IP Library Granted Patent US 12674240
Granted Patent B2
US 12674240 · App. 17/766,606 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Surface-coated metal porous body

Inventors: Kazuki Okuno (Osaka, JP); Masatoshi Majima (Osaka, JP); Hitoshi Tsuchida (Imizu, JP)
Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC TOYAMA CO., LTD.
C25B11/031C25B11/04H01M4/8605H01M4/8657H01M2008/1095
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Patent No.
US 12674240
App. No.
17/766,606
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A surface-coated metal porous body having a three-dimensional network structure, the surface-coated metal porous body including: a framework forming the three-dimensional network structure; and a coating film provided on a surface of the framework, wherein the framework has a body including a metal element as a constituent element, the coating film includes a scale-like carbon material and a fine-grained conductive material, a distance D between two points that are farthest from each other on an outer perimeter of a main surface of the scale-like carbon material is 5% or more and 120% or less relative to a thickness of the framework, and the scale-like carbon material is deposited on the surface of the framework.

Claims (14)

1 . A surface-coated metal porous body having a three-dimensional network structure, the surface-coated metal porous body comprising:

a framework forming the three-dimensional network structure; and

a coating film provided on a surface of the framework, wherein

the framework has a body including a metal element as a constituent element,

the coating film includes a scale-like carbon material and a fine-grained conductive material,

a distance D between two points that are farthest from each other on an outer perimeter of a main surface of the scale-like carbon material is 5% or more and 120% or less relative to a thickness of the framework, and

the scale-like carbon material is deposited parallel to the surface of the framework.

2 . The surface-coated metal porous body according to claim 1 , wherein the coating film has a thickness of 0.2 μm or more and 100% or less of a thickness of the body of the framework.

3 . The surface-coated metal porous body according to claim 1 , wherein the scale-like carbon material includes graphite.

4 . The surface-coated metal porous body according to claim 1 , wherein the scale-like carbon material has an aspect ratio of 5 or more and 100 or less.

5 . The surface-coated metal porous body according to claim 1 , wherein the fine-grained conductive material includes at least one selected from the group consisting of carbon black, titanium, spheroidal graphite, and stainless steel.

6 . The surface-coated metal porous body according to claim 1 , wherein the metal element in the body of the framework includes at least one selected from the group consisting of nickel, aluminum, copper, chromium, and tin.

7 . The surface-coated metal porous body according to claim 1 , wherein, when the body of the framework is observed in cross section at a magnification of 3,000 times to obtain an observed image, the observed image presents in any area 10 μm square thereof five or less voids each having a major axis of 1 μm or more.

8 . The surface-coated metal porous body according to claim 1 , wherein the framework is hollow.