my country’s high-purity germanium tetrachloride market supply capacity continues to improve, and the industry development trend is improving

Germanium tetrachloride, referred to as germanium chloride, is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula GeCl4. According to different purity, germanium tetrachloride can be divided into conventional germanium tetrachloride, high-purity germanium tetrachloride, ultra-high-purity germanium tetrachloride, etc. High-purity germanium tetrachloride refers to germanium tetrachloride with a purity greater than 99.999% (3N). It is volatile and corrosive and can be widely used in semiconductors, electronics, infrared optics, optical fiber communications, aerospace, chemical catalysis and other fields. , is an advanced strategic resource.

High-purity germanium tetrachloride is mainly produced through a purification process. It refers to using crude germanium tetrachloride as raw material, adding hydrochloric acid or passing in hydrogen chloride gas and chlorine gas, and then going through re-evaporation, distillation, purification and other steps to generate high-purity tetrachloride. The process of oxidizing germanium. At present, domestic companies with large-scale mass production capabilities of high-purity germanium tetrachloride mainly include Beijing Guojinghui Infrared Optical Technology, Wuhan Yunjingfei Optical Fiber Materials, Wuhan New Silicon Technology, Yunnan Chihong Zinc and Germanium, and Youyan Guojinghui New Materials, etc., the number of companies is increasing.

At the same time, as local companies continue to upgrade their technology and strengthen their R&D capabilities, my country’s ultra-high-purity germanium tetrachloride market supply capacity is gradually improving. For example, in June 2022, Chihong Zinc and Germanium will have an annual output of 30 tons of ultra-high-purity germanium tetrachloride. The germanium project has been completed and put into production and has entered the commissioning and trial operation stage. The pace of upgrading of the domestic high-purity germanium tetrachloride industry is accelerating, and the overall development trend is good.

High-purity germanium tetrachloride is widely used. On the one hand, it can be used to prepare high-purity germanium dioxide. The end application fields include infrared, electronics, superconducting, military industry, medicine, optical materials, etc.; on the other hand, it can also be used to prepare Dopants for optical fiber preforms, end application fields include communications, military industry, electric power, automobiles, medical care, energy, rail transit, etc.

According to the“Research Report on Market Monitoring and Future Development Prospects of China’s High-Pure Germanium Tetrachloride Industry from 2023 to 2027” released by the Industrial Research Center It shows that in recent years, with the rapid development of the downstream market, the market demand for high-purity germanium tetrachloride in my country has continued to increase, and the scale has increased year by year. In 2022, the domestic market demand for high-purity germanium dioxide has reached 1.685 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 16.4%. Against this background, my country’s high-purity germanium tetrachloride market size will reach 480 million yuan in 2022, a year-on-year increase of 23.7%.

Industrial analysts said that high-purity germanium tetrachloride is an advanced material with excellent performance and wide application. It is currently used in semiconductors. , electronics, infrared optics, communications and other fields have been widely used, and the industry shows good development prospects. In recent years, the number of companies with mass production capabilities of high-purity germanium tetrachloride in my country has been increasing, and the market supply capacity has gradually increased. At the same time, against the background of continuously upgrading market demand, the domestic high-purity germanium tetrachloride industry has entered a period of industrial structure upgrading. Local companies are actively deploying the ultra-high-purity germanium tetrachloride market, and the overall development trend of the industry is improving.