The global conductive polymer market size will reach 40 billion in 2022, and the industry development prospects are good

Conductive polymers, also known as conductive polymers, refer to polymers whose conductivity is within the range of semiconductors and conductors through doping and other means. Conductive polymers include a class of polymer materials that have conductive functions themselves or have conductive functions after being doped with other materials. They also include materials that obtain conductivity by filling composite materials, surface mixing or laminating ordinary polymer materials and various conductive materials. A type of polymer material.

Conductive polymers are generally macromolecules with a conjugated π bond structure. Mainstream products include polyaniline, polypyrrole, polyacetylene, polythiophene, etc. Among them, polyaniline is the earliest widely-discovered conductive polymer. It was discovered around 1860. Currently, polyaniline has been used in electrolytic capacitors as a conductive electrolyte.

Since the 1960s, researchers around the world have gradually realized the huge potential application value of conductive polymers and have begun to study conductive polymers. After decades of research and development, people have conducted in-depth research on the types, conductive mechanisms and how to improve their conductivity. The synthesis and application of conductive polymers have also been explored in many aspects.

Industrial Research Center released “Global and China Electrical Conductivity in 2023” “Polymer Industry In-Depth Research Report” shows that as domestic and foreign research structures and enterprises continue to deepen their research on the production and application of conductive polymers, a large number of well-known conductive polymer companies have emerged around the world, including Saudi Arabian Basic Industries Corporation (Saudi Arabia), Henkel AG (Germany), 3M (U.S.), Agfa-Gevaert NV (Belgium), Celanese SA (U.S.), Covestro AG (Germany), Heraeus Holding GMBH (Germany), Avient Corporation (USA), Solvay SA (Belgium), The Lubrizol Corporation (USA), etc. The global production scale of conductive polymers is also growing rapidly. In 2022, the global production scale of conductive polymers will reach about 40 billion yuan.

China’s conductive polymer industry started late but is developing rapidly. With the continuous efforts of domestic institutions and enterprises, a large number of conductive polymer manufacturers have emerged in China. The production capacity of China’s conductive polymer industry has been greatly improved, and domestic products are being To accelerate the realization of import substitution, representative domestic conductive polymer companies include Shenzhen Feirongda Technology Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Wanma Co., Ltd., Linyi Bosi Conductive Materials Co., Ltd., etc.

Conductive polymers are widely used in semiconductors, integrated circuit packaging, electromagnetic wave shielding and other fields in recent years due to their characteristics of light weight, easy molding, adjustable resistivity, etc., and can be easily synthesized or compounded into a variety of structures through molecular design. . In the future, with the continuous in-depth research and application of conductive polymers by domestic and foreign institutions and enterprises, conductive polymers are expected to be widely used in more fields such as optoelectronics, thermoelectricity, energy, biomedicine, etc., and the industry development prospects are good.