Polyimide film comprising omnidirectional polymer chain, method for manufacturing same, and graphite sheet manufactured using same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11945912-B2
Application number	US-201816979233-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 20, 2018
Priority date	Mar 22, 2018
Publication date	Apr 2, 2024
Grant date	Apr 2, 2024

Abstract

The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a polyimide film including unit polymers that are omnidirectionally distributed, and a polyimide film. The present invention also provides a graphite sheet having good quality manufactured using the polyimide film.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of manufacturing a polyimide film, comprising:
preparing a polyamic acid solution comprising first unit polymers by mixing a first organic solvent, a diamine monomer and a dianhydride monomer;
preparing a precursor composition by mixing the polyamic acid solution, at least one imidization accelerator, and at least one dehydration agent; and
forming a polyimide film comprising second unit polymers into which the first unit polymers are converted by imidizing the precursor composition at a variable temperature,
wherein the molar amount of said at least one imidization accelerator that is added is 0.43 to 0.6 relative to 1 mol of the amic acid group of the polyamic acid, and the molar amount of said at least one dehydration agent that is added is 2.50 to 3 relative to 1 mol of the amic acid group of the polyamic acid
wherein when a processing condition (a) below is satisfied, at least a portion of the first unit polymers is imidized to the first state, thus forming the second unit polymers, which are omnidirectionally distributed:
540 μm< C 2 *T< 610 μm  (a)

wherein C is a sum of a molar amount of said at least one imidization accelerator that is added and a molar amount of said at least one dehydration agent that is added relative to 1 mol of an amic acid group of the polyamic acid, T is a thickness of the polyimide film, and is 30 μm or more to 75 μm or less.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said at least one imidization accelerator is a component having an effect of promoting a ring-closing dehydration reaction of the amic acid group of each of the first unit polymers.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said at least one imidization accelerator is at least one selected from the group consisting of quinoline, isoquinoline, β-picoline, and pyridine.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said at least one dehydration agent is a component that enables dehydration and ring closure of the amic acid group of each of the first unit polymers.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said at least one dehydration agent is at least one selected from the group consisting of acetic anhydride, propionic anhydride, and lactic anhydride.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in the preparing the precursor composition, a second organic solvent is added along with said at least one imidization accelerator and the dehydration agent.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein adhesion of the polyimide film measured by a measurement method is 1400 gf/mm or more,
wherein the measurement method comprises the steps of:
a) corona treating the polyimide film;
b) applying adhesive to one side of the polyimide film;
c) forming a layup structure by sequentially stacking and pressing copper foil, interleaf paper, and a hot plate on the adhesive; and
d) peeling off the copper foil adhered to the polyimide film.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the imidizing comprises first imidization and second imidization,
wherein the first imidization is performed at a variable temperature in a range from 60° C. or less to 200° C. and
the second imidization comprises first heat treatment at a variable temperature in a range from 200° C. to 450° C. and second heat treatment at a variable temperature in a range of 550° C. or less but exceeding 450° C., and
a processing condition (b) below is further satisfied in addition to the processing condition (a):
1.0 μm/° C.≤( C 2 *T )/1.25 μm/° C.  (b)

wherein C is a sum of a molar amount of the imidization accelerator that is added and a molar amount of the dehydration agent that is added relative to 1 mol of an amic acid group of the polyamic acid, T is a thickness of the polyimide film and is 30 μm or more to 75 μm or less, and K is an average value of a highest temperature and two temperatures closest thereto among temperatures formed in the second heat treatment.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first imidization and the second imidization are sequentially performed, whereby conversion from the first unit polymers into the second unit polymers is induced stepwise, and the second unit polymers are formed in an omnidirectionally distributed state in each of the first imidization and the second imidization.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein at least one of the first heat treatment and the second heat treatment is performed using an infrared-ray heater.

11. A polyimide film comprising second unit polymers in which an amic acid group of each of first unit polymers is converted into an imide group by catalyzing polyamic acid comprising the first unit polymers that are omnidirectionally distributed in a state of satisfying a processing condition (a) below, at least a portion of the second unit polymers being omnidirectionally distributed:
540 μm< C 2 *T< 610 μm  (a)

wherein C is a sum of a molar amount of the imidization accelerator that is added and a molar amount of the dehydration agent that is added relative to 1 mol of an amic acid group of the polyamic acid, and T is a thickness of the polyimide film and is 30 μm or more to 75 μm or less,
wherein the molar amount of the imidization accelerator that is added is 0.43 to 0.6 relative to 1 mol of the amic acid group of the polyamic acid, and the molar amount of the dehydration agent that is added is 2.50 to 3 relative to 1 mol of the amic acid group of the polyamic acid.

12. The polyimide film of claim 11 , wherein imidization is accelerated in the processing condition (a), and thus omnidirectionality of the first unit polymers is maintained in at least a portion of the second unit polymers.

13. The polyimide film of claim 11 , wherein adhesion of the polyimide film measured by a measurement method is 1400 gf/mm or more,
wherein the measurement comprises the steps of:
a) corona treating the polyimide film;
b) applying adhesive to one side of the polyimide film;
c) forming a layup structure by sequentially stacking and pressing copper foil, interleaf paper, and a hot plate on the adhesive; and
d) peeling off the copper foil adhered to the polyimide film.

Assignees

• Pi Advanced Mat Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jo Hyong Sop
• Kim Jae Hyun

Classifications

• C08G73/1071 Primary

  Wholly aromatic polyimides containing oxygen in the form of ether bonds in the main chain · CPC title

• C01B32/205

  Preparation · CPC title

• C08G73/1021

  characterised by the catalyst used · CPC title

• C08G73/1032

  characterised by the solvent(s) used · CPC title

• C08J5/18 Primary

  Manufacture of films or sheets · CPC title