The new energy automobile industry is developing rapidly and the market demand for triethylamine is increasingly strong.

Triethylamine, also known as triethylamine and N,N-diethylethylamine, is the simplest homo-trisubstituted tertiary amine with the chemical formula C6H15N and is an organic compound. Triethylamine appears as a colorless oily liquid with a strong ammonia odor. It is soluble in acetone, ether, ethanol and other organic solvents, and is slightly soluble in water. Triethylamine is widely used in the chemical industry and can be used as polymerization inhibitor, curing agent, preservative, catalyst and other products.

The upstream of the triethylamine industry chain supplies raw materials, with ammonia and ethanol as the main raw materials. In recent years, driven by market demand, my country’s synthetic ammonia production has continued to grow. According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, my country’s synthetic ammonia production reached 59.092 million tons in 2021, a year-on-year increase of 15.5%. However, affected by factors such as the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic and increased production costs, my country’s ethanol production has declined sharply. The shortage of raw materials and strong downstream demand have caused the market price of triethylamine in my country to continue to run at a high level. In September 2021, the price of triethylamine in East my country was as high as 17821.6 yuan/ton, a year-on-year increase of 43.7%.

The main preparation processes of triethylamine include ethylene amination method, ethanolamine hydrogen amination method and acetaldehyde amination method, etc. The ethanolamine hydroamination method requires first mixing hydrogen, ammonia and ethanol, and then separating triethylamine through deamination, distillation and other processes. The ethanolamine hydroamination method is a green production technology with the advantages of low energy consumption, low pollution, and suitable for large-scale production. It is currently the mainstream preparation process of triethylamine in the world. The core technology of ethanolamine hydroamination has long been monopolized by overseas developed countries. In recent years, Chinese production companies have continued to increase research and development efforts and have developed an industrial production process for triethylamine with independent intellectual property rights.

Triethylamine is mainly used in pesticides, medicine, automobiles, chemical industry and other fields. my country’s new energy vehicle production and sales continue to grow, driving the rapid development of the lithium battery industry. Vinylene carbonate (VC) occupies a major share of the lithium battery electrolyte additive market, and triethylamine is its main raw material, with growing market demand. According to the “2022 Triethylamine Industry Investment Prospects and Investment Strategy Research Report released by the Industrial Research Center, my country’s three Demand for ethylamine reached 81,000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 12.6%.

my country’s triethylamine industry is highly concentrated, with leading companies including Zhejiang Xinhua Chemical, Zhejiang Jianye Chemical, Shandong Kunda Biotech, etc. Zhejiang Jianye Chemical’s triethylamine production capacity ranks first in the country. According to Jianye Co., Ltd.’s financial report, in the second quarter of 2022, the company achieved revenue of 710 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.0%.

Industry analysts said that triethylamine has a wide range of applications. Driven by rapid economic development and technological innovation, new energy vehicles have become Triethylamine is mainly on the demand side. There are many triethylamine production companies in my country and the industry concentration is high. As the production capacity of leading companies continues to expand, my country’s triethylamine output will continue to grow, which will bring broad development prospects to the industry.