Conductive resin composition and the use thereof

• US 20070057236A1
• Filed: 07/11/2006
• Published: 03/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited
• Inventors: Maeda, Mitsuo, Okamoto, Satoshi, Hosoda, Tomoya
• Application Number:
  US11/483,673
• Publication Number:
  US 20070057236A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 252/500
• CPC Class Codes: H01B 1/24 the conductive material comprising carbon-silicon compounds, carbon or silicon
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 8/0221 Organic resins; Organic polymers
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 8/0226 in the form of mixtures
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 8/0232 Metals or alloys
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/50 Fuel cells

Abstract

The present invention provides a conductive resin composition comprising a liquid crystalline polyester which comprises the following structure units having the formulas (i), (ii) and (iii), and has an aromatic group having 2,6-naphthalenediyl group in a ratio of not less than 5% by mole; and at least one filler selected from a metal oxide conductive filler and a carbon conductive filler. According to the present invention, the composition is easy to mold and can give molded products having high hydrolysis resistance. The resulting molded products are hardly to lower the strength even if they are exposed to high temperature and humid condition, and can be suitably used for a separator in a fuel cell.

Claims

1. The present invention provides a conductive resin composition comprising:

a liquid crystalline polyester which comprises the following structure units having the formulas (i), (ii) and (iii), and has an aromatic group having 2,6-naphthalenediyl group in a ratio of not less than 5% by mole based on 100% by mole of the total of divalent aromatic groups Ar₁, Ar₂ and Ar₃;

wherein Ar₁ is selected from 2,6-naphthalenediyl group, 1,4-phenylene group and 4,4′

-biphenylylene group, Ar₂ and Ar₃ are each independently selected from 2,6-naphthalenediyl group, 1,4-phenylene group, 1,3-phenylylene group and 4,4′

-biphenylylene group, provided that at least one of Ar₁, is Ar₂ and Ar₃ is 2,6-naphthalenediyl group; and

the groups Ar₁, Ar₂ and Ar₃ optionally have a halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or an aryl group; and

at least one filler selected from a metal oxide conductive filler and a carbon conductive filler.

2. The conductive resin composition according to claim 1, wherein the liquid crystalline polyester has the aromatic group having 2,6-naphthalenediyl group in a ratio of not less than 20% by mole based on 100% by mole of the total of divalent aromatic groups Ar₁, Ar₂ and Ar₃.

3. The conductive resin composition according to claim 2, wherein the liquid crystalline polyester has the aromatic group having 2,6-naphthalenediyl group in a ratio of not less than 50% by mole based on 100% by mole of the total of divalent aromatic groups Ar₁, Ar₂ and Ar₃.

4. The conductive resin composition of according to claim 1, which comprises the carbon conductive filler as an essential component.

5. The conductive resin composition according to claim 4, wherein the carbon conductive filler is at least one conductive filler selected from the group consisting of graphite, Ketjen black, acetylene black, furnace carbon black and thermal carbon black.

6. The conductive resin composition according to claim 4, wherein the carbon conductive filler is graphite.

7. The conductive resin composition according to claim 1, wherein at least one filler selected from the metal oxide conductive filler and the carbon conductive filler is contained in an amount of 50 to 900 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the liquid crystalline polyester.

8. The conductive resin composition according to claim 1, wherein at least one filler selected from the metal oxide conductive filler and the carbon conductive filler is contained in an amount of 100 to 600 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the liquid crystalline polyester.

9. A separator for fuel cell, which is made from the conductive resin composition according to claim 1.