Electroacoustic conversion film web, electroacoustic conversion film, and method of manufacturing an electroacoustic conversion film web
Provided are an electroacoustic conversion film web, an electroacoustic conversion film, and a method of manufacturing an electroacoustic conversion film web in which costs can be reduced by reducing the number of operations without damage to thin film electrodes, the points of electrode lead-out portions can be freely determined, and thus high productivity can be achieved. A preparation step of preparing an electrode laminated body in which a single thin film electrode and a single protective layer are laminated and a lamination step of laminating the electrode laminated body and an piezoelectric layer are included. A non-adhered portion that is not adhered to the piezoelectric layer is provided in at least one end portion of the thin film electrode in a case where the electrode laminated body and the piezoelectric layer are laminated in the lamination step.
1. A manufacturing method of an electroacoustic conversion film web including a piezoelectric layer having dielectric properties, two thin film electrodes respectively formed on both surfaces of the piezoelectric layer, and two protective layers respectively formed on the two thin film electrodes, the method comprising:
a preparation step of preparing an electrode laminated body in which one of the thin film electrodes and one of the protective layers are laminated; and
a lamination step of laminating the electrode laminated body and the piezoelectric layer,
wherein, in the lamination step, in a case where the electrode laminated body and the piezoelectric layer are laminated, at least one end portion of the thin film electrode is provided with a non-adhered portion that is not adhered to the piezoelectric layer,
the lamination step is a first lamination step of forming the piezoelectric layer by applying a coating composition that is to become the piezoelectric layer onto the thin film electrode of the electrode laminated body and thereafter curing the coating composition, and laminating the electrode laminated body and the piezoelectric layer, and
in the first lamination step, in a case where the coating composition is applied, the non-adhered portion is formed by causing the at least one end portion of the thin film electrode to be a coating material non-coated portion to which the coating composition is not applied.
2. The manufacturing method of an electroacoustic conversion film web according to claim 1 ,
wherein a width of the non-adhered portion is 5 to 20 mm.
3. The manufacturing method of an electroacoustic conversion film web according to claim 1 ,
wherein a shape of a principal surface of the thin film electrode is a quadrangular shape, and
end portions of two edges of the thin film electrode which oppose each other serve as the non-adhered portions.
4. The manufacturing method of an electroacoustic conversion film web according to claim 1 ,
wherein a thickness of the electrode laminated body is 4 to 20 μm.
5. The manufacturing method of an electroacoustic conversion film web according to claim 1 ,
wherein the piezoelectric layer is a polymer composite piezoelectric body in which piezoelectric body particles are dispersed in a viscoelastic matrix formed of a polymer material having viscoelasticity at a normal temperature.
6. The manufacturing method of an electroacoustic conversion film web according to claim 5 ,
wherein a local maximum value at which a loss tangent Tans at a frequency of 1 Hz becomes greater than or equal to 0.5 due to measurement of a dynamic viscoelasticity of the polymer material is present in a temperature range of 0° C. to 50° C.
7. The manufacturing method of an electroacoustic conversion film web according to claim 5 ,
wherein the polymer material has a cyanoethyl group.
8. The manufacturing method of an electroacoustic conversion film web according to claim 5 ,
wherein the polymer material is cyanoethylated polyvinyl alcohol.
9. A manufacturing method of an electroacoustic conversion film web including a piezoelectric layer having dielectric properties, two thin film electrodes respectively formed on both surfaces of the piezoelectric layer, and two protective layers respectively formed on the two thin film electrodes, the method comprising:
a preparation step of preparing an electrode laminated body in which one of the thin film electrodes and one of the protective layers are laminated; and
a lamination step of laminating the electrode laminated body and the piezoelectric layer,
wherein, in the lamination step, in a case where the electrode laminated body and the piezoelectric layer are laminated, at least one end portion of the thin film electrode is provided with a non-adhered portion that is not adhered to the piezoelectric layer,
the lamination step is a second lamination step of laminating the electrode laminated body and the piezoelectric layer by bonding the piezoelectric layer to the thin film electrode side of the electrode laminated body,
in the second lamination step, the non-adhered portion is formed by causing the at least one end portion of the thin film electrode to be a non-bonded portion to which the piezoelectric layer is not bonded,
in a view in a direction perpendicular to the principal surface of the piezoelectric layer, an area of at least one of the two thin film electrodes is smaller than an area of the piezoelectric layer, and
in a view in a direction perpendicular to the principal surface of the piezoelectric layer, the at least one of the two thin film electrodes is disposed so as to be included in the piezoelectric layer.
10. The manufacturing method of an electroacoustic conversion film web according to claim 9 ,
wherein the second lamination step includes an adhesive application step of applying an adhesive to the thin film electrode side of the electrode laminated body, and a bonding step of bonding the piezoelectric layer to the electrode laminated body via the adhesive, and
in the adhesive application step, the non-adhered portion is formed by causing the at least one end portion of the thin film electrode to be an adhesive non-coated portion to which the adhesive is not applied.
11. The manufacturing method of an electroacoustic conversion film web according to claim 9 ,
wherein the second lamination step is to bond the piezoelectric layer to the electrode laminated body through compression bonding, and
the non-adhered portion is formed by causing the at least one end portion of the thin film electrode to be a non-compression-bonded portion to which the piezoelectric layer is not compression-bonded.
12. The manufacturing method of an electroacoustic conversion film web according to claim 9 ,
wherein, in the second lamination step, the non-adhered portion is formed by masking the at least one end portion of the thin film electrode and bonding the piezoelectric layer to the electrode laminated body.
13. The manufacturing method of an electroacoustic conversion film web according to claim 9 ,
wherein, in the second lamination step, an area of the thin film electrode laminated on the piezoelectric layer in a view in a direction perpendicular to a principal surface of the piezoelectric layer is smaller than an area of the piezoelectric layer.
14. A manufacturing method of an electroacoustic conversion film web including a piezoelectric layer having dielectric properties, two thin film electrodes respectively formed on both surfaces of the piezoelectric layer, and two protective layers respectively formed on the two thin film electrodes, the method comprising:
a preparation step of preparing an electrode laminated body in which one of the thin film electrodes and one of the protective layers are laminated; and
a lamination step of laminating the electrode laminated body and the piezoelectric layer,
wherein, in the lamination step, in a case where the electrode laminated body and the piezoelectric layer are laminated, at least one end portion of the thin film electrode is provided with a non-adhered portion that is not adhered to the piezoelectric layer,
the preparation step is a step of preparing two electrode laminated bodies having different sizes,
the lamination step includes a first lamination step of forming the piezoelectric layer by applying a coating composition that is to become the piezoelectric layer onto the thin film electrode of the electrode laminated body having a larger size and thereafter curing the coating composition, and laminating the electrode laminated body having the larger size and the piezoelectric layer, and a second lamination step of laminating the electrode laminated body having a smaller size and the piezoelectric layer by bonding the thin film electrode side of the electrode laminated body having the smaller size to the surface of the piezoelectric layer on the opposite side to the surface on which the electrode laminated body having the larger size is laminated, the electrode laminated body having the larger size being laminated on the piezoelectric layer,
in the first lamination step, in a case where the coating composition is applied, the non-adhered portion is formed by causing the at least one end portion of the thin film electrode to be a coating material non-coated portion to which the coating composition is not applied, and
in the second lamination step, the non-adhered portion is formed by causing the at least one end portion of the thin film electrode to be a non-bonded portion to which the piezoelectric layer is not bonded.
15. A manufacturing method of an electroacoustic conversion film, comprising:
a cutting step of cutting the electroacoustic conversion film web prepared in the manufacturing method of an electroacoustic conversion film web according to claim 1 , into a predetermined shape,
wherein, in the cutting step, the electroacoustic conversion film web is cut into a shape in which at least a portion of the non-adhered portion of the thin film electrode remains.