Nanoporous Membrane Market

Nanoporous Membrane Market Insights

The Global Nanoporous Membrane market is expected to grow at a significant CAGR over the forecast period. The growth can be attributed to the growing demand for nanoporous membranes in various applications such as water treatment, food processing, and biomedical applications. The demand for wastewater treatment has risen at an exponential rate over the past few years owing to a reduction in global freshwater sources.

Industrial and production activities over the world have increased over time, which has led to an increase in wastewater production. The efficiency of nanoporous membranes over microporous membranes for use in water filtration and food processing is expected to further augment market growth. However, factors such as low market penetration in developing countries and low fouling resistance of nanoporous membranes are expected to hinder the growth in the market up to a certain extent.

Nanoporous Membrane Market: Material Type Insights

On the basis of material type, the nanoporous membrane market can be classified into organic, inorganic and hybrid membranes. The organic nanoporous membranes segment is expected to hold the larger market share in terms of revenue during the forecast period. This can be attributed to the ability of organic nanoporous membranes to be compatible with most biomedical and food processing activities. Innovation and technological development in inorganic and hybrid nanoporous membranes is expected to augment market growth in the segments during the forecast period.

Nanoporous Membrane Market: Application Insights

The Global Nanoporous Membrane market is segmented into Water Treatment, Fuel Cells, Biomedical, and Food Processing among others based on application. The water treatment application segment is estimated to hold the largest market share in terms of revenue and is expected to grow at the highest CAGR as well. This growth can be attributed to increasing demand for wastewater treatment and desalination. Desalination requires nanoporous membranes which are energy efficient and resistant to fouling and chlorine. Growing industrialization and rise in production of wastewater is further expected to drive growth in the nanoporous membrane market.

Nanoporous Membrane Market: Regional Insights

North America is expected to hold the largest market share in terms of revenue in the nanoporous membrane market owing to the growing demand for the product in biomedical and wastewater treatment applications. Asia Pacific market is projected to grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast period, owing to large-scale industrial activities in emerging economies. China is estimated to hold the major market share in the Asia Pacific market for nanoporous membranes. The growth can be attributed to fast-growing industrial activities in the region, which are further expected to boost demand for desalination activities.

Nanoporous Membrane Market: End-Use Landscape

The end-use landscape entails a list of current and prospective consumers prevailing across the regions. This section provides company addresses, contact details, products, and regional presence of companies who are purchasing or are likely to purchase controlled release fertilizer over the coming years. Some leading consumers of controlled release fertilizer are Alliance for Water Stewardship, Imagine H20 and Dow Water and Process Solutions among others.

Nanoporous Membrane Market: Vendor Landscape

The report contains a chapter dedicated to vendors operating in the market, covering raw material manufactures, equipment developers, manufacturers, and distributors. The report provides these insights on a regional level. This section of the report entails contact details, experience, products manufactured/supplied, and geographical presence of companies.

Nanoporous Membrane Market: Share & Competitor Analysis

Some of the key players operating in the nanoporous membrane market are SmartMembranes GmbH, Applied Members Inc., Hunan Keensen Technology Co., Inopor, Simpore, Battergy Corporation, Sigma Aldrich,  Microdyn-Nadir, Faunhofer IKTS, and Synder Filtration among others.

Please note: This is not an exhaustive list of companies profiled in the report.

In June 2018, a low flow resistive charged nanoporous membrane was developed, which enables fast ion transportto minimize the electro-osmotic sensitivity.