, semiconductors, integrated circuits, displays, etc. Panels and other fields have been widely used. Among them, etchants have become the largest application market for nitrogen trifluoride, accounting for 45.8%; followed by cleaning agents, accounting for 23.7%; ranking third is fluorinating agents, accounting for 18.2%.

In recent years, my country’s industrial manufacturing level has gradually improved. Industries such as semiconductors, new energy, automotive electronics, consumer electronics, and intelligent terminal manufacturing have developed rapidly, and the demand for integrated circuits has gradually increased. Against this background, sales in my country’s integrated circuit industry have shown steady growth. According to data released by the China Semiconductor Industry Association, my country’s integrated circuit industry sales in 2022 will be 1.20061 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 14.8%. Nitrogen trifluoride is one of the important raw materials for the production of integrated circuits, and its market has been affected to a certain extent.

According to the “Global Nitrogen Trifluoride (NF3) Industry In-depth Market Research and Key Area Research Report 2023-2027” released by the Industrial Research Center shows that as my country’s integrated circuit manufacturing technology continues to advance, its deposition, etching, cleaning and other steps have gradually increased, and the demand for nitrogen trifluoride has gradually increased. In addition, nitrogen trifluoride has also been widely used in industry, chemistry and other fields, and market demand has further increased. Against this background, the operating rate of my country’s nitrogen trifluoride enterprises has gradually increased, and its output has shown a steady growth trend. In 2022, my country’s nitrogen trifluoride output will be 17821.2 tons, a year-on-year increase of 16.3%.

Industry analysts said that at this stage, there are a large number of nitrogen trifluoride companies in my country and the market concentration is relatively low. The main foreign nitrogen trifluoride companies include Mitsui Chemicals, SKM, Kanto Denka, Ossia, Central Glass, Hyosung Group, etc. The domestic nitrogen trifluoride companies include Nanda Optoelectronics, China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, Haohua Technology, and Yak Technology , Feiyuan gas, etc. In the early days, foreign nitrogen trifluoride companies occupied most of my country’s market by virtue of their advantages such as relatively advanced production technology and high product quality. However, with the gradual rise of my country’s nitrogen trifluoride enterprises, the gap between production technology and international advanced technology has gradually narrowed, market competitiveness has gradually improved, and domestic substitution has basically been achieved.