JP2000082638A - Solid electrolytic capacitor and its manufacture - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a solid electrolytic capacitor having a superior electrical characteristic and a large capacitance by forming a solid electrolyte layer composed of a compact uniform conductive high polymer in a wound capacitor element. SOLUTION: A capacitor element 10, formed by winding anode foil 1 and cathode foil 2 with a separator 3 made of nonwoven cloth composed mainly of a synthetic fiber in between, is impregnated with 3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene and the oxidizing agent to generate the polyethylene dioxythiophene through a chemical polymerization reaction, which is held by means of the separator 3, so that a solid electrolyte can be generated with no such a reaction with the oxidizing agent that manila paper causes and can be held. In addition, the adverse influence of the binder contained in the separator 3 on the electric characteristic of the element 1 is eliminated by impregnating the separator 3 with the 3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene and oxidizing agent after the binder is removed by dissolution by dipping the element 10 in water maintained at 80-100 deg.C for 1-10 minutes.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a solid electrolytic capacitor and a method for manufacturing the same, and more particularly to a solid electrolytic capacitor using a conductive polymer as an electrolyte.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An electrolytic capacitor is formed by forming an oxide film layer serving as a dielectric on the surface of an anode electrode made of a valve metal such as tantalum or aluminum and having fine holes and etching pits. Is drawn out.

[0003] The extraction of the electrode from the oxide film layer is performed by a conductive electrolyte layer. Therefore, in the electrolytic capacitor, the electrolyte layer serves as a true cathode. For example, in an aluminum electrolytic capacitor, a liquid electrolyte is used as a true electrode, and a cathode electrode only serves to electrically connect the liquid electrolyte to an external terminal.

[0004] The electrolyte layer functioning as a true cathode is required to have adhesion, denseness, uniformity, etc. with the oxide film layer.
In particular, the adhesion in the fine holes of the anode electrode and the inside of the etching pits has a great effect on the electrical characteristics, and a number of electrolyte layers have been proposed.

The solid electrolytic capacitor uses a solid electrolyte having conductivity instead of a liquid electrolyte which lacks impedance characteristics in a high frequency range because of ionic conduction. Among them, manganese dioxide, 7, 7, and 8 are used. , 8-
Tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) complexes are known.

[0006] The solid electrolyte layer made of manganese dioxide is
The anode element made of a sintered body of tantalum is immersed in an aqueous solution of manganese nitrate, and is produced by thermal decomposition at a temperature of about 300 to 400 ° C. In a capacitor using such a solid electrolyte layer, the oxide film layer is easily damaged during the thermal decomposition of manganese nitrate, which tends to increase the leakage current, and the specific resistance of manganese dioxide itself is high. It has been difficult to obtain sufficiently satisfactory impedance characteristics. In addition, the lead wire was damaged by the heat treatment, and it was necessary to separately provide an external terminal for connection as a later process.

As a solid electrolytic capacitor using a TCNQ complex, one disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 58-191414 is known. An electrolyte layer is formed. This TCNQ complex has high conductivity and can obtain good results in frequency characteristics and temperature characteristics.

However, since the TCNQ complex has a property of being transferred to an insulator in a short time after being melted, it is difficult to control the temperature in the manufacturing process of the capacitor. A remarkable characteristic change is seen due to solder heat at the time of mounting.

[0009] In order to solve the inconveniences of these manganese dioxide and TCNQ complexes, attempts have been made to use conductive polymers such as polythiophene and polypyrrole as the solid electrolyte layer.

[0010] Conductive polymers represented by polythiophene and polypyrrole are mainly produced by chemical oxidation polymerization (chemical polymerization).
Or an electrolytic oxidation polymerization method (electrolytic polymerization). Among them, in the case of electrolytic polymerization, it is necessary to apply a voltage to the object on which a film is to be formed, and therefore, it is difficult to apply the method to an anode electrode for an electrolytic capacitor having an oxide film layer as an insulator formed on the surface. A method in which an electroconductive precoat layer, for example, a conductive polymer film chemically polymerized using an oxidizing agent is used as a precoat layer on the surface of the coating layer, and then an electrolyte layer is formed by electrolytic polymerization using the precoat layer as an electrode. (JP-A-63-173313, JP-A-63-158829: Pre-coating with manganese dioxide).

However, the manufacturing process for forming the precoat layer in advance becomes complicated, and in the electrolytic polymerization, a solid electrolyte layer is formed from the vicinity of the external electrode for polymerization arranged on the surface of the anode electrode to be coated. It has been very difficult to continuously produce a conductive polymer film having a uniform thickness over a wide range.

[0012]

Therefore, the foil-like anode electrode and cathode electrode are wound up through a separator,
Forming a so-called wound-type capacitor element, and impregnating the wound capacitor element with a solution obtained by adding an oxidizing agent to a monomer solution to form an electrolyte layer consisting of a conductive polymer film formed only by chemical polymerization. Tried.

[0013] Such a wound type capacitor element is well known for an aluminum electrolytic capacitor, but by holding a conductive polymer layer with a separator, it is possible to avoid the complication of electrolytic polymerization and also to increase the surface area. It was expected that the capacity would be expanded by the foil-like electrode. Furthermore,
It was expected that the use of a wound-type capacitor element would maintain both electrodes and the separator with a constant tightening force and contribute to the adhesion between the electrodes and the electrolyte layer.

However, when a solid electrolyte is formed by impregnating such a wound capacitor element with a monomer solution and an oxidizing agent by chemical oxidation polymerization in the capacitor element, a manila paper or the like used in an ordinary electrolytic capacitor is used. Causes a chemical reaction with the oxidizing agent, which not only impairs the oxidizing action of the oxidizing agent but also causes an accident such as a short circuit due to damage to the separator.

Therefore, the use of glass paper or the like for the separator has been considered, but the usual thickness is 80 to 200.
It is difficult to reduce the thickness of glass paper of μm to the same level as separators such as manila paper with a thickness of 40 μm.
Further, since the bending strength is somewhat weak, it is difficult to reduce the size of the product. In addition, since glass paper is non-hydrophilic, it is difficult to form a dense and uniform layer of a conductive polymer, that is, a solid electrolyte layer, which may adversely affect the electrical characteristics of a product.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to form a dense and uniform solid electrolyte layer inside a wound capacitor element, and to obtain a solid electrolytic capacitor having excellent electric characteristics and a large capacity.

[0017]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a capacitor element obtained by impregnating a monomer solution and an oxidizing agent into a capacitor element in which an anode electrode foil and a cathode electrode foil are wound via a separator, and by a chemical polymerization reaction. A solid electrolytic capacitor in which a molecular solid electrolyte is held by a separator is characterized in that a nonwoven fabric mainly composed of synthetic fibers is used for the separator.

As the separator, a separator made of vinylon fiber or a nonwoven fabric obtained by mixing vinylon fiber with glass fiber, polyester fiber, nylon fiber, rayon fiber and paper fiber is used.

According to the present invention, a capacitor element in which an anode electrode foil and a cathode electrode foil are wound through a separator using a nonwoven fabric mainly composed of synthetic fibers is impregnated with a monomer solution and an oxidizing agent. The monomer and the oxidizing agent penetrate into the capacitor element, and the conductive polymer film, that is, the solid electrolyte layer, is formed inside the capacitor element by the chemical permeation process and the chemical polymerization reaction of the monomer and the oxidizing agent that occurs after the penetration. The solid electrolyte layer is formed while the solid electrolyte layer is held by a separator from the generation process.

A separator mainly composed of vinylon fiber or a synthetic fiber typified by a nonwoven fabric obtained by mixing vinylon fiber with paper fiber such as glass fiber, polyester fiber, nylon fiber, rayon fiber and manila paper is used. Does not react with the oxidizing agent and has an affinity for the solvent, so that the monomer and the oxidizing agent can easily penetrate into the inside of the wound type capacitor element to obtain a detailed and uniform solid electrolyte layer. Will be able to do it.
In addition, since the glass paper is thinner and more flexible than the glass paper having a thickness of 80 to 200 μm, the winding amount per volume of the electrode foil and the separator increases as a result.

It has been found that when a nonwoven fabric mainly composed of synthetic fibers typified by vinylon fibers is used as a separator, it is difficult to obtain desired capacitance characteristics and heat resistance. Although the reason is not clear, a binder as an adhesive for bonding the fibers to each other is indispensable in the nonwoven fabric mainly composed of synthetic fibers, and it is considered that this binder has some influence.

Therefore, in the method for manufacturing a solid electrolytic capacitor according to the present invention, a capacitor element in which an anode electrode foil and a cathode electrode foil are wound through a non-woven fabric separator is placed in water at 80 ° C. to 100 ° C. for 1 minute to 1 minute. After immersion for 10 minutes to dissolve and remove the binder in the separator, it is impregnated with a monomer solution and an oxidizing agent to produce a solid electrolyte by a chemical polymerization reaction. In addition to this manufacturing method, after dissolving and removing the binder in the separator, the capacitor element may be dried at 80 ° C. to 120 ° C., and then impregnated with a monomer solution and an oxidizing agent.

In this manufacturing method, the step of immersing the capacitor element in water at 80 ° C. to 100 ° C. for 1 minute to 10 minutes and the step of drying the capacitor element at 80 ° C. to 120 ° C. are repeated at least twice. More preferred.

[0024]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a solid electrolytic capacitor of the present invention, in which an anode electrode foil 1 made of a valve metal such as aluminum and having an oxide film layer formed on its surface, and a cathode electrode foil 2 are made of a nonwoven fabric mainly composed of vinylon fibers. The capacitor element 10 is formed by being wound with the separator 3 interposed therebetween.
Then, the capacitor element 10 is impregnated with 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene and an oxidizing agent, and polyethylene dioxythiophene generated by a chemical polymerization reaction in the capacitor element 10 is used as the solid electrolyte layer 5 as the separator 3.
Holding in.

The anode electrode foil 1 is made of a valve metal such as aluminum. As shown in FIG. 2, the surface of the anode electrode foil 1 is roughened by electrochemical etching in a chloride aqueous solution to form a large number of etching pits. 8 are formed. Further, on the surface of the anode electrode foil 1, a voltage is applied in an aqueous solution of ammonium borate or the like to form an oxide film layer 4 serving as a dielectric.

The cathode electrode foil 2 is made of aluminum or the like, similarly to the anode electrode foil 1, and has a surface subjected to only etching treatment.

Lead wires 6 and 7 for connecting the respective electrodes to the outside are connected to the anode electrode foil 1 and the cathode electrode foil 2 by known means such as stitching and ultrasonic welding. The lead wires 6 and 7 are made of aluminum or the like,
It comprises an external connection portion for electrically connecting the connection portion between the anode electrode foil 1 and the cathode electrode foil 2 and the outside, and is led out from the end face of the wound capacitor element 10.

The separator 3 is a non-woven fabric mainly composed of vinylon fibers.
A nonwoven fabric mixed with glass fibers, polyester fibers, nylon fibers, rayon fibers, paper fibers such as manila paper, and the like can also be used. The nonwoven fabric has a basis weight of 6 to
36 g / m ² , fiber diameter 5 to 30 μm, thickness 30 to 150
μm and a density of 0.2 to 0.5 g / cm ³ are used.

The capacitor element 10 is formed by winding the above-mentioned anode electrode foil 1 and cathode electrode foil 2 with the separator 3 interposed therebetween. The dimensions of the bipolar electrode foils 1 and 2 are arbitrary according to the specifications of the solid electrolytic capacitor to be manufactured, and the separator 3 may have a width slightly larger than that of the bipolar electrolytic foils 1 and 2. .

3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene is
It can be obtained by a known production method disclosed in JP-A-2-15611 and the like. As the oxidizing agent, ferric p-toluenesulfonate dissolved in butanol is used. The ratio of butanol to ferric p-toluenesulfonate in the oxidizing agent may be arbitrary, but in the present invention, the ratio is 1:
One is used. The compounding ratio of the 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene to the oxidizing agent is 1: 3 to 1:15
Is suitable.

[0031]

Next, a method for manufacturing a solid electrolytic capacitor according to the present invention and a solid electrolytic capacitor obtained by the method will be specifically described. (Embodiment 1) The anode electrode foil 1 and the cathode electrode foil 2 are made of a valve metal, for example, aluminum or tantalum, and the surfaces thereof have been subjected to an etching treatment in advance to increase the surface area. The anode electrode foil 1 is further subjected to a chemical conversion treatment to form an oxide film layer 4 made of aluminum oxide on the surface. This anode electrode foil 1 and cathode electrode foil 2 are
It is wound through a separator 3 made of a nonwoven fabric mainly composed of vinylon fibers having a thickness of 50 μm and a basis weight of 12 g / m ² to obtain a capacitor element 10.

In this embodiment, the capacitor element 10
Has a diameter of 4φ, a vertical dimension of 7 mm, and a rated voltage of 1
6 WV and a rated capacitance of 10 μF are used.
Note that lead wires 6 and 7 are electrically connected to the anode electrode foil 1 and the cathode electrode foil 2 of the capacitor element 10, respectively, and protrude from the end face of the capacitor element 10.

The capacitor element 10 having the above structure is immersed in water at 100 ° C. for 5 minutes to dissolve and remove the binder in the separator. This step may be repeated several times at regular intervals, if necessary.

Next, 3,4-
Impregnation with ethylenedioxythiophene and oxidizing agent. As the oxidizing agent, ferric p-toluenesulfonate dissolved in butanol is used, and the mixing ratio of 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene to the oxidizing agent is preferably in the range of 1: 3 to 1:15. In this example, the one having a ratio of 1: 5 was used.

Next, the capacitor element 10 impregnated with 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene and an oxidizing agent was
The mixture is left at a polymerization temperature of 150 ° C. to 150 ° C. for 15 hours to 2 hours to form polyethylene dioxythiophene, that is, a solid electrolyte layer 5 by a polymerization reaction.

The ranges of the polymerization temperature and the standing time are as follows. As the polymerization temperature becomes higher, among the electric characteristics of the manufactured solid electrolytic capacitor, the capacitance, tan δ and impedance characteristics are improved, but the leakage current characteristics are improved. The capacitor element 1 to be manufactured
It can be arbitrarily changed within the above range according to the specification of 0.

The capacitor element 10 in which the solid electrolyte layer 5 is formed on the separator 3 interposed between the anode electrode foil 1 and the cathode electrode foil 2 as described above, for example, by coating the outer periphery with an exterior resin, Form a capacitor.

Example 2 In the same manner as in Example 1, the anode electrode foil 1 and the cathode electrode foil 2 were set to a thickness of 50 μm and a basis weight of 12 g /
The capacitor element 10 is formed by winding through a separator 3 made of a nonwoven fabric mainly composed of m ² vinylon fibers. Then, the capacitor element 10 was immersed in water at 100 ° C. for 5 minutes to dissolve and remove the binder in the separator, and then dried at 100 ° C. for 10 minutes.

As in Example 1, the capacitor element 10 was impregnated with 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene and an oxidizing agent to produce polyethylene dioxythiophene, and then covered with an exterior resin to obtain a rated voltage of 6 A solid electrolytic capacitor having a capacity of 3 WV and a rated capacitance of 33 μF is obtained.

Example 3 A capacitor element 10 manufactured in the same manner as in Example 2 was immersed in water at 100 ° C. for 5 minutes to dissolve and remove the binder in the separator.
Then, the capacitor element 10 was dried for 10 minutes, and a series of steps of immersion and drying were repeated twice. As in Example 1, this capacitor element 10 was impregnated with 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene and an oxidizing agent to produce polyethylenedioxythiophene, and then covered with an exterior resin to obtain a rated voltage of 6.3 WV. A solid electrolytic capacitor having a rated capacitance of 33 μF is obtained.

Next, electrical characteristics of the solid electrolytic capacitors according to Examples 1 to 3 and a conventional solid electrolytic capacitor will be compared. Comparative Example 1 An anode electrode foil and a cathode electrode foil made of aluminum were wound through a separator made of glass paper having a thickness of 150 μm and a basis weight of 20 g / m ² to form a capacitor element. Example 1 impregnated with 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene and an oxidizing agent
A solid electrolyte layer made of polyethylene dioxythiophene was produced in the same manner as
A 0 μF solid electrolytic capacitor was formed.

(Comparative Example 2) An anode electrode foil and a cathode electrode foil made of aluminum were formed to a thickness of 50 μm and a basis weight of 12 g / m 2.
²⁾ A capacitor element is formed by winding through a separator made of a nonwoven fabric mainly composed of vinylon fibers, and the capacitor element is impregnated with 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene and an oxidizing agent. Then, a solid electrolyte layer made of polyethylene dioxythiophene is generated to obtain a solid electrolytic capacitor having a rated voltage of 6.3 WV and a rated capacitance of 33 μF.

The initial characteristics of each of Examples 1 to 3 and Comparative Examples 1 and 2 were measured. The results are shown below. In addition, Example 1 and Comparative Example 1 shown in Table 1 were used.
Are rated voltage of 20 WV and rated capacitance of 10 μF, respectively.
In Example 2, Example 3 and Comparative Example 2 shown in Table 2, the rated voltage was 6.3 WV and the rated capacitance was 33 μF. The “capacitance appearance rate” indicates the ratio of the measured capacitance to the rated capacitance.

[0044]

[Table 1]

[0045]

[Table 2]

As is evident from Table 1, the solid electrolytic capacitor according to Example 1 had almost the same level of characteristics as Comparative Example 1 using glass paper. Therefore, the volumetric efficiency of Example 1 using the separator made of the nonwoven fabric mainly composed of vinylon fibers is higher than that of Comparative Example 1. Further, as is apparent from Table 2, the capacitance appearance rate of the solid electrolytic capacitors according to Examples 2 and 3 is higher than that of Comparative Example 2, and the influence of the binder of the nonwoven fabric made of synthetic fibers is reduced. It is shown that.

[0047]

According to the present invention, there is provided a solid electrolytic capacitor in which a capacitor is impregnated with a monomer solution and an oxidizing agent and a solid electrolyte produced by a chemical polymerization reaction is held by a separator. Is used. As the separator, a separator made of vinylon fiber or a nonwoven fabric obtained by mixing vinylon fiber with glass fiber, polyester fiber, nylon fiber, rayon fiber, and paper fiber is used. These separators do not chemically react with the oxidizing agent, and have an affinity for the solvent of the oxidizing agent, while having a thickness similar to the thickness of the separator such as manila paper used in ordinary electrolytic capacitors, such as 40 μm. Therefore, the volume efficiency of the capacitor element can be improved without impairing the permeability of the monomer or oxidizing agent to be impregnated, and the miniaturization or large capacity of the solid electrolytic capacitor can be realized.

Further, in the method for manufacturing a solid electrolytic capacitor according to the present invention, a capacitor element in which an anode electrode foil and a cathode electrode foil are wound via a non-woven fabric separator is used.
The binder in the non-woven fabric used as a separator is immersed in water at 80 ° C. to 100 ° C. for 1 minute to 10 minutes to dissolve and remove the binder in the separator, or thereafter, the capacitor element is dried at 80 ° C. to 120 ° C. Is dissolved and removed, and a decrease in capacitance caused by the binder can be prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a capacitor element used in the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram of an anode electrode foil used in the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Anode electrode foil 2 Cathode electrode foil 3 Separator 4 Oxide film layer 5 Solid electrolyte layer 6, 7 Lead wire 8 Etching pit 10 Capacitor element

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Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A solid electrolyte layer formed by a chemical oxidative polymerization reaction by impregnating a monomer solution and an oxidizing agent into a capacitor element in which an anode electrode foil and a cathode electrode foil are wound via a separator, and held on the separator. A solid electrolytic capacitor using a non-woven fabric mainly composed of synthetic fibers as a separator. 2. The solid electrolytic capacitor according to claim 1, wherein the separator is made of vinylon fiber or a nonwoven fabric obtained by mixing vinylon fiber with glass fiber, polyester fiber, nylon fiber, rayon fiber, and paper fiber. 3. A capacitor element comprising an anode electrode foil and a cathode electrode foil wound around a non-woven fabric separator,
Manufacture of a solid electrolytic capacitor that immerses in a separator at 0 ° C. to 100 ° C. for 1 minute to 10 minutes to dissolve and remove a binder in a separator and then impregnates a monomer solution and an oxidizing agent to form a solid electrolyte layer by chemical polymerization. Method. 4. The method for producing a solid electrolytic capacitor according to claim 3, wherein the separator is made of vinylon fiber or a nonwoven fabric obtained by mixing vinylon fiber with glass fiber, polyester fiber, nylon fiber, rayon fiber, and paper fiber. 5. The method for producing a solid electrolytic capacitor according to claim 3, further comprising: after dissolving and removing the binder in the separator, drying the capacitor element at 80 ° C. to 120 ° C .; And a method for producing a solid electrolytic capacitor. 6. The method for producing a solid electrolytic capacitor according to claim 5, wherein the separator is made of vinylon fiber or a nonwoven fabric obtained by mixing vinylon fiber with glass fiber, polyester fiber, nylon fiber, rayon fiber, and paper fiber. 7. The method according to claim 5, wherein the capacitor element is placed in water at 80 ° C. to 100 ° C. for 1 minute to 10 minutes.
A method for producing a solid electrolytic capacitor in which a step of immersing for a minute and a step of drying the capacitor element at 80 ° C. to 120 ° C. are repeated at least twice.