IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,552,972
Granted Patent B2
US 12,552,972 · App. 18/015,584 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Conductive adhesive composition

Inventors: Takamitsu Arai (Kyoto, JP); Takayuki Kasugai (Kyoto, JP); Nobuo Ochiai (Kyoto, JP); Satoru Tomekawa (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: KYOTO ELEX CO., LTD.
C09J9/02C08G18/10C08G18/672C08G18/73C09J11/04C09J175/14H01B1/22C08K2003/0806C08K2201/001C08K2201/003H10F77/211
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Patent No.
US 12,552,972
App. No.
18/015,584
Granted
Feb 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to an electrically conductive adhesive composition including: a conductive powder (A) and a curable component (B) which has a content of 20 5 parts by mass or more when an amount of the conductive powder (A) is 100 parts by mass; and a phosphoric acid-containing curable component (C) having a general formula of formula (1) or (2), and having a molecular weight within a range of 150 to 1000, in which the phosphoric acid-containing curable component (C) has a content of 0.01 parts by mass or more and 5 parts by mass or less when a total amount of the conductive powder (A) and the 10 curable component (B) is 100 parts by mass.

Claims (26)

1 . An electrically conductive adhesive composition comprising:

a conductive powder (A) and a curable component (B) which has a content of 20 parts by mass or more when an amount of the conductive powder (A) is 100 parts by mass; and

a phosphoric acid-containing curable component (C) having a general formula of the following formula (1) or (2),

provided that X in the above formula (1) or (2) is a methyl group (CH 3 ),

wherein the phosphoric acid-containing curable component (C) has a content of 0.01 parts by mass or more and 5 parts by mass or less when a total amount of the conductive powder (A) and the curable component (B) is 100 parts by mass,

the conductive powder (A) includes a spherical powder and a flaky powder, the spherical powder has an average particle diameter of 0.1 μm to 10 μm, and the flaky powder has an average particle diameter of 2 μm to 20 μm, and

a mass ratio of the spherical powder/the flaky powder is 50/50 to 54/46.

2 . The electrically conductive adhesive composition according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive powder (A) is at least one of a silver powder, a silver alloy powder, and a silver-coated powder.

3 . The electrically conductive adhesive composition according to claim 1 , wherein the curable component (B) is an acrylic resin or a curable composition that forms an acrylic resin when being cured.

4 . The electrically conductive adhesive composition according to claim 1 , which is used by being applied to a base material by a printing machine or a dispenser.

5 . The electrically conductive adhesive composition according to claim 4 , which is used for adhering solar cells constituting a solar cell module.

6 . The electrically conductive adhesive composition according to claim 1 , wherein the phosphoric acid-containing curable component (C) has the general formula of formula (1).

7 . The electrically conductive adhesive composition according to claim 1 , wherein the phosphoric acid-containing curable component (C) has the general formula of formula (2).

8 . The electrically conductive adhesive composition according to claim 1 , wherein the phosphoric acid-containing curable component (C) has the content of 1 parts by mass or more and 5 parts by mass or less when the total amount of the conductive powder (A) and the curable component (B) is 100 parts by mass.

9 . The electrically conductive adhesive composition according to claim 1 , wherein the curable component (B) comprises at least one of an alkyl (meth)acrylate, an aryl (meth)acrylate, and a (meth)acrylate urethane prepolymer.

10 . The electrically conductive adhesive composition according to claim 1 , wherein the curable component (B) comprises an alkyl (meth)acrylate, an aryl (meth)acrylate, and a (meth)acrylate urethane prepolymer.

11 . The electrically conductive adhesive composition according to claim 1 , wherein the curable component (B) has the content of 20 parts by mass and more and 100 parts by weight or less based on 100 parts by mass of the conductive powder (A), and

the phosphoric acid-containing curable component (C) has the content of 1 parts by mass or more and 5 parts by mass or less when the total amount of the conductive powder (A) and the curable component (B) is 100 parts by mass.

12 . The electrically conductive adhesive composition according to claim 1 , wherein the curable component (B) has the content of 20 parts by mass and more and 100 parts by weight or less based on 100 parts by mass of the conductive powder (A),

the phosphoric acid-containing curable component (C) has the content of 1 parts by mass or more and 5 parts by mass or less when the total amount of the conductive powder (A) and the curable component (B) is 100 parts by mass,

the curable component (B) comprises an alkyl (meth)acrylate, an aryl (meth)acrylate, and a (meth)acrylate urethane prepolymer, and

the phosphoric acid-containing curable component (C) is 2-methacryloyloxyethyl acid phosphate or 2-methacryloyloxyethyl acid phosphate.

13 . The electrically conductive adhesive composition according to claim 1 , wherein the curable component (B) has the content of 20 parts by mass and more and 100 parts by weight or less based on 100 parts by mass of the conductive powder (A),

the phosphoric acid-containing curable component (C) has the content of 1 parts by mass or more and 5 parts by mass or less when the total amount of the conductive powder (A) and the curable component (B) is 100 parts by mass,

the curable component (B) comprises isoamyl acrylate, phenoxyethyl acrylate, and phenyl glycidyl ether acrylate hexamethylene diisocyanate urethane prepolymer, and

the phosphoric acid-containing curable component (C) is 2-methacryloyloxyethyl acid phosphate or 2-methacryloyloxyethyl acid phosphate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 12, 2023
From: ARAI, TAKAMITSU; KASUGAI, TAKAYUKI; OCHIAI, NOBUO; TOMEKAWA, SATORU
To: KYOTO ELEX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062377/0762 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-123302 · Jul 17, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230323162A1 · Oct 12, 2023
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