Use of PEDOT/PSS dispersions of high PEDOT content for the production of capacitors and solar cells

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10026521-B2
Application number	US-201314431419-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 25, 2013
Priority date	Sep 27, 2012
Publication date	Jul 17, 2018
Grant date	Jul 17, 2018

Abstract

Also described are capacitors, electronic circuits, uses of these capacitors, processes for the preparation of dispersions, dispersions obtainable by these processes, organic solar cells, processes for the production of these organic solar cells, and the use of dispersion for the production of organic solar cells.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for the production of a capacitor, the method comprising:
a) providing an electrode body of an electrode material, wherein a dielectric covers one surface of this electrode material at least partly under formation of an anode body;
b) introducing a dispersion comprising a dispersing agent and complexes of polythiophenes and polyanions, wherein the polythiophene is poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene), the polyanion is a polystyrenesulphonic acid and the weight ratio of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):polystyrene-sulphonic acid in the dispersion is at least 0.67 and is less than 1.5, into at least a part of the anode body;
c) removing at least part of the dispersing agent under obtaining a solid electrolyte in a capacitor body.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the dispersion comprises at least an alkylene glycol, a polyalkylene glycol, a polyglycerol or a mixture of at least two of these.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the solids content in the dispersion is in a range of from 0.1 to 10 wt. %.

4. A capacitor obtainable by the method of claim 1 .

5. A capacitor comprising an electrode body of an electrode material, wherein a dielectric at least partly covers the surface of this electrode material and forms an anode body, wherein the anode body is at least partly coated with a solid electrolyte which comprises polythiophenes and polyanions, wherein the polythiophene is poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene), the polyanion is a polystyrenesulphonic acid and wherein the weight ratio of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):polystyrene-sulphonic acid in the solid electrolyte is at least 0.67 and is less than 1.5.

6. The capacitor of claim 5 , wherein the solid electrolyte comprises at least one polyalkylene glycol, at least one polyglycerol or a mixture of at least one polyalkylene glycol and at least one polyglycerol.

7. The capacitor of claim 5 , wherein the capacitor is an aluminium wound capacitor, a tantalum electrolytic capacitor or an aluminium stacked capacitor.

8. An electronic circuit comprising the capacitor of claim 4 .

Assignees

• Heraeus Precious Metals Gmbh

Inventors

• Scheel Arnulf
• Asteman Katrin
• Intelmann Matthias
• Elschner Andreas

Classifications

• H01G9/15

  Solid electrolytic capacitors (H01G11/00 takes precedence) · CPC title

• C08G2261/91

  Photovoltaic applications · CPC title

• Y02E10/549

  Organic PV cells · CPC title

• H01G11/48

  Conductive polymers · CPC title

• C08L25/18

  Homopolymers or copolymers of aromatic monomers containing elements other than carbon and hydrogen · CPC title