Tin oxide multilayer film with catalyst layer and method for forming same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12458961-B2
Application number	US-202318873950-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 27, 2023
Priority date	Mar 24, 2022
Publication date	Nov 4, 2025
Grant date	Nov 4, 2025

Abstract

A method for forming a tin oxide multilayer film with a catalyst layer, the method including preparing a concentrated liquid in which a tin compound is dissolved in a polar solvent; diluting the concentrated liquid with the polar solvent and a fluoride solution to prepare a reaction liquid that is a stable divalent tin solution; immersing a substance to be treated in the reaction liquid to form a tin oxide layer on a surface of the substance to be treated; and immersing the substance to be treated having the tin oxide layer formed on the surface in a catalyst solution containing catalyst metal ions to form a catalyst layer on the tin oxide layer.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A method for forming a tin oxide multilayer film with a catalyst layer, the method comprising:
dissolving a fluoride in water to form a first liquid having a concentration of 0.3 M or more; preparing a concentrated liquid by mixing the first liquid with a tin compound, the concentrated liquid being prepared such that a fluorine ion concentration derived from the fluoride is 0.8 times or more, and 3 times or less, than a divalent tin ion concentration derived from the tin compound; diluting the concentrated liquid with water to prepare a reaction liquid that is a stable divalent tin solution having the fluorine ion concentration of 0.01M to 2.5M; immersing a substance to be treated in the reaction liquid to form a tin oxide layer having a thickness of 2 nm or more and 60 nm or less on a surface of the substance to be treated; and immersing the substance to be treated having the tin oxide layer formed on the surface in a catalyst solution containing catalyst metal ions to form a catalyst layer including the catalyst metal on the tin oxide layer; wherein the catalyst metal is a noble metal.

2 . The method for forming a tin oxide multilayer film with a catalyst layer according to claim 1 , wherein the fluoride is one or more of hydrofluoric acid, ammonium hydrogen fluoride, and ammonium fluoride.

3 . The method for forming a tin oxide multilayer film with a catalyst layer according to claim 1 , wherein the noble metal is selected from the group consisting of palladium, platinum, gold, and silver.

4 . The method for forming a tin oxide multilayer film with a catalyst layer according to claim 1 , wherein the substance to be treated is an insulator.

5 . The method for forming a tin oxide multilayer film with a catalyst layer according to claim 4 , wherein the insulator is a material selected from the group consisting of resin, ceramics, glass, and silicon.

6 . A method for forming a tin oxide multilayer film with a catalyst layer, the method comprising:
dissolving a tin compound in a polar solvent other than water to prepare a concentrated liquid; diluting the concentrated liquid with a fluoride solution to prepare a reaction liquid that is a stable divalent tin solution having the fluorine ion concentration derived from the fluoride being 0.01M to 2.5M; immersing a substance to be treated in the reaction liquid to form a tin oxide layer having a thickness of 2 nm or more and 60 nm or less on a surface of the substance to be treated; and immersing the substance to be treated having the tin oxide layer formed on the surface in a catalyst solution containing catalyst metal ions to form a catalyst layer including the catalyst metal on the tin oxide layer; wherein the catalyst metal is a noble metal.

7 . The method for forming a tin oxide multilayer film with a catalyst layer according to claim 6 , wherein the fluoride is one or more of hydrofluoric acid, ammonium hydrogen fluoride, and ammonium fluoride.

8 . The method for forming a tin oxide multilayer film with a catalyst layer according to claim 6 , wherein the noble metal is selected from the group consisting of palladium, platinum, gold, and silver.

9 . The method for forming a tin oxide multilayer film with a catalyst layer according to claim 6 , wherein the substance to be treated is an insulator.

10 . The method for forming a tin oxide multilayer film with a catalyst layer according to claim 9 , wherein the insulator is a material selected from the group consisting of resin, ceramics, glass, and silicon.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hayamizu Masahito
• Shimada Kazuya
• Hirooka Asuka
• Sakata Toshihiko

Classifications

• C23C18/42 Primary

  Coating with noble metals · CPC title

• C23C18/1882

  Use of organic or inorganic compounds other than metals, e.g. activation, sensitisation with polymers · CPC title

• C23C18/1651

  Two or more layers only obtained by electroless plating · CPC title

• B01J37/0228

  in several steps · CPC title

• B01J23/626

  with tin · CPC title