IP Library Granted Patent US 11,538,603
Granted Patent B2
US 11,538,603 · App. 17/763,067 · Granted Dec 27, 2022

Method for producing transparent conducting film

Inventors: Shigeru Yamaki (Tokyo, JP); Shuhei Yoneda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
H01B1/22B32B37/14H01B5/14B82Y30/00B82Y40/00
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Patent No.
US 11,538,603
App. No.
17/763,067
Granted
Dec 27, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a transparent conducting film containing metal nanowires, the conducting film having a preferable optical property, electrical property, and having almost no in-plane resistance anisotropy. A method for producing a transparent conducting film provided with a conducting layer containing a metal nanowire and a binder resin, comprising steps of: preparing a coating liquid containing the metal nanowire and the binder resin, and coating the coating liquid on one main face of a transparent substrate, the coating step being performed by a bar-coater with a bar which has a bar surface constituted by a material having a friction coefficient of 0.05 to 0.45, wherein when the coating liquid is coated on one main face of the transparent substrate by the bar, a relative moving velocity (coating velocity) V (mm/sec) of the transparent substrate relative to the bar satisfies 2000≥V≥350, a groove formed on the bar has a pitch (P) and a depth (H) which satisfy a ratio P/H of 9 to 30, and on the bar surface, the groove is formed to be inclined in a way so that an angle between the longitudinal direction of the bar and a direction that the groove is formed is in a range of 60° to 88°.

Claims (9)

1. A method for producing a transparent conducting film provided with a conducting layer containing metal nanowires and a binder resin, comprising steps of:

preparing a coating liquid containing the metal nanowires and the binder resin, and

coating the coating liquid on one main face of a transparent substrate, the coating step being performed by a bar-coater with a bar which has a bar surface constituted by a material having a friction coefficient of 0.05 to 0.45, wherein

when the coating liquid is coated on one main face of the transparent substrate by the bar, a relative moving velocity (coating velocity) V (mm/sec) of the transparent substrate relative to the bar satisfies 2000≥V≥350,

a groove formed on the bar has a pitch (P) and a depth (H) which satisfy a ratio P/H of 9 to 30, and

on the bar surface, the groove is formed to be inclined in a way so that an angle between a longitudinal direction of the bar and a direction that the groove is formed is in a range of 60° to 88°.

2. A method for producing a transparent conducting film according to claim 1 , wherein the metal nanowires have an average length of 1 to 100 μm, and an average diameter of 1 to 500 nm.

3. A method for producing a transparent conducting film according to claim 1 , wherein the coating liquid has a viscosity in a range of 1 to 50 mPa·s at 25° C.

4. A method for producing a transparent conducting film according to claim 2 , wherein the coating liquid has a viscosity in a range of 1 to 50 mPa·s at 25° C.

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 Mar 24, 2022
From: YAMAKI, SHIGERU; YONEDA, SHUHEI
To: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
Reel/Frame 059384/0757 →