Conductive paste composition and electrode prepared using the same

1. A conductive paste composition, comprising:

a conductive powder;

a binder resin; and

a solvent, wherein:

the conductive powder includes:

a flake type powder having an average particle diameter (D50) of about 1.2 μm to about 3.0 μm, and

a spherical powder having an average particle diameter (D50) of about 0.2 μm to about 2.0 μm,

the flake type powder and the spherical powder are present in a weight ratio of about 1:0.4 to about 1:2, and

the conductive powder and the binder resin are present in a weight ratio of about 1:0.04 to about 1:0.08.

2. The conductive paste composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the flake type powder has an average particle diameter (D50) of about 1.4 μm to about 2.8 μm.

3. The conductive paste composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the flake type powder has a tap density of about 2.5 to about 5.0 g/cm 3 .

4. The conductive paste composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the spherical powder has an average particle diameter (D50) of about 0.4 μm to about 1.4 μm.

5. The conductive paste composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the flake type powder and the spherical powder are present in a weight ratio of about 1:1 to 1:1.5.

6. The conductive paste composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the average particle diameter (D50) of the flake type powder is greater than the average particle diameter (D50) of the spherical powder.

7. The conductive paste composition as claimed in claim 6 , wherein a ratio of the average particle diameter (D50) of the flake type powder to the average particle diameter (D50) of the spherical powder is about 1.4:1 to about 2.4:1.

8. The conductive paste composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the conductive powder is a mixture of the flake type powder and the spherical powder having different average particle diameters.

9. The conductive paste composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the conductive powder and the binder resin are present in a weight ratio of about 1:0.05 to 1:0.07.

10. The conductive paste composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

the flake type powder has an average particle diameter (D50) of about 1.6 μm to about 2.7 μm,

the spherical powder has an average particle diameter (D50) of about 0.5 μm to about 1.0 μm,

the flake type powder and the spherical powder are present in a weight ratio of about 1:1 to 1:1.5, and

the conductive powder and the binder resin are present in a weight ratio of about 1:0.06 to 1:0.07.

11. The conductive paste composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the conductive paste composition includes about 1 to about 10% by weight of the binder resin and about 80 to about 95% by weight of the conductive powder.

12. The conductive paste composition as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the solvent is included in a balance amount.

13. The conductive paste composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the binder resin is selected from the group of an epoxy resin, an acrylic resin, a (meth)acrylic resin, a cellulosic resin, an ester resin, an alkyd resin, a butyral resin, a PVA resin, and mixtures thereof.

14. The conductive paste composition as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the binder resin includes the epoxy resin, the epoxy resin being selected from the group of cresol novolac, bisphenol F, bisphenol A epoxy resins, and mixtures thereof.

15. The conductive paste composition as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising at least one of a diluent and a curing agent.

16. An electrode prepared from the conductive paste composition as claimed in claim 1 .

17. The electrode as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the electrode has a contact resistance of about 5 mΩ·cm 2 to about 65 mΩ·cm 2 .

18. The electrode as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the electrode has a wire resistance of about 45 Ω/m to about 85 Ω/m.