TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT

• US 20100255323A1
• Filed: 03/30/2010
• Published: 10/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Inventors: GOTO, Masaki, TAKEDA, Akihiko, MIURA, Norio, NAKAMURA, Kazuaki
• Application Number:
  US12/749,664
• Publication Number:
  US 20100255323A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 428/457
• CPC Class Codes: B82Y 30/00 Nanotechnology for materials or surface science, e.g. nanocomposites
• CPC Class Codes: H01B 1/02 mainly consisting of metals or alloys
• CPC Class Codes: H01B 1/22 the conductive material comprising metals or alloys
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 33/28 of translucent electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/81 Anodes
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/31678 Of metal

Abstract

Disclosed is a transparent electrode including a transparent substrate having thereon a conductive fiber, a conductive polymer and a water soluble binder resin, wherein a content of the water soluble binder resin is in the range of 1 to 200 weight % based on a weight of the conductive polymer.

Claims

1. A transparent electrode comprising a transparent substrate having thereon a conductive fiber, a conductive polymer and a water soluble binder resin,

wherein a content of the water soluble binder resin is in the range of 1 to 200 weight % based on a weight of the conductive polymer.

2. The transparent electrode of claim 1,

wherein the transparent substrate is provided with a transparent conductive layer containing the conductive fiber, the conductive polymer and the water soluble binder resin, and a content of the water soluble binder resin is in the range of 1 to 200 weight % based on a weight of the conductive polymer.

3. The transparent electrode of claim 1,

wherein the transparent conductive layer comprises a first transparent conductive layer provided on the transparent substrate and a second transparent conductive layer provided on the first transparent conductive layer, the first transparent conductive layer containing the conductive fiber, and the second transparent conductive layer containing the conductive polymer and the water soluble binder resin, and a content of the water soluble binder resin is in the range of 1 to 200 weight % based on a weight of the conductive polymer.

4. The transparent electrode of claim 1,

wherein the content of the water soluble binder resin is in the range of 5 to 50 weight % based on the weight of the conductive polymer.

5. The transparent electrode of claim 1,

wherein the water soluble binder resin is a cross linking resin.

6. The transparent electrode of claim 1,

wherein the conductive fiber is a silver nanowire.

7. An electroluminescence element comprising the transparent electrode of claim 1.

8. A method for forming a transparent electrode comprising a step of:

applying a conductive fiber, a conductive polymer and a water soluble binder resin on a transparent substrate,

wherein a content of the water soluble binder resin is in the range of 1 to 200 weight % based on a weight of the conductive polymer.

9. The method for forming a transparent electrode of claim 8,

wherein the applying step is done by coating with an aqueous dispersion containing:

water;

the conductive fiber;

the conductive polymer; and

the water soluble binder resin.

10. The method for forming a transparent electrode of claim 8,

wherein the applying step comprises the flowing steps of:

coating a first solution containing the conductive fiber on the transparent substrate to form a first transparent conductive layer; and

coating a second solution containing the conductive polymer and the water soluble binder resin on the first transparent conductive layer to form a second transparent conductive layer.

11. The method for forming a transparent electrode claim 8,

wherein a content of the water soluble binder resin is in the range of 5 to 50 weight % based on a weight of the conductive polymer.

12. The method for forming a transparent electrode of claim 8,

wherein the water soluble binder resin is a cross linking resin.

13. The method for forming a transparent electrode of claim 8,

wherein the conductive fiber is a silver nanowire.