Plasma display panel, method of manufacturing the same, and paste for display electrodes of plasma display panel

1. A plasma display panel comprising:

a pair of substrates which are opposite to each other and one of which includes a display electrode and a dielectric layer formed thereon, wherein:

the display electrode is a baked electrode formed by baking an electrode material paste, the electrode material paste including a glass material powder and an organic resin binder,

the glass material powder is made by grinding a glass material, the glass material containing at least one oxide of molybdenum, cerium, copper, tin, manganese, ruthenium, antimony, and iron, and

the glass material powder includes less than 40 wt % and not less than 15 wt % of a bismuth oxide, 3-20 wt % of a silicon oxide, and 10-45 wt % of a boron oxide.

2. The plasma display panel of claim 1 ,

wherein softening temperature of the glass material powder is in a range of 400° C. to 550° C.

3. The plasma display panel of claim 1 ,

wherein the glass material includes a zinc oxide.

4. A method of manufacturing a plasma display panel including a pair of substrates which are opposite to each other and one of which includes a display electrode and a dielectric layer formed thereon, the method comprising:

a step of forming the display electrode,

wherein the step of forming the display electrode includes:

a material powder mixing step of mixing and dispersing a first material powder including less than 40 wt % and not less than 15 wt % of a bismuth oxide, 3-20 wt % of a silicon oxide, and 10-45 wt % of a boron oxide with a second material powder including at least one oxide of molybdenum, ruthenium, cerium, tin, copper, manganese, antimony, and iron;

a molten glass making step of melting the material powder, which is mixed and dispersed in the material powder mixing step, at a predetermined temperature to make molten glass, and cooling the molten glass, the cooled molten glass including said at least one oxide;

a glass material powder making step of grinding the cooled molten glass to make a glass material powder including said at least one oxide;

an electrode material making step of kneading an organic resin binder with the glass material powder including said at least one oxide to make an electrode material paste; and

an electrode material applying step of applying the electrode material paste on the substrate.

5. The method of manufacturing a plasma display panel of claim 4 ,

wherein, in the material powder mixing step, a content of the second material powder is in a range of 0.1 wt % to 5 wt %.

6. A paste for a display electrode of a plasma display panel, the paste comprising:

a glass material powder made by grinding a glass material, the glass material including at least one oxide of molybdenum, ruthenium, cerium, tin, copper, manganese, antimony, and iron, melting the mixture, and grinding the molten glass; and

an organic resin binder,

the glass material is obtained by mixing a first material powder including less than 40 wt % and not less than 15 wt % of a bismuth oxide, 3-20 wt % of a silicon oxide, and 10-45 wt % of a boron oxide with a second material powder including at least one oxide of molybdenum, ruthenium, cerium, tin, copper, manganese, antimony, and iron, melting the mixture, and cooling the molten glass.

7. The paste for display electrodes of a plasma display panel of claim 6 ,

wherein a content of the second material powder in the glass material is in a range of 0.1 wt % to 5 wt %.

8. The plasma display panel of claim 2 ,

wherein the glass material includes a bismuth oxide or a zinc oxide.

9. The plasma display panel of claim 1 ,

wherein a content of said at least one oxide in the glass material is in a range of 0.1 wt % to 5 wt %.

10. The plasma display panel of claim 1 , wherein each particle of the glass material powder contains said at least one oxide.