Conductive transparent coating for rigid and flexible substrates

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017081527-A1
Application number	US-201615371719-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 7, 2016
Priority date	Jun 27, 2014
Publication date	Mar 23, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present invention relates to a conductive coating composition comprising a polyolefin copolymer resin comprising an olefin monomer and acrylic acid comonomer or (meth)acrylic acid comonomer, a plurality of anisotropic nanoparticles and a solvent.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A conductive coating composition comprising
a) a polyolefin copolymer resin comprising an olefin monomer and acrylic acid comonomer or (meth)acrylic acid comonomer; b) a plurality of anisotropic nanoparticles; and c) at least one solvent.

2 . A conductive coating composition according to claim 1 , wherein said olefin monomer is selected from the group consisting of ethylene, propylene, 1-butylene, amide, ethylene vinyl acetate and mixtures thereof.

3 . A conductive coating composition according to claim 1 , wherein said polyolefin copolymer resin has a comonomer content from 2% to 40%.

4 . A conductive coating composition according to claim 1 , wherein said composition comprises a polyolefin copolymer resin from 1 to 15% by weight of the total weight of the conductive coating composition.

5 . A conductive coating composition according to claim 1 , wherein said plurality of anisotropic nanoparticles are selected from the group of silver containing particles, silver particles, copper particles, copper containing particles, silver nanowires, carbon particles, carbon nanowires and mixtures thereof.

6 . A conductive coating composition according to claim 1 , wherein said plurality of anisotropic nanoparticles has an aspect ratio greater than 150, preferably greater than 200 and more preferably greater than 500.

7 . A conductive coating composition according to claim 1 , wherein said composition comprises plurality of anisotropic nanoparticles from 0.15 to 1.25% by weight of the total weight of the conductive coating composition.

8 . A conductive coating composition according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one solvent is selected from the group consisting of water, butyl diglycol, 2-butoxyethanol, diethylene glycol, ethanol, isopropanol, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, dipropylene glycol and mixtures thereof.

9 . A conductive coating composition according to claim 1 , wherein said composition comprises a solvent from 45% to 99% by weight of the total weight of the conductive coating composition.

10 . A conductive coating composition according to claim 1 , wherein said composition has a solid content from 0.15 to 10% by weight of the composition.

11 . A cured reaction product of the conductive coating composition according to claim 1 .

12 . A coated substrate comprising a layer of conductive coating composition according to claim 1 , wherein said layer is cured thermally or dried.

13 . A coated substrate according to claim 12 , wherein said substrate is rigid or flexible transparent material, preferably said substrate is selected from the group consisting of glass, PET, PMMA, PC, glass with inorganic or organic surface treatment, PET with inorganic or organic surface treatment, PMMA with inorganic or organic surface treatment, PC with inorganic or organic surface treatment and mixtures thereof.

14 . Use of conductive coating composition according to claim 1 in transparent electrode or conductor applications.

15 . Use of conductive coating composition according to claim 1 as an ITO replacement in transparent electrode or conductor applications or as an electroluminescent lighting or as a transparent electrode in flexible or rigid touch panels or OLED displays or smart windows or transparent heaters or thin film photovoltaics or dye sensitized photovoltaics or organic photovoltaics or electromagnetic interference shielding or electrostatic discharge or membrane switches.

Assignees

• Henkel Ag & Co Kgaa

Inventors

• De Zeeuw Ard
• Auweiler Nicole
• Dreezen Gunther
• Van Der Meulen Inge

Classifications

• C08K2201/001

  Conductive additives · CPC title

• C08K7/06

  Elements · CPC title

• C08K2003/085

  Copper · CPC title

• C09D5/24 Primary

  Electrically-conducting paints {(conductive materials H01B1/00)} · CPC title

• C08K2003/0806

  Silver · CPC title