energyTRL 7/9
Perovskite-silicon tandem cell
+38% efficiency vs silicon
origin: DE / CN / US
ships: 2026–2028
civ/tech·future-materials-database.psyverse.fun·the next-decade buy list
Future Materials Database
A living catalog of materials that will define the next century — what they enable, who can make them, when they ship.
Most of the materials that will dominate 2050 already exist as lab demonstrations. Future Materials Database tracks the pipeline: room-temperature superconductors, perovskite tandem cells, lab-grown silk, fusion blanket alloys, MRAM substrates, biomineralized concrete. Each entry has a TRL band, performance over the prior generation, geographic origin, and a release-window estimate.
For founders, the buy-list of the next decade. For investors, the inverse-Moore curves. For everyone else, what your phone, car, and house will be made of.
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12 results
energyTRL 2/9
Room-temp superconductor (search)
potential ∞× over copper for power
origin: global
ships: ≥2032 (uncertain)
energyTRL 8/9
Sodium-ion battery cells
0.6× cost of LFP at scale
origin: CN
ships: 2025+ (shipping)
biomatTRL 6/9
Recombinant spider silk
5× tensile vs Kevlar @ 1/3 weight
origin: JP / US
ships: 2027
energyTRL 5/9
Tritium-breeding blanket alloys
enables D-T cycle
origin: EU / US / KR
ships: 2030–2035
computeTRL 8/9
MRAM substrates
non-volatile RAM at SRAM speed
origin: US / KR / JP
ships: 2025+
matterTRL 5/9
Biomineralized concrete
−70% embodied CO₂
origin: US / NL
ships: 2027–2030
matterTRL 6/9
Graphene desalination membrane
10× throughput @ 1/3 energy
origin: UK / SG
ships: 2028
energyTRL 7/9
Solid-state Li battery
+30% energy density, longer cycle
origin: JP / KR / US
ships: 2026–2028
biomatTRL 6/9
Cultivated meat (cost parity)
approaching $1/lb at 100kt scale
origin: US / IL / SG
ships: 2028–2030
computeTRL 5/9
Neuromorphic memristors
100× efficiency on inference
origin: US / EU / KR
ships: 2027
matterTRL 6/9
CO₂-mineralizing cement
net-negative CO₂
origin: US / CA
ships: 2026–2028
Modules
What's inside.
01 · trl
TRL band
Technology Readiness Level 1–9 with confidence interval.
02 · delta
Performance delta
Multiplier vs incumbent material on the dimension that matters.
03 · geography
Origin geography
Where it was first demonstrated; where the lead remains.
04 · window
Release window
Probabilistic estimate of mass-production year.
05 · watchlist
Personal watchlist
Save, alert when TRL ticks, share.