JP5174846B2 - Transparent conductive sheet, method for producing conductive paste used for production thereof, electromagnetic shielding material, and touch sensor - Google Patents

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  The present invention relates generally to a transparent conductive sheet, and more specifically to a transparent conductive sheet improved so as not to cause disconnection. The present invention also relates to a method for producing a conductive paste for such a transparent conductive sheet. The present invention also relates to an electromagnetic wave shielding material and a touch sensor using such a transparent conductive sheet.

  A plasma display panel (PDP) is generated when ultraviolet light having a wavelength of 147 nm generated by discharge of He + Ne or Ne + Xe gas in a discharge cell excites phosphors of red (R), green (G), and blue (B). It is a self-luminous display that utilizes the light emission phenomenon. Development is also progressing on display devices with large screens of 50 inches or more that have high brightness, high efficiency, and wide viewing angles.

  From the PDP discharge cell, in addition to RGB visible light, near infrared (NIR), Ne plasma emission, ultraviolet (UV), electromagnetic waves in the range of several MHz to several GHz synchronized with the drive circuit signal required for plasma ignition, etc. The electromagnetic waves that are originally unnecessary for the display are also radiated at the same time. Here, NIR is a malfunction of the wireless remote control, Ne plasma emission is a decrease in the color reproducibility of the display, UV is an adverse effect such as a reduction in visual acuity, and electromagnetic waves in the range of several MHz to several GHz are adverse effects on the human body and the precision equipment. It may cause malfunction. For this reason, a shield film for cutting various harmful electromagnetic waves is attached to the front surface of the PDP.

  As an electromagnetic wave shielding film for shielding electromagnetic waves of several MHz to several GHz band among the various radiated electromagnetic waves, for example, a highly conductive metal is arranged in a lattice pattern on a base film made of a transparent resin such as polyethylene terephthalate. And the like formed with a conductive mesh.

  As a method for producing such an electromagnetic wave shielding film, for example, a copper foil is bonded onto a base film, a resist film is formed in a mesh shape by photolithography or screen printing, and then a portion other than the mesh (opening) Part) is removed by etching (for example, Patent Document 1); a method of performing electroless plating using the catalyst as a core after printing the catalyst on a base film using a gravure printing or offset printing method (For example, patent document 2) etc. are proposed. However, since these methods include wet processes such as etching and electroless plating, there is a problem that the manufacturing is complicated and the cost is high.

  Therefore, the applicants of the present application have said transparent porous layer surface of a transparent resin substrate provided with a transparent porous layer containing as a main component at least one selected from the group consisting of oxide ceramics, non-oxide ceramics and metals. In addition, a method of manufacturing an electromagnetic wave shielding material was proposed in which a conductive paste containing silver particles whose surface is coated with silver oxide, a binder, and a solvent is screen-printed in a geometric pattern (Patent Document 3). This method is convenient because it does not include wet processes such as etching and electroless plating, and is advantageous in that it does not require any consideration of acid resistance, alkali resistance, solvent resistance, etc. of the base film. .

JP 2004-95829 A JP 2007-96049 A JP 2007-142334 A

  However, in the technique disclosed in Patent Document 3, when a conductive paste containing silver particles, a binder, and a solvent is formed on the transparent porous layer surface and fired, depending on the adhesion between the silver and the transparent porous layer surface, In some cases, a part of the fine silver wire was peeled off from the surface of the layer of material, causing breakage.

  This invention was made in order to solve the said subject, and it is providing the transparent conductive sheet improved so that the disconnection of a silver fine wire may not arise.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing such a transparent conductive sheet.

  Still another object of the present invention is to provide an electromagnetic wave shielding material including such a transparent conductive sheet.

  Still another object of the present invention is to provide a touch sensor using such a transparent conductive sheet as an electrode pattern material.

  The transparent conductive sheet according to the present invention includes a transparent substrate layer. A transparent porous layer containing at least one selected from the group consisting of oxide ceramics, non-oxide ceramics and metals as a main component is provided on the transparent base material layer. A conductive portion having a geometric pattern formed by heat-treating a conductive paste screen-printed in a geometric pattern on the transparent porous layer is provided. The conductive paste includes an organic binder resin, a conductive powder that is spherical silver having an average particle size of 5 nm to 5 μm, and an organic solvent. The content of the conductive powder is 50 to 95% by mass of the total amount of the conductive paste, and the organic binder resin is a polyester resin having a hydroxyl group, a block polyisocyanate, a thermosetting resin including an acrylic resin, plastic It consists of an agent and a coupling agent.

  According to the present invention, the organic binder resin comprises a polyester resin having a hydroxyl group, a block polyisocyanate, a thermosetting resin containing an acrylic resin, a plasticizer, and a coupling agent. The resin is three-dimensionally cured, remains without being burned off, remains on the surface of the transparent porous layer with good adhesion, and does not peel off while the silver particles are fused to each other.

  The substrate resin of the transparent resin substrate used in the present invention is not particularly limited as long as it has high heat resistance and is transparent and can form the transparent porous layer on the substrate.

  Specifically, polyester resins such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polyethylene naphthalate (PEN); polycarbonate resins; poly (meth) acrylate resins; silicone resins; cyclic polyolefin resins; polyarylate resins; Is exemplified. Of the above, polyester resins, particularly PET or PEN, are preferably employed from the viewpoint of transparency, cost, durability, heat resistance, and the like.

  Here, the transparency in the transparent resin base material is not particularly limited as long as it is transparent to the extent that it can be used for applications of display units such as PDP and CRT. Usually, the total light transmittance measured by JIS K7105 is about 85 to 90%, and the haze value measured by JIS K7105 is about 0.1 to 3%.

  As the form of the transparent resin base material, a form that can be used for a display unit such as PDP or CRT, that is, a film form, a sheet form, a flat form or the like is adopted. Such a form can be produced from the above base resin by a known method.

  The transparent porous layer contains as a main component at least one selected from the group consisting of oxide ceramics, non-oxide ceramics, and metals.

  Here, as oxide ceramics, simple oxides such as titania, alumina, magnesia, beryllia, zirconia, silica, etc., silicates such as silica, holsterite, steatite, wollastonite, zircon, mullite, cordierite, spodemen, etc. And double oxides such as aluminum titanate, spinel, apatite, barium titanate, PZT, PLZT, ferrite and lithium niobate.

  Non-oxide ceramics include nitrides such as silicon nitride, sialon, aluminum nitride, boron nitride, titanium nitride, carbides such as silicon carbide, boron carbide, titanium carbide, tungsten carbide, amorphous carbon, graphite, diamond, single crystal sapphire. For example, carbon such as Other examples include borides, sulfides and silicides.

  Examples of the metal include gold, silver, iron, copper, nickel and the like.

  At least one of these may be used as a raw material, and silica, titania, and alumina are more preferable, and other components and blends are not particularly limited.

  The method for forming the transparent porous layer on the transparent resin substrate may be either a wet process or a dry process, and is not particularly limited, but is preferably a wet process from the viewpoint of productivity and cost. In the wet process, the substrate may be coated (applied) by a known method. Examples of the coating method include gravure coating, offset coating, comma coating, die coating, slit coating, spray coating, plating method, sol-gel method, and LB film method, and the sol-gel method is particularly preferable.

  As a starting material in the sol-gel method, for silica, for example, tetraalkoxysilane such as tetramethoxysilane, tetraethoxysilane, and tetraisopropoxysilane; organoalkoxysilane such as methyltriethoxysilane and ethyltriethoxysilane; tetra Examples include tetrahalosilanes such as chlorosilane and tetrabromosilane. Examples of alumina include trialkoxyaluminum such as aluminum tri-sec-butoxide; aluminum (III) 2,4-pentanedionate. The above starting materials cause the sol-gel reaction to proceed in the presence of a catalyst and water, but these hydrolysates (reaction intermediates) in which the sol-gel reaction has already progressed may be used as the starting materials. Moreover, you may add suitably other components, such as resin and surfactant, as needed.

  Alternatively, a sol-gel reaction may be performed by adding an oxide ceramic filler to the sol containing the starting material. In this case, the content of the filler may be about 5 to 100 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the starting material. The average particle diameter of the filler is usually about 10 to 100 nm.

  In addition, as a dry process, CVD, vapor deposition, sputtering, ion plating etc. can be illustrated, for example.

  The thickness of the transparent porous layer on the transparent resin substrate used in the present invention is about 0.05 to 20 μm, particularly about 0.1 to 5 μm.

  The transparent porous layer is composed of an aggregate (aggregate) of fine particles mainly composed of at least one selected from the group consisting of oxide ceramics, non-oxide ceramics, and metals. have. The average particle size of the transparent porous layer is about 10 to 100 nm, and the pore size is about 10 to 100 nm. In this invention, since it has such a transparent porous layer, matching with the electrically conductive paste mentioned later is excellent, and a desired pattern formation is attained.

  The form of the transparent resin substrate having the transparent porous layer is a film shape, a sheet shape, a flat plate shape, or the like. In the case of a film or sheet, the thickness of the transparent resin substrate having a transparent porous layer is usually about 25 to 200 μm, preferably about 40 to 188 μm. In particular, when used as an electromagnetic shielding material for the entire surface of a display such as a PDP, about 50 to 125 μm is preferable. Moreover, in the case of plate shape, the thickness should just be about 0.5-5 mm normally, Preferably it is about 1-3 mm.

  The transparency of the transparent resin base material having a transparent porous layer is generally about 85 to 90% of total light transmittance measured by JIS K7105 and about 0.1 to 3% of haze value measured by JIS K7105. It is.

  Moreover, you may provide a hard-coat layer in the opposite surface to said transparent porous layer in the transparent resin base material used by this invention.

  As the hard coat layer, a general material may be used as long as the transparency is not impaired, and there is no particular limitation. Of these, ultraviolet curable acrylate resins are preferred. The main component is not particularly limited as long as it is an ultraviolet curable acrylate having two or more functional groups such as polyester acrylate, urethane acrylate, and epoxy acrylate. 1,6-hexanediol diacrylate, tripropylene glycol diacrylate, tetraethylene glycol acrylate, 1,9-nonanediol diacrylate, tricyclodecane dimethanol diacrylate, neopentyl glycol PO modified diacrylate, EO modified bisphenol A di Bifunctional acrylate such as acrylate, trimethylolpropane triacrylate, pentaerythritol triacrylate, ditrimethylolpropane tetraacrylate, dipentaerythritol hexaacrylate, trimethylolpropane EO modified triacrylate, PO modified glycerin triacrylate, trishydroxyethyl isocyanate Use of polyfunctional acrylates such as nurate triacrylate is preferred.

  In addition, a photopolymerization initiator is usually added to the ultraviolet curable acrylate resin. As a photopolymerization initiator, 1-hydroxycyclohexyl phenyl ketone (Irgacure 184 manufactured by Ciba Specialty Chemicals Co., Ltd.), 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-1-phenyl-propan-1-one, and the like are added. Thus, a sufficient cured film can be obtained. Others, benzoin, benzoin derivatives, benzophenone, benzophenone derivatives, thioxanthone, thioxanthone derivatives, benzyldimethyl ketal, α-aminoalkylphenone, monoacylphosphine oxide, bisacylphosphine oxide, alkylphenylglyoxylate, diethoxyacetophenone, titanocene compound A photopolymerization initiator such as can also be used.

  The blending ratio of these photopolymerization initiators is preferably 1 to 10 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the ultraviolet curable acrylate resin. When the amount is less than 1 part by weight, the polymerization does not start sufficiently, and when the amount exceeds 10 parts by weight, the durability is lowered in some cases.

  In addition, in said ultraviolet curable acrylate resin, a 3rd component (UV absorber, a filler, etc.) may be included in the grade which does not impair the transparency, and there is no restriction | limiting in particular.

  The method for forming the hard coat layer on the transparent resin substrate may be a general coating method and is not particularly limited.

  By providing a hard coat layer on the transparent resin base material, whitening and yellowing due to oligomer precipitation from the base resin can be suppressed during firing, which will be described later, whereby the electromagnetic shielding material of the present invention is highly transparent. Sex is secured. In addition, it is possible to prevent scratches during the manufacturing process of the electromagnetic shielding material.

  The conductive paste used in the present invention includes an organic binder resin, a conductive powder that is spherical silver having an average particle size of 5 nm to 5 μm, and an organic solvent. This conductive powder preferably contains two types of silver particles having different particle sizes.

  When a conductive powder that is spherical silver having an average particle size of 5 nm or more and 5 μm or less is used, the silver particles remain adhered to each other on the surface of the transparent porous layer and are not peeled off while being fused together. As a result, disconnection of the fine line printed on the transparent porous layer is prevented.

  Content of the said electrically conductive powder is 50-95 mass% of the whole quantity of the said electrically conductive paste. By selecting this range, after firing, in the residual organic binder resin, the silver particles can be kept on the surface of the transparent porous layer with good adhesion while being fused together. The conductive powders stick to each other and are electrically connected, and the conductivity is not impaired.

  The organic binder resin contained in the conductive paste has good adhesion to the transparent porous layer and does not attack the transparent porous layer. The thermosetting resin includes a polyester resin having a hydroxyl group, a block polyisocyanate, and an acrylic resin. It is.

  It has been found that these undergo a chemical reaction when the conductive paste is baked to form a three-dimensional network polymer and firmly hold the silver particles together. The present invention has been completed based on these findings.

  Polyester here refers to its crystallinity, melting point, or softening point, glass transition point, solubility in solvents, mechanical properties by randomly co-condensation of various components with its constituent dicarboxylic acid component and diol component. It is possible to freely change the physical properties. Since polyester has a reactive group (hydroxyl group, carboxyl group) at the molecular end, the use of an isocyanate prepolymer, a melamine resin, or the like can improve adhesion and heat resistance.

  The blocked polyisocyanate is obtained by blocking free isocyanate with imidazoles, oximes, phenol, etc. so as not to react before curing, and can be used without any particular limitation.

  There are several types of thermosetting resins including acrylic resins. An acrylic resin having a side chain functional group such as a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group, or an epoxy group is crosslinked with an amino resin, a glycidyl group-containing acrylic copolymer is crosslinked with an aliphatic dibasic acid (dodecanedioic acid), a hydroxyl group is contained Acrylic copolymer cross-linked with blocked isocyanate or methylolated melamine, carboxyl group-containing acrylic copolymer cross-linked with epoxy resin, triglycidyl isocyanurate or β-hydroxyalkylamide, alkoxyl group ≡Si-OR Those crosslinked by (water) can be preferably used.

  The amount of the organic binder resin (also simply referred to as “binder”) may be about 1.0 to 20% by weight, preferably about 3 to 10% by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the spherical silver particles. When the amount of the organic binder resin is less than 1.0% by mass, the film quality of the cured conductive paste (silver thin wire) becomes brittle, and the effect of keeping the silver particles together is not able to take a sufficient three-dimensional structure. Therefore, the desired conductivity cannot be obtained. On the other hand, if it exceeds 20% by mass, the curable resin is excessively interposed between the silver particles, so that the contact property or sinterability of the particles is inhibited, and the desired conductivity cannot be obtained.

  Further, the solvent (also referred to as “solvent”) contained in the conductive paste is not particularly limited as long as it does not react with the silver particles and the binder and can be dispersed well. For example, when formulated as a conductive paste for screen printing, a paste having a relatively high boiling point (for example, a boiling point of about 100 to 300 ° C.) is often selected.

  For example, aromatic hydrocarbons such as toluene and xylene; ketones such as methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone and cyclohexanone; ethylene glycol monoethyl ether, ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, diethylene glycol dimethyl ether, triethylene glycol monobutyl ether, propylene glycol monomethyl ether, tri Glycol ethers such as propylene glycol normal butyl ether; glycols such as ethylene glycol monoethyl ether acetate, ethylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate, diethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate, diethylene glycol monoethyl ether acetate (carbitol acetate), propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate Ether esters of the organic solvent is used, such as terpineol. The amount of the solvent used may be about 1 to 30 parts by weight, preferably about 3 to 20 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the spherical silver particles.

  Further, as a plasticizer to be added to the conductive paste, phthalic acid esters such as di-n-octyl phthalate (DOP) and di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP), adipic acid esters, phosphoric acid esters, Mellitic acid esters, citric acid esters, epoxies, glycols, polyesters, and the like are used, but there is no particular limitation as long as an optimal one is selected according to the composition of the organic binder resin to be used. When using a plasticizer, the usage-amount should just be about 1.0-15 mass% with respect to the organic binder resin whole quantity, and suitable plasticity is provided. When the amount of the plasticizer is less than 1.0% by mass, sufficient plasticity cannot be imparted to the binder. When the amount exceeds 15% by mass, the storage stability of the conductive paste is hindered. This is not preferable because it inhibits curability.

  In the production of the conductive paste of the present invention, silver powder is added to a binder resin containing an acrylic resin, and after stirring and mixing, kneaded to make a high-viscosity conductive paste. The kneading is performed by one or a combination method selected from the group consisting of a roll mill, a lycra machine, a ball mill, a planetary mill, and a self-revolving mixer. A polyester resin having a hydroxyl group, a block polyisocyanate compound, a plasticizer, and a coupling agent are mixed in the conductive paste. This mixing is performed by one or a combination method selected from the group consisting of a roll mill, a laika machine, a ball mill, a planetary mill, and a self-revolving mixer.

  In addition, the conductive paste is prepared to have a viscosity and thixotropy suitable for screen printing and used for screen printing. The viscosity and thixotropic properties can be appropriately selected according to the particle size of the silver particles, the type of binder, the type of solvent, and the like. For example, the viscosity of the conductive paste is usually about 10 to 10000 dPa · s, and the thixotropy index may be appropriately selected in the range of about 1.5 to 4.0.

  Moreover, the transparent conductive sheet which concerns on the other situation of this invention can be preferably used also for an electromagnetic wave shielding material. More specifically, the electromagnetic wave shielding material screen-prints the above conductive paste on the transparent porous layer surface of the transparent resin base material, and then heat-treats to form a conductive portion. It is manufactured by applying and drying an overcoat solution.

  The method of screen printing is not particularly limited, and can be performed using a known method. The screen plate used for printing has a pattern that can effectively shield electromagnetic waves and form a conductive part to the extent that sufficient transparency can be secured, in particular, a continuous geometric pattern such as a grid or mesh. What you have is used. For example, a screen plate in which a grid pattern having a line width of about 10 to 30 μm and a pattern pitch of about 200 to 400 μm is provided on a 360 to 700 mesh stainless steel basket woven with a stainless wire having a diameter of 11 to 23 μm.

  In screen printing, since a conductive paste containing fine particulate silver is used, there is almost no unevenness in the pattern. In addition, since the matching between the conductive paste and the transparent porous layer is good, disconnection and bleeding hardly occur in the fine lines of the pattern formed on the transparent porous layer.

  In general, the line width of a screen-printed pattern tends to be a little thicker in principle than the line width of a screen plate, but there is almost no deviation in line spacing or pattern distortion, and almost the same as the screen plate pattern. A faithful pattern will be reproduced on the transparent porous layer. In the case where the tendency to become thicker is disliked, the slit width of the screen plate may be set smaller than the desired line width formed in the transparent porous layer, and those skilled in the art can easily perform such setting.

  Subsequently, the screen-printed electromagnetic shielding material is heat-treated (baked) at a low temperature of about 130 to 200 ° C. (particularly about 160 to 180 ° C.) to form a conductive portion having a lattice pattern in the transparent porous layer. To do. As described above, since a specific conductive paste is used, the metallic silver particles are easily fused even under relatively low temperature heating conditions, and a continuous metallic silver coating film can be formed. In the heat treatment, for example, an external heating method (steam or electric heating hot air, infrared heater, heat roll, etc.), an internal heating method (induction heating, high-frequency heating, resistance heating, etc.), etc. are adopted. The heating time is usually about 5 minutes to 120 minutes, preferably about 10 minutes to 40 minutes.

  Note that the heat treatment (firing) may be performed in multiple stages. For example, after the heat treatment at 50 to 60 ° C. for about 10 to 20 minutes as the first step, the heat treatment at 160 to 180 ° C. for about 10 minutes to 40 minutes can be continued as the second step. By using multiple stages, bleeding can be further suppressed by volatilizing the solvent first.

  As described above, when the conductive paste is used, a silver coating film can be formed at a low temperature and in a short time, and therefore, adverse effects on the transparent resin substrate due to heat can be avoided. That is, it can suppress that a base material whitens by the oligomer precipitation from a transparent resin base material by heat, or that a base material turns yellow by heat.

  Moreover, when it has a hard-coat layer in the opposite surface to the transparent porous layer of a transparent resin base material, whitening and yellowing of base resin are further suppressed at the time of baking.

  Furthermore, in the production method of the present invention, the oxide ceramic precursor and / or the transparent resin and the solvent are formed on the transparent porous layer of the transparent resin base material on which the conductive portion having the lattice pattern obtained above is formed. An overcoat solution containing is applied and dried to form an overcoat layer.

  The overcoat liquid contains at least one material selected from the group consisting of an oxide ceramic precursor and a transparent resin as a main component. The material is not particularly limited as long as it has characteristics such as transparency and adhesion.

  The oxide ceramic precursor may be a precursor (compound) that can form a transparent oxide ceramic by a sol-gel method or the like. For example, a silica precursor (tetraalkoxysilane such as tetramethoxysilane, organoalkoxysilane) , Tetrahalosilane, etc.), titania precursor (tetraalkoxy titanium, organoalkoxy titanium, tetrahalo titanium, etc.), alumina precursor (trialkoxy aluminum, organoalkoxy aluminum, trihalo aluminum, etc.), magnesia precursor, beryllia precursor, Examples thereof include zirconia precursors (tetraalkoxy zirconium, organoalkoxy zirconium, tetrahalo zirconium, etc.).

  These oxide ceramic precursors are usually used after being converted into a sol such as silica sol, titania sol, alumina sol, magnesia sol, beryllia sol, zirconia sol by hydrolysis by a known method.

  Tetramethoxysilane is preferred as the oxide ceramic precursor.

  Examples of the transparent resin include polyvinyl alcohol resin, polyester resin, polycarbonate resin, poly (meth) acrylic ester resin, silicone resin, cyclic polyolefin resin, urethane resin, and cellulose resin. The material can be selected from at least one selected from the group consisting of these.

  As the transparent resin, a poly (meth) acrylic ester resin and a polyvinyl alcohol resin are suitable.

  Examples of the solvent contained in the overcoat liquid include water, alcohols, aromatic hydrocarbons, ethylene glycol ether esters, propylene glycol ether esters, ketones, terpineol, and the like. At least one selected from can be selected.

  The amount of the at least one material selected from the group consisting of the oxide ceramic precursor and the transparent resin contained in the overcoat liquid is usually about 0.5 to 30 parts by weight, preferably 0, per 100 parts by weight of the solvent. It may be about 5 to 5.0 parts by weight.

  In addition to the oxide ceramic precursor and / or the transparent resin and the solvent, an anti-blocking material, a surfactant, a catalyst, and the like may be added to the overcoat liquid as necessary.

  Preferred overcoat liquids include those containing a poly (meth) acrylic acid ester resin and a silica precursor (for example, trade name “COMPOCERAN AC601”, Arakawa Chemical Industries, Ltd.), and those containing polyvinyl alcohol resin (trade name “ Goseifamer Z100 ", Nippon Synthetic Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.) and the like.

  The method for applying the overcoat liquid is, for example, gravure coating, offset coating, comma coating, die coating, slit coating, spray coating, plating method, sol-gel method, LB film method, CVD, vapor deposition, sputtering, ion plating. Or the like. The coating amount may be adjusted so that the thickness of the overcoat layer formed after drying is about 0.01 to 20 μm, preferably about 0.1 to 10 μm.

  The transparent resin substrate coated with the overcoat solution is subsequently subjected to a drying process. What is necessary is just to dry about 1-10 minutes normally at the temperature of 80-150 degreeC as drying conditions.

  The overcoat layer thus formed imparts high durability to the electromagnetic wave shielding material of the present invention. The electromagnetic wave shielding material of the present invention having an overcoat layer is excellent in environmental resistance, heat resistance, light resistance, moisture resistance, scratch resistance and the like as compared with an electromagnetic wave shielding material not having an overcoat layer.

  In this electromagnetic wave shielding material, the overcoat layer itself is insulative, but since the film thickness is small, when the electrode terminal is installed from above the overcoat layer, the lower layer is penetrated or peeled off. It is also possible to ground the electrode by bringing the electrode into contact with the conductive part (silver thin wire). Depending on the installation method of the electrode terminals and the like, it may be assumed that the ground cannot be taken. In that case, an uncoated portion of the overcoat layer may be provided.

  The electromagnetic wave shielding material is manufactured as described above. The electromagnetic wave shielding material of the present invention has a high aperture ratio, for example, 75% or more, particularly about 80 to 95%. Therefore, high transparency is achieved.

  Moreover, the line width (W) of the grid-like or mesh-like pattern of the conductive part is usually about 10 to 30 μm, preferably about 15 to 20 μm. A geometric pattern having a line width of less than about 10 μm tends to be difficult to produce, and if it exceeds 30 μm, the pattern tends to be noticeable, which is not preferable.

  It should be noted that the interval (pitch) (P) between the lines of the grid-like or mesh-like pattern to be printed can be appropriately selected within a range that satisfies the above aperture ratio and line width. Usually, it may be in the range of about 200 to 400 μm.

  The thickness of the fine line (maximum height of the fine line in the direction perpendicular to the transparent porous layer surface) may vary depending on the line width or the like, but is usually about 1 μm or more, and particularly about 1 to 30 μm.

  This electromagnetic shielding material has a high electromagnetic shielding effect and is excellent in transparency and transparency. In addition, there is a feature that resistance is low because there is almost no disconnection of the thin wire of the conductive portion. The surface resistance value of the electromagnetic wave shielding material of the present invention is 5Ω / □ or less, preferably 3Ω / □ or less, more preferably 2Ω / □ or less. When the surface resistance value is too large, it is not preferable in terms of shielding characteristics.

  The total light transmittance (JIS K7105) of the electromagnetic wave shielding material can achieve a high value of about 72 to 91%. The haze value (JIS K7105) is as low as about 0.5 to 6%.

  Further, the conductive pattern formed on the transparent porous layer is substantially composed of silver particles, and becomes a lump of high purity silver in which the silver particles are directly fused and bonded. For this reason, the electromagnetic wave shielding material of the present invention has a lower and stable resistance value.

  Furthermore, as described above, when the present electromagnetic shielding material has an overcoat layer, it is excellent in environmental resistance, heat resistance, light resistance, moisture resistance, scratch resistance, and the like. Specifically, even when used under high temperature and high humidity, the transparency is hardly deteriorated, and high transparency and transparency are maintained.

  In the electromagnetic wave shielding material, a protective film may be laminated on an overcoat layer formed on the transparent porous layer and the conductive part. As the protective film, commonly used known resins are used. These resins are laminated by a known method such as dry lamination or wet lamination.

  The electromagnetic shielding material may further be laminated with a functional film or the like. The functional film includes an antireflection film provided with an antireflection layer for preventing light reflection on the film surface, a colored film colored by coloring or additives, a near infrared shielding film that absorbs or reflects near infrared rays, and a fingerprint. An antifouling film that prevents the contaminants from adhering to the surface.

  This electromagnetic shielding material has a high electromagnetic shielding effect and is excellent in transparency and transparency. Moreover, in the manufacturing method using the screen printing method of the present invention, a homogeneous conductive geometric pattern can be easily provided on a substrate with high accuracy. Therefore, even an electromagnetic wave shield front plate applied to a display having a large display area can be easily manufactured. Therefore, it is useful as an electromagnetic wave shielding filter used for a display having a large display screen such as a plasma display panel (PDP) in addition to a cathode ray tube (CRT).

  According to the present invention, the organic binder resin comprises a polyester resin having a hydroxyl group, a block polyisocyanate, a thermosetting resin containing an acrylic resin, a plasticizer, and a coupling agent. It remains without being burned out, and remains on the surface of the transparent porous layer with good adhesion while the silver particles are fused together, and does not peel off. As a result, the transparent conductive sheet improved so that the silver fine wire may not be broken even after firing can be obtained.

(A) It is a conceptual diagram of the plasma display panel equipped with the electromagnetic shielding material containing the transparent conductive sheet which concerns on this invention. (B) It is a top view of the electromagnetic wave shielding material containing the transparent conductive sheet which concerns on this invention. (C) It is sectional drawing which follows the CC line in FIG.1 (B). (A) It is a conceptual diagram of the touch panel containing the transparent conductive sheet which concerns on this invention. (B) It is a figure explaining operation | movement of a touchscreen.

  For the purpose of obtaining a transparent conductive sheet improved so as not to cause disconnection of fine silver wires, an organic binder resin, a conductive powder comprising spherical silver having an average particle size of 5 nm to 5 μm, and an organic solvent. Heat containing a polyester resin having a hydroxyl group, a block polyisocyanate, and an acrylic resin as the organic binder resin, and the content of the conductive powder is 50 to 95% by mass of the total amount of the conductive paste. This was realized by using a curable resin, a plasticizer and a coupling agent. Examples of the present invention will be described below.

  A 125 μm thick polyethylene terephthalate film (trade name “A4300” manufactured by Toyobo Co., Ltd.) was used as a transparent resin substrate, and NAB-001 made by Nippon Paint Co., Ltd. was formed on both sides of the film with a thickness of 1.0 μm. Then, reverse gravure coating was applied, and UV irradiation was performed to form a hard coat layer. The film thickness after curing of a sol solution in which silica fine particles are dispersed on one side of an approximate film (a silica filler having a particle size of 10 to 100 nm added to an organosiloxane sol solution) is 1.0 μm. A film was formed and dried at 120 ° C. for 1 minute to produce a transparent substrate of polyethylene terephthalate film having a transparent porous layer (layer thickness: 1.0 μm) of a silica film. As an electrically conductive paste, an acrylic resin (Mitsubishi, Ltd.) in which 10 parts by weight of silver particles having a particle size of 5 to 45 nm is dissolved in 100 parts by weight of spherical silver powder having a particle size of 0.1 to 2.0 μm and diethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate is used. Rayon Co., Ltd. product name “EMB005”) having a resin solid content of 5.0 parts by weight was stirred and mixed, and then kneaded with three rolls to prepare a high-viscosity conductive paste. Next, as a resin solid content of a saturated copolyester resin (trade name “Byron (registered trademark) 220” manufactured by Toyobo Co., Ltd.) dissolved in diethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate with respect to 100 parts by weight of the high-viscosity conductive paste. 5 parts by weight, 1.0 parts by weight of block polyisocyanate (trade name “Duranate (registered trademark) 17B60PX” manufactured by Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation), 0.5 parts by weight of coupling agent, and 3.0 parts by weight of plasticizer are mixed with stirring. Thereafter, the mixture was kneaded with three rolls to obtain a conductive composition. The paste viscosity was appropriately adjusted to 2000 to 3000 dPa · s using diethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate as a diluent.

  On the surface of the porous layer film of the film, screen printing of a lattice pattern was performed with the screen printing machine using the conductive paste of the above production example.

  The screen plate is a screen plate (Nonuma Art Screen Co., Ltd.) in which a 400-mesh stainless steel basket woven with a stainless steel wire having a diameter of 23 μm is provided with a lattice emulsion pattern having a line width of 20 μm, a pattern pitch of 300 μm, and an aperture ratio of 87.1%. Made).

  After printing, the conductive paste together with the film was baked at 170 ° C. for 30 minutes to form a conductive part in which a square pattern was drawn in a lattice shape to obtain a transparent conductive film.

  Even when the lattice-shaped pattern surface of the obtained transparent conductive film was peeled off with cello tape (registered trademark), there was almost no peeling of the conductive part (silver thin wire).

(Comparative Example 1)
Transparent as in Example 1, except that the conductive paste composition is the same as in Example 1 except that 5.0 parts by weight of nano silver particles and only an acrylic resin is used as the binder. A conductive film was obtained.

  When the lattice-like pattern surface of the obtained transparent conductive film was peeled off with cello tape (registered trademark), the conductive portion (silver thin wire) was easily peeled off.

  The performance of the transparent conductive film obtained is summarized in Table 1.

  FIG. 1A is a conceptual diagram of a plasma display panel equipped with an electromagnetic shielding material including a transparent conductive sheet according to the above embodiment. 1B is a plan view of the electromagnetic wave shielding material, and FIG. 1C is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC in FIG. 1B.

  With reference to these drawings, the electromagnetic wave shielding material 1 is used by being mounted on the display unit 3 of the plasma display panel 2 and blocks electromagnetic waves emitted from the plasma television. The electromagnetic shielding material 1 includes a composite base material (NIRA-HC film base material) in which a PET base material layer 4 (100 μm) and a hard coat layer 5 with a near infrared ray absorbing function 5 (15 μm) are integrated.

  The hard coat layer 5 with a near infrared absorption function is formed by curing a hard coat coating solution with a near infrared absorption function including an inorganic near infrared absorbent, an ultraviolet curable resin, and the like.

  As the inorganic near infrared absorber, tin-doped indium oxide (ITO), antimony-doped tin oxide (ATO), composite tungsten oxide, or the like can be used. Among them, a composite tungsten oxide is preferable because it has a high near-infrared absorptivity and a high visible light transmittance, and cesium-containing tungsten oxide is most preferable.

  The ultraviolet curable resin includes a monomer, an oligomer, a polymer or a mixture thereof having an ultraviolet curable functional group. Specifically, monofunctional acrylate, monofunctional methacrylate, polyfunctional acrylate, polyfunctional methacrylate, or the like can be used.

  The thickness of the hard coat layer 5 with a near-infrared absorbing function is preferably 2 to 25 μm. The actual film thickness (d) in the examples is 15 μm.

  An antireflection layer 6 (actual film thickness (d) 0.2 μm) is provided on one surface of the composite substrate.

  The antireflection layer 6 is formed by applying and curing a high refractive index layer / low refractive index layer or a low refractive index layer on the coated surface of the hard coat layer 5 with near infrared absorption function. .

  The high refractive index layer is formed by curing a high refractive index layer coating liquid containing an inorganic material, an ultraviolet curable resin, or the like.

  As the inorganic material, zinc oxide, titanium oxide, cerium oxide, tin oxide, aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide, or the like can be used.

  The refractive index of the high refractive index layer needs to be higher than that of the low refractive index layer formed immediately above the high refractive index layer, and the refractive index is preferably in the range of 1.55 to 1.90. Is within.

  The optical film thickness (nd) of the high refractive index layer is preferably 100 nm to 250 nm. The film thickness and refractive index of the examples are optical film thickness (nd): 150 nm and refractive index (n): 1.60.

  The low refractive index layer is formed by curing a coating solution for forming a low refractive index layer containing silica fine particles, a binder component and the like.

  As the silica fine particles, silica sol, porous silica fine particles, hollow silica fine particles and the like can be used. As the binder component, a simple substance or a mixture of a fluorine-containing organic compound, a simple substance or a mixture of a fluorine-free organic compound, a polymer, or the like can be used.

  The refractive index of the low refractive index layer is preferably in the range of 1.20 to 1.45. The optical film thickness (nd) of the low refractive index layer is preferably 100 nm to 175 nm. The film thickness and refractive index of the examples are optical film thickness (nd): 140 nm and refractive index (n): 1.35.

  As the coating method of the hard coat layer 5 with near infrared absorption function and the antireflection layer 6, it was applied on a substrate film by a roll coating method, a spin coating method, a coil bar method, a dip coating method, a die coating method, etc. and dried. Thereafter, there is a method of irradiating with ultraviolet rays. A method capable of continuous coating such as a roll coating method is preferred from the viewpoint of productivity and production cost.

  A transparent porous layer 7 (1 μm), which is an ink receiving layer for preventing bleeding (line thickening) of the conductive paste ink, is provided on the other surface of the PET base material layer 4 (side to be attached to the plasma display panel PDP). Is provided. On the transparent porous layer 7, the electromagnetic wave shielding mesh layer 8 formed by screen-printing the conductive paste ink used in Example 1 and firing it is provided.

  The organic binder resin contained in the conductive paste ink is composed of a polyester resin having a hydroxyl group, a block polyisocyanate, a thermosetting resin containing an acrylic resin, a plasticizer and a coupling agent, and the content of the conductive powder is determined as described above. Since it is 50 to 95% by mass of the total amount of the conductive paste, and further comprises, as the organic binder resin, a polyester resin having a hydroxyl group, a block polyisocyanate, a thermosetting resin including an acrylic resin, a plasticizer, and a coupling agent, Even if the conductive paste is heat-treated, it remains without being burned off, and the silver particles remain adhered to each other with good adhesiveness and are not peeled off. As a result, even after firing, disconnection does not occur in the fine silver wire that is the electromagnetic wave shielding mesh layer 8.

  The transparent conductive sheet according to the present embodiment is preferably used for an electrode pattern material (touch panel) 9 for a touch sensor as shown in FIG. A transparent base film having a transparent conductive film formed on one side thereof has a configuration in which the transparent conductive films are arranged to face each other at a predetermined interval. The transparent conductive film is formed by screen-printing the conductive paste ink used in Example 1 and firing it. As shown in FIG. 2B, the capacitive touch panel 9 applies a uniform voltage to the four corners of the sensor to create a uniform electric field on the surface of the sensor. When a finger touches the touch operation (pressing), a change in capacitance is generated in proportion to the distance from the four corners of the sensor to the finger. The controller calculates the coordinate position of the finger based on the capacitance change at the four corners.

  The electrode pattern material for the touch sensor according to this example is a thermosetting resin, a plasticizer, and a coupling, in which the organic binder resin contained in the conductive paste ink contains a hydroxyl group-containing polyester resin, block polyisocyanate, and acrylic resin. Heat containing an electrically conductive powder and a content of the conductive powder of 50 to 95% by mass of the total amount of the conductive paste, and further including a polyester resin having a hydroxyl group, a block polyisocyanate, and an acrylic resin as the organic binder resin. Because it consists of a curable resin, plasticizer and coupling agent, even if the conductive paste is heat-treated, it remains unburned and adheres to the surface of the transparent porous layer while keeping the silver particles fused together. It stays well and does not peel off. As a result, disconnection does not occur even if the touch operation is repeated.

  It should be understood that the embodiments disclosed herein are illustrative and non-restrictive in every respect. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the transparent conductive sheet which a disconnection does not arise in a silver fine wire is obtained, and it can utilize for a touch sensor and an electromagnetic wave shielding material.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Electromagnetic shielding material 2 Plasma display panel 3 Display part 4 Transparent base material layer (PET base material layer)
5 Hard Coat Layer 6 Antireflection Layer 7 Transparent Porous Layer 8 Geometric Pattern Conductive Part (Electromagnetic Wave Shield Mesh Layer)
9 Touch panel

Claims (6)

A transparent substrate layer;
A transparent porous layer containing, as a main component, at least one selected from the group consisting of oxide ceramics, non-oxide ceramics and metals, provided on the transparent substrate layer;
A conductive paste having a geometric pattern formed by heat-treating a conductive paste screen-printed in a geometric pattern on the transparent porous layer;
The conductive paste includes an organic binder resin, a conductive powder that is spherical silver having an average particle size of 5 nm to 5 μm, and an organic solvent,
The content of the conductive powder is 50 to 95% by mass of the total amount of the conductive paste,
The organic binder resin comprises a polyester resin having a hydroxyl group, a block polyisocyanate, a thermosetting resin containing an acrylic resin, a plasticizer, and a coupling agent. The polyester resin having a hydroxyl group is 10 to 50% by mass of the total amount of the organic binder resin, the block polyisocyanate is 1.0 to 15% by mass of the total amount of the organic binder resin, and the acrylic resin is The thermosetting resin to be included is 35 to 90% by mass of the total amount of the organic binder resin, the plasticizer is 1.0 to 15% by mass of the total amount of the organic binder resin, and the coupling agent is The transparent conductive sheet of Claim 1 which is 0.5-2.0 mass% of the whole quantity of organic binder resin.   The transparent conductive sheet according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the conductive powder in the conductive paste includes two types of silver particles having different particle sizes.   An electromagnetic wave shielding material comprising the transparent conductive sheet according to claim 1.   A touch sensor using the transparent conductive sheet according to claim 1 as an electrode pattern material. After adding silver powder to a binder resin containing an acrylic resin and stirring and mixing, the mixture is kneaded by one or a combination method selected from the group consisting of a roll mill, a lye mill, a ball mill, a planetary mill, and a revolving mixer. Make a highly viscous conductive paste,
The conductive paste is a polyester resin having a hydroxyl group, a block polyisocyanate compound, a plasticizer and a coupling agent, one or a combination selected from the group consisting of a roll mill, a reiki machine, a ball mill, a planetary mill, and a self-revolving mixer. A method for producing a conductive paste for a transparent conductive sheet, comprising mixing by a method described above.