Solid electrolytic capacitor and method for manufacturing same

• US 20050237696A1
• Filed: 02/19/2004
• Published: 10/27/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Takeda, Yukifumi, Yakushiji, Shin, Hosokawa, Tomoko, Nitta, Yukihiro, Ozawa, Masato
• Granted Patent: US 7,289,313 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/504
• CPC Class Codes: H01G 11/56 Solid electrolytes, e.g. gels; Additives therein
• CPC Class Codes: H01G 9/0036 Formation of the solid electrolyte layer
• CPC Class Codes: H01G 9/025 Solid electrolytes H01G11/54 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/13 Energy storage using capacitors

Abstract

The solid electrolytic capacitor comprises: dielectric oxide film 2; solid electrolyte 3 composed of a conductive polymer; carbon layer 4; and silver layer 5, formed sequentially on a surface of anode 1 composed of a valve metal. The capacitor has excellent leakage current characteristics and electrical characteristics under hot and humid conditions due to doped naphthalenesulfonic acid compounds in the conductive polymer.

Claims

1. A solid electrolytic capacitor comprising:

an anode composed of a valve metal on that surface a dielectric oxide film is formed;

a solid electrolyte composed of a conductive polymer formed on the dielectric oxide film; and

a cathode formed on the solid electrolyte,

wherein the solid electrolyte includes naphthalenesulfonic acid compounds.

2. The solid electrolytic capacitor of claim 1:

wherein the solid electrolyte is formed by an electrolytic polymerization or a chemical polymerization of the conductive polymer;

the naphthalenesulfonic acid compounds correspond to compound (I); and

the compound (I) is doped into the conductive polymer.

3. The solid electrolytic capacitor of claim 2, wherein a content of the compound (I) to 1 mol of monomer forming the conductive polymer ranges from 0.05 to 0.5 mol.

4. The solid electrolytic capacitor of claim 2, wherein the conductive polymer is selected from at least one of pyrrole, thiophene, furan, aniline and their derivatives.

5. The solid electrolytic capacitor of claim 2, wherein the solid electrolyte further contains a phenol derivative.

6. The solid electrolytic capacitor of claim 5, wherein the phenol derivative is selected from at least one of nitrophenol, cyanophenol, hydroxy-benzoic acid, and hydroxyphenol.

7. The solid electrolytic capacitor of claim 2, wherein the solid electrolyte further contains a sulfuric acid.

8. The solid electrolytic capacitor of claim 1:

wherein the solid electrolyte is formed by an electrolytic polymerization of the conductive polymer;

the naphthalenesulfonic acid compounds correspond to compound (II); and

the compound (II) is doped into the conductive polymer.

9. A method of manufacturing a solid electrolytic capacitor, the capacitor comprising:

an anode composed of a valve metal on that surface a dielectric oxide film is formed;

a solid electrolyte composed of a conductive polymer formed on the oxide film; and

a cathode formed on the solid electrolyte;

the method comprising;

immersing the anode into a solution for polymerization containing a monomer forming the conductive polymer, naphthalenesulfonic acid compounds and water; and

forming the solid electrolyte on the oxide film by a electrolytic polymerization or a chemical polymerization.

10. The method of manufacturing the solid electrolytic capacitor of claim 9, wherein the naphthalenesulfonic acid compounds correspond to compound (I).

11. The method of manufacturing the solid electrolytic capacitor of claim 10,

wherein the monomer is selected from at least one of pyrrole, thiophene, aniline and their derivatives.

12. The method of manufacturing the solid electrolytic capacitor of claim 10,

wherein the electrolytic solution for polymerization further contains at least one of phenol derivatives, sulfuric acid and alcohols.

13. The method of manufacturing the solid electrolytic capacitor of claim 10,

wherein the solution further contains 0.01 to 0.1 mol/L of a phenol derivative, and the phenol derivative is selected from at least one of nitrophenol, cyanophenol, hydroxybenzoic acid, and hydroxyphenol.

14. The method of manufacturing the solid electrolytic capacitor of claim 10,

wherein the solution further contains 0.01 to 1 wt % of a sulfuric acid.

15. The method of manufacturing the solid electrolytic capacitor of claim 10,

wherein the solution further contains 0.5 to 20 wt % of alcohols, and the alcohols have a carbon number ranging from 1 to 4.

16. The method of manufacturing the solid electrolytic capacitor of claim 9,

wherein a voltage applied for the electrolytic polymerization ranges from 1 to 3 V.

17. The method of manufacturing the solid electrolytic capacitor of claim 9,

wherein voltages are applied on an external electrode and the anode composed of a valve metal respectively.

18. The method of manufacturing the solid electrolytic capacitor of claim 9,

wherein the naphthalenesulfonic acid compounds correspond to compound (II), and the solid electrolyte is formed by the electrolytic polymerization.

19. The method of manufacturing the solid electrolytic capacitor of claim 18,

wherein the monomer is selected from at least one of pyrrole, thiophene, furan, aniline and their derivatives.

20. The method of manufacturing the solid electrolytic capacitor of claim 18,

wherein the electrolytic solution for polymerization further contains organic solvents or nonionic surfactants to control a surface tension of the electrolytic solution for polymerization to smaller than 70×

10<sup>−

3</sup> N/m.

21. The method of manufacturing the solid electrolytic capacitor of claim 18,

wherein the electrolytic solution for polymerization further contains phenol derivatives.

22. The method of manufacturing the solid electrolytic capacitor of claim 18,

wherein the electrolytic solution for polymerization further contains phenol derivatives ranging 0.001 to 0.2 mol/L, and the phenol derivatives are selected from at least one of nitrophenol, cyanophenol, hydroxybenzoic acid, and hydroxyphenol.