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Battery Cell & Pack
2026/05/15 update

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Battery Cell-Square Ternary Battery Cell: for EV (RMB/Wh) (RMB) 0.59 ( 1.72 % )
Battery Cell-Square LFP Battery Cell: for EV (RMB/Wh) (RMB) 0.38 ( 0.0 % )
Battery Cell-Pouch Ternary Battery Cell: for EV (RMB/Wh) (RMB) 0.6 ( 1.69 % )
Battery Cell-Square LFP Battery Cell: Energy Storage (RMB/Wh) (RMB) 0.36 ( 2.86 % )
Battery Cell-Lithium Cobaltate Battery Cell: Consumer (RMB/Ah) (RMB) 8.25 ( 0.0 % )
Battery Pack-Square Ternary (RMB/Wh) (RMB) 0.74 ( 2.78 % )
Battery Pack-Square LFP (RMB/Wh) (RMB) 0.5 ( 0.0 % )

Precursor and Cathode Material
2026/05/15 update

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Precursor-Iron Phosphate (10K RMB/ton) (RMB) 1.27 ( 5.83 % )
Precursor-NCM523 (10K RMB/ton) (RMB) 10.57 ( -0.19 % )
Precursor-NCM622 (10K RMB/ton) (RMB) 10.25 ( -0.49 % )
Precursor-NCM811 (10K RMB/ton) (RMB) 11.76 ( 0.26 % )
Cathode Material-NCM523 (10K RMB/ton) (RMB) 18.72 ( 2.35 % )
Cathode Material-NCM622 (10K RMB/ton) (RMB) 18.92 ( 2.1 % )
Cathode Material-NCM811 (10K RMB/ton) (RMB) 20.79 ( 1.91 % )
Cathode Material-LFP (10K RMB/ton) (RMB) 5.71 ( 2.88 % )
Cathode Material-LCO (10K RMB/ton) (RMB) 39.5 ( -0.65 % )
Cathode Material-LMO (10K RMB/ton) (RMB) 5.72 ( 3.25 % )

Anode Material
2026/05/15 update

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Graphitization Process Cost: low-end (10K RMB/ton) (RMB) 0.75 ( 0.0 % )
Graphitization Process Cost: high-end (10K RMB/ton) (RMB) 0.9 ( 0.0 % )
Natural Graphite: Low-end (10K RMB/ton) (RMB) 2.12 ( 0.0 % )
Natural Graphite: Mid-end (10K RMB/ton) (RMB) 2.67 ( 0.0 % )
Natural Graphite: High-end (10K RMB/ton) (RMB) 4.52 ( 0.0 % )
Artificial Graphite: Low-end (10K RMB/ton) (RMB) 2.13 ( 0.0 % )
Artificial Graphite: Mid-end (10K RMB/ton) (RMB) 2.95 ( 0.0 % )
Artificial Graphite: High-end (10K RMB/ton) (RMB) 5.2 ( 0.0 % )

Separator
2026/05/15 update

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Dry Base Film-16μm (RMB/m2) (RMB) 0.45 ( 0.0 % )
Wet Base Film-7μm (RMB/m2) (RMB) 0.85 ( 0.0 % )
Wet Base Film-9μm (RMB/m2) (RMB) 0.83 ( 0.0 % )
Coated Separator-7μm+2μm Ceramic Coated Separator (RMB/m2) (RMB) 1.15 ( 0.0 % )
Coated Separator-9μm+3μm Ceramic Coated Separator (RMB/m2) (RMB) 1.13 ( 0.0 % )

Electrolyte
2026/05/15 update

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Lithium Electrolyte Salts-LiPF6 (10K RMB/ton) (RMB) 10.02 ( -10.62 % )
Electrolyte Solution-Used for Ternary Battery (10K RMB/ton) (RMB) 3.03 ( -4.42 % )
Electrolyte Solution-Used for LFP Battery (10K RMB/ton) (RMB) 2.94 ( -5.16 % )
Electrolyte Solution-Used for LCO Battery (4.35V ) (10K RMB/ton) (RMB) 4.45 ( -5.32 % )

Li & Co & Ni
2026/05/15 update

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Concentrated Spodumene: 6%, CIF (USD/ton) (USD) 2377 ( 7.02 % )
Battery-Grade Lithium Carbonate (10K RMB/ton) (RMB) 16.6 ( 5.93 % )
Battery-Grade Lithium Hydroxide (10K RMB/ton) (RMB) 15.96 ( 4.38 % )
Electrolytic Cobalt: Co Content≥99.8% (10K RMB/ton) (RMB) 41.46 ( -3.38 % )
Cobalt(II,III) Oxide: Co Content≥72.8% (10K RMB/ton) (RMB) 36.73 ( -0.92 % )
Battery-Grade Nickel Sulfate: Co Content≥20.5% (10K RMB/ton) (RMB) 9.55 ( -0.42 % )
Electrolytic Nickel: Ni 99.9% min (10K RMB/ton) (RMB) 14.19 ( 1.79 % )
Battery-Grade Nickel Sulfate: Ni 22% min (10K RMB/ton) (RMB) 3.21 ( 0.0 % )

Other
2026/05/15 update

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Process Cost for 6μm Battery-Grade Copper Foil (10K RMB/ton) (RMB) 2 ( 2.56 % )
Process Cost for 12μm Battery-Grade Aluminum Foil (10K RMB/ton) (RMB) 1.55 ( 3.33 % )

Product Definition:
Polymer Battery Cell:
Thickness: 3 mm ~ 5 mm
Density: 420 W/g ~450 W/g
Life Span: 500 times charge

Applications: Major focuses on the products with a combination of a single series circuit and multiple parallel circuits , such as tablet PCs

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