IP Library Granted Patent US 12665136
Granted Patent B2
US 12665136 · App. 18/275,841 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Electrode material for aluminum electrolytic capacitors and method for producing same

Inventor: Toshifumi Taira (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: HEC TECHNOLOGY JAPAN CO., LTD.
H01G9/045B22F1/05B22F3/10B22F3/24B22F7/04C22C21/00C23C24/087C23C28/32C23C28/345C25D11/04H01G9/0029B22F2003/241B22F2007/042B22F2301/052B22F2304/10B22F2998/10B22F2999/00
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Patent No.
US 12665136
App. No.
18/275,841
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides an electrode material for aluminum electrolytic capacitors, the electrode material being capable of exhibiting a high capacitance required for capacitors and having suppressed equivalent series resistance (ESR), and provides a method for producing the electrode material. The present invention provides an electrode material for aluminum electrolytic capacitors, comprising a sintered body of an aluminum alloy powder on at least one surface of a substrate, wherein the substrate is an aluminum foil substrate or an aluminum alloy foil substrate, and the aluminum alloy powder contains Fe in an amount of 2 to 499 mass ppm.

Claims (17)

1 . An electrode material for aluminum electrolytic capacitors, comprising a sintered body of an aluminum alloy powder on at least one surface of a substrate, wherein

the substrate is an aluminum foil substrate or an aluminum alloy foil substrate,

the aluminum alloy powder contains Fe in an amount of 100 to 499 mass ppm, and

a porosity of the electrode material is 46% or more.

2 . The electrode material for aluminum electrolytic capacitors according to claim 1 , wherein the aluminum alloy powder contains Fe in an amount of 100 to 400 mass ppm, and the remainder comprises Al and an unavoidable impurity.

3 . The electrode material for aluminum electrolytic capacitors according to claim 1 , wherein the aluminum alloy powder has an average particle diameter D 50 of 1.5 μm or more and 15 μm or less.

4 . The electrode material for aluminum electrolytic capacitors according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate is an aluminum foil substrate having an Al purity of 99.99 mass % or more, and has a thickness of 10 μm or more and 80 μm or less.

5 . The electrode material for aluminum electrolytic capacitors according to claim 1 , wherein the sintered body is formed on both surfaces of the substrate, and has a total thickness of 50 μm or more and 2000 μm or less.

6 . A method for producing an electrode material for aluminum electrolytic capacitors, comprising

(1) step 1 of forming a film of a paste composition containing an aluminum alloy powder on at least one surface of a substrate, and

(2) step 2 of sintering the film at a temperature of 560° C. or more and 660° C. or less,

wherein

the substrate is an aluminum foil substrate or an aluminum alloy foil substrate,

the aluminum alloy powder contains Fe in an amount of 100 to 499 mass ppm, and

a porosity of the electrode material is 46% or more.

7 . The production method according to claim 6 , wherein the aluminum alloy powder has an average particle diameter D 50 of 1.5 μm or more and 15 μm or less.

8 . The production method according to claim 6 , further comprising an anodization step after step 2, wherein the voltage in the anodization step is 250 V or more and 800 V or less.