IP Library Granted Patent US 11,685,846
Granted Patent B2
US 11,685,846 · App. 17/595,961 · Granted Jun 27, 2023

Transparent conducting film

Inventors: Shigeru Yamaki (Tokyo, JP); Shuhei Yoneda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K. K.
C09J133/08C08K3/08C08K7/06H01B1/22H01B5/14C08K2003/0806C08K2201/011
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Patent No.
US 11,685,846
App. No.
17/595,961
Granted
Jun 27, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a transparent conducting film having a preferable optical property, a preferable electrical property, and further, a superior durability of folding. The transparent conducting film comprises a transparent substrate and a transparent conducting layer formed on at least one of main faces of the transparent substrate, wherein the transparent conducting layer contains a binder resin and a conducting fiber, a cut portion of the transparent conducting film has a straightness of 0.050 mm or less. Preferably, the transparent substrate is a resin film having an elongated resin film or cut out from an elongated film, and can be folded in with a folding axis in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the elongated resin film.

Claims (24)

1. A transparent conducting film comprising:

a transparent substrate, and

a transparent conducting layer formed on at least one of main faces of the transparent substrate,

wherein a cut portion of the transparent conducting film has a straightness of 0.050 mm or less in accordance with JIS B063, and

when a resistance value (R0) and a resistance value (R) respectively represent resistance values of the transparent conducting film before and after a folding test of 200,000 times of folding using a clamshell type durability tester in which a curvature radius is set to 2.0 mm, the ratio (R/R0) is 2.0 or less.

2. A transparent conducting film according to claim 1 , wherein when a resistance value (R0) and a resistance value (R) respectively represent resistance values of the transparent conducting film before and after a folding test of 200,000 times of folding using a clamshell type durability tester in which a curvature radius is set to 0.5 mm, the ratio (R/R0) is 2.0 or less.

3. A transparent conducting film according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent conducting layer contains at least a binder resin and a conducting fiber, and a protective layer is provided on the transparent conducting layer.

4. A transparent conducting film according to claim 3 , wherein the conducting fiber is a metal nanowire.

5. A transparent conducting film according to claim 4 , wherein the metal nanowire is a silver nanowire.

6. A transparent conducting film according to claim 3 , wherein the binder resin is soluble in alcohol, water, or a mixed solvent of alcohol and water.

7. A transparent conducting film according to claim 3 , wherein the binder resin contains one selected from a group consisting of poly-N-vinylpyrrolidone, hydrophilic cellulose-based resin, butyral resin, and poly-N-vinylacetamide.

8. A transparent conducting film according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent substrate is a cyclo-olefin polymer (COP) film.

9. A transparent conducting film according to claim 8 , wherein the cyclo-olefin polymer (COP) film has a thickness of 1 to 50 μm.

10. A transparent conducting film according to claim 9 , wherein the cyclo-olefin polymer (COP) film has a thickness of 5 to 25 μm.

11. A transparent conducting film according to claim 7 , wherein the cyclo-olefin polymer (COP) film has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 100 to 170° C.

12. A transparent conducting film according to claim 3 , wherein the protective layer is a cured layer of a curable resin composite, and a content of an aromatic ring-containing compound in a solid content of the curable resin composite is 15% by mass or less.

13. A transparent conducting film according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent substrate is an elongated resin film or a resin film cut out from an elongated resin film, and is foldable with a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the elongated resin film as a folding axis.

14. A transparent conducting film according to claim 2 , wherein the transparent conducting layer contains at least a binder resin and a conducting fiber, and a protective layer is provided on the transparent conducting layer.

15. A transparent conducting film according to claim 14 , wherein the conducting fiber is a metal nanowire.

16. A transparent conducting film according to claim 15 , wherein the metal nanowire is a silver nanowire.

17. A transparent conducting film according to claim 14 , wherein the binder resin is soluble in alcohol, water, or a mixed solvent of alcohol and water.

18. A transparent conducting film according to claim 14 , wherein the binder resin contains one selected from a group consisting of poly-N-vinylpyrrolidone, hydrophilic cellulose-based resin, butyral resin, and poly-N-vinylacetamide.

19. A transparent conducting film according to claim 14 , wherein the protective layer is a cured layer of a curable resin composite, and a content of an aromatic ring-containing compound in a solid content of the curable resin composite is 15% by mass or less.

20. A transparent conducting film according to claim 2 , wherein the transparent substrate is an elongated resin film or a resin film cut out from an elongated resin film, and is foldable with a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the elongated resin film as a folding axis.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 23, 2023
From: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064082/0513 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 3, 2021
From: YAMAKI, SHIGERU; YONEDA, SHUHEI
To: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
Reel/Frame 058276/0979 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-142591 · Aug 26, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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