Electrically conductive paste

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9761349-B2
Application number	US-201414901763-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 3, 2014
Priority date	Jul 8, 2013
Publication date	Sep 12, 2017
Grant date	Sep 12, 2017

Abstract

The present invention provides an excellent electrically conductive paste which is applicable or printable and stretchable and which ca realize an electrically conductive membrane having high electrical conductivity. An electrically conductive paste wherein a conductive, filler (B) is uniformly dispersed in a resin (A) characterized in that the resin (A) is a rubber (A1) containing sulfur atom and/or a rubber (A2) containing nitrile group, and that the conductive filler (B) is metal powder (B1) having an average particle diameter of 0.5 to 10 μm and a conductive material (B2) having a group selected from mercapto group, amino group and nitrite group on its surface and having an aspect ratio of 10 to 10,000. Instead of having said group on the surface, the conductive filler (B) may be subjected to a surface treatment with a rubber containing sulfide bond and/or nitrite group. Also, the conductive filler (B) may be metal nanowire.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electrically conductive paste wherein a conductive filler (B) is uniformly dispersed in a resin (A), characterized in that the resin (A) is a rubber (A1) containing sulfur atom and/or a rubber (A2) containing nitrile group, that the conductive filler (B) is metal powder (B1) having an average particle diameter of 0.5 to 10 μm and a conductive material (B2) having a group selected from mercapto group, amino group and nitrile group on its surface and having an aspect ratio of 10 to 10,000, and that compounding amounts of the resin (A), the metal powder (B1) and the conductive material (B2) in the solid content of the electrically conductive paste are 50 to 80% by volume, 19 to 49% by volume and 1 to 10% by volume, respectively.

2. An electrically conductive paste wherein a conductive filler (B) is uniformly dispersed in a resin (A), characterized in that the resin (A) is a rubber (A1) containing sulfur atom and/or a rubber (A2) containing nitrile group, that the conductive filler (B) is metal powder (B1) having an average particle diameter of 0.5 to 10 μm and a conductive material (B2) having been subjected to a surface treatment with a rubber containing sulfide bond and/or nitrile group and having an aspect ratio of 10 to 10,000, and that compounding amounts of the resin (A), the metal powder (B1) and the conductive material (B2) in the solid content of the electrically conductive paste are 50 to 80% by volume, 19 to 49% by volume and 1 to 10% by volume, respectively.

3. An electrically conductive paste wherein a conductive filler (B) is uniformly dispersed in a resin (A), characterized in that the resin (A) is a rubber (A1) containing sulfur atom and/or a rubber (A2) containing nitrile group, that the conductive filler (B) is metal powder (B1) having an average particle diameter of 0.5 to 10 μm and a metal nanowire (B2) having an aspect ratio of 10 to 5,000, and that compounding amounts of the resin (A), the metal powder (B1) and the metal nanowire (B2) in the solid content of the electrically conductive paste are 50 to 80% by volume, 19 to 49% by volume and 1 to 10% by volume, respectively,
wherein the rubber (A1) containing sulfur atom is selected from polysulfide rubber, polyether rubber, polyacrylate rubber or silicone rubber containing mercapto group, sulfide bond or disulfide bond, and the rubber (A2) containing nitrile group is a rubber of a copolymer of acrylonitrile with butadiene.

4. The electrically conductive paste according to claim 1 , wherein the rubber (A1) containing sulfur atom is selected from polysulfide rubber, polyether rubber, polyacrylate rubber or silicone rubber containing mercapto group, sulfide bond or disulfide bond.

5. The electrically conductive paste according to claim 2 , wherein the rubber (A1) containing sulfur atom is selected from polysulfide rubber, polyether rubber, polyacrylate rubber or silicone rubber containing mercapto group, sulfide bond or disulfide bond.

6. The electrically conductive paste according to claim 1 , wherein the rubber (A2) containing nitrile group is a rubber of a copolymer of acrylonitrile with butadiene.

7. The electrically conductive paste according to claim 2 , wherein the rubber (A2) containing nitrile group is a rubber of a copolymer of acrylonitrile with butadiene.

8. The electrically conductive paste according to claim 1 , wherein the metal powder (B1) is flaky metal powder, spherical metal powder or aggregated metal powder.

9. The electrically conductive paste according to claim 2 , wherein the metal powder (B1) is flaky metal powder, spherical metal powder or aggregated metal powder.

10. The electrically conductive paste according to claim 3 , wherein the metal powder (B1) is flaky metal powder, spherical metal powder or aggregated metal powder.

11. The electrically conductive paste according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive material (B2) is a carbon nanotube which has been subjected to a surface treatment with an aromatic compound containing mercapto group, amino group or nitrile group.

12. The electrically conductive paste according to claim 2 , wherein the conductive material (B2) is a carbon nanotube which has been subjected to a surface treatment with a rubber containing sulfide bond and/or nitrile group.

13. The electrically conductive paste according to claim 1 , wherein the paste further contains metal nanoparticles (B3) having an average particle diameter of 2 to 100 nm as the conductive filler.

14. The electrically conductive paste according to claim 2 , wherein the paste further contains metal nanoparticles (B3) having an average particle diameter of 2 to 100 nm as the conductive filler.

15. The electrically conductive paste according to claim 3 , wherein the paste further contains metal nanoparticles (B3) having an average particle diameter of 2 to 100 nm as the conductive filler.

16. The electrically conductive paste according to claim 13 , wherein the metal powder (B1) and the metal nanoparticles (B3) contain silver and/or copper as main ingredients.

17. The electrically conductive paste according to claim 14 , wherein the metal powder (B1) and the metal nanoparticles (B3) contain silver and/or copper as main ingredients.

18. The electrically conductive paste according to claim 15 , wherein the metal powder (B1) and the metal nanoparticles (B3) contain silver and/or copper as main ingredients.

19. An electrically conductive membrane or an electrically conductive pattern, characterized in that it is prepared by using the electrically conductive paste mentioned in claim 1 .

20. An electrically conductive membrane or an electrically conductive pattern, characterized in that it is prepared by using the electrically conductive paste mentioned in claim 2 .

21. An electrically conductive membrane or an electrically conductive pattern, characterized in that it is prepared by using the electrically conductive paste mentioned in claim 3 .

22. An electrically conductive laminate, characterized in that it is prepared by forming the electrically conductive membrane or the electrically conductive pattern mentioned in claim 19 on a fabric substrate.

23. An electrically conductive laminate, characterized in that it is prepared by forming the electrically conductive membrane or the electrically conductive pattern mentioned in claim 20 on a fabric substrate.

24. An electrically conductive laminate, characterized in that it is prepared by forming the electrically conductive membrane or the electrically conductive pattern mentioned in claim 21 on a fabric substrate.

25. An electrically conductive paste wherein a conductive filler (B) is uniformly dispersed in a resin (A), characterized in that the resin (A) is a rubber (A1) containing sulfur atom and/or a rubber (A2) containing nitrile group, that the conductive filler (B) is metal powder (B1) having an average particle diameter of 0.5 to 10 μm and a metal nanowire (B2) having an aspect ratio of 20 to 5,000, and that compounding amounts of the resin (A), the metal powder (B1) and the metal nanowire (B2) in the solid content of the electrically conductive paste are 50 to 80% by volume, 19 to 49% by volume and 1 to 10% by volume, respectively.

Assignees

• Toyo Boseki

Inventors

• Imahashi Satoshi

Classifications

• C09D5/24

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

• C08K2003/085

  Copper · CPC title

• H01B1/22 Primary

  the conductive material comprising metals or alloys · CPC title

• C08K2003/0806

  Silver · CPC title

• C08K3/08

  Metals · CPC title