IP Library Granted Patent US 12662386
Granted Patent B2
US 12662386 · App. 17/892,359 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Hollow silica particles and method for producing the same

Inventors: Hiromichi Kamo (Tokyo, JP); Masashi Kondo (Tokyo, JP); Hajime Katayama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: AGC Inc.; AGC SI-TECH CO., LTD.
C01B33/18C09C1/3027C09C1/3081C01P2002/82C01P2004/34C01P2004/61C01P2004/64C01P2006/10C01P2006/12C01P2006/14
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Patent No.
US 12662386
App. No.
17/892,359
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to hollow silica particles, which each includes a shell layer containing silica and a space inside the shell layer, in which the hollow silica particles have a peak intensity derived from SiOH at a wavenumber of around 3,746 cm −1 of 0.60 or less by infrared spectroscopy, a relative permittivity at 1 GHz of from 1.3 to 5.0 and a dielectric loss tangent at 1 GHz of from 0.0001 to 0.05.

Claims (19)

1 . Hollow silica particles, which each comprise a shell layer containing silica and a space inside the shell layer,

wherein the hollow silica particles contain at least one metal M selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba,

wherein a concentration of the metal M contained in the hollow silica particles is 50 mass ppm or more and 5 mass % or less, and

wherein the hollow silica particles have a peak intensity derived from SiOH at a wavenumber of around 3,746 cm −1 of 0.60 or less by infrared spectroscopy, a relative permittivity at 1 GHz of from 1.3 to 5.0 and a dielectric loss tangent at 1 GHz of from 0.0001 to 0.05.

2 . The hollow silica particles according to claim 1 , which have a particle density as measured by a dry pycnometer density measurement using helium gas of from 2.00 g/cm 3 to 2.30 g/cm 3 .

3 . The hollow silica particles according to claim 1 , which have a particle density as measured by a dry pycnometer density measurement using argon gas of from 0.35 g/cm 3 to 2.00 g/cm 3 .

4 . The hollow silica particles according to claim 1 , which have an average primary particle size of from 50 nm to 10 μm.

5 . The hollow silica particles according to claim 1 , which have a BET specific surface area of from 1 m 2 /g to 300 m 2 /g.

6 . The hollow silica particles according to claim 1 , which have a sphericity of from 0.75 to 1.0.

7 . The hollow silica particles according to claim 1 , which have an oil absorption of from 15 mL/100 g to 1,300 mL/100 g.

8 . The hollow silica particles according to claim 1 , which have a median diameter of secondary particles of from 0.20 μm to 60 μm.

9 . The hollow silica particles according to claim 1 , which have a coarse particle size (D90) of secondary particles of from 1 μm to 100 μm.

10 . The hollow silica particles according to claim 1 , which have a pore volume of 0.2 cm 3 /g or less.

11 . The hollow silica particles according to claim 1 , wherein a surface of the hollow silica particle is treated with a silane coupling agent.

12 . A method for producing hollow silica particles according to claim 1 , the method comprising:

forming a shell layer containing silica on the periphery of each of cores to obtain a hollow silica precursor;

removing the cores from the hollow silica precursor;

heat-treating the resultant particles at a temperature of 800° C. or higher; and

treating surfaces of the heat-treated particles with a silane coupling agent.