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• the present invention relates to a niobium or tantalum powder suitable for forming an anode electrode of a solid electrolytic capacitor, a method for producing the same, and a solid electrolytic capacitor.
• anode electrode made of niobium or tantalum in a solid electrolytic capacitor In order to manufacture an anode electrode made of niobium or tantalum in a solid electrolytic capacitor, agglomerates having a size of about 40 to 100 are press-formed so that pores of about 70% by volume remain. A dielectric oxide film is formed on the sintered body.
• primary particles of niobium and tantalum are thermally aggregated by a method such as reducing potassium fluoride salt, and then an oxygen scavenger such as magnesium is added thereto. And deoxygenate.
• the pores of compacts and sintered bodies made of such particles also become smaller, and as a result, the electrolyte solution does not penetrate sufficiently into the interior, and the ESR cannot be reduced. Is in question.
• the pore diameter in the practically used 50,000 CV niobium or tantalum anode sintered body is about 0.4 m, but in order to achieve higher capacity and lower ESR in the future, It is indispensable to solve the lack of permeation of the electrolyte solution due to the miniaturization of pores.
• Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 9-74501 discloses a method of forming and sintering a mixture obtained by adding a thread-processed polymer to agglomerates such as tantalum and providing macropores in the sintered body. It has been disclosed.
• the method disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 9-74501 is a sintered body in which pores are formed between a plurality of agglomerated particles, and pores are formed in each agglomerated particle itself. It is not something. Therefore, even if the penetration of the electrolyte between a plurality of aggregated particles is promoted, the permeability of the electrolyte into each aggregated particle is not improved. Further, there is a problem that carbon derived from the added polymer remains in the aggregated particles, which affects the characteristics of the capacitor.
• An object of the present invention is to improve the permeability of an electrolyte solution by forming large pores in individual agglomerated particles constituting a high CV niobium or tantalum anode sintered body having a capacity exceeding 50,000 CV in particular.
• Another object of the present invention is to provide a high-capacity, low-ESR solid electrolytic capacitor.
• the niobium or tantalum powder of the present invention is composed of agglomerated particles in which primary particles of obt or tantalum are aggregated, and has a pore distribution measured by a mercury intrusion method having a peak in the range of 1 to 20 m
• the method for producing a niobium or tantalum powder according to the present invention is characterized in that the primary particles of niobium or tantalum are thermally decomposable or thermally sublimable, A pore forming material having at least one selected shape is added, and then heat treatment is performed to remove the pore forming material and form aggregated particles.
• the method for producing a niobium or tantalum powder according to the present invention is characterized in that it is acid-soluble in the primary particles of niobium or tantalum and is selected from the group consisting of granules, films, foils, flakes, and fibers.
• the method is characterized in that a pore-forming material having at least one kind of shape is added, followed by heat treatment and acid treatment to remove the pore-forming material and form aggregated particles.
• FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing the niobium or tantalum powder of the present invention.
• FIG. 2 is a graph schematically showing a pore distribution of the niobium or tantalum powder of the present invention by a mercury intrusion method.
• the niobium or tantalum powder of the present invention is composed of aggregated particles in which primary particles of niobium or tantalum are aggregated.
• Primary particles of niobium or tantalum are obtained by a method of reducing a niobium compound or a tantalum compound.
• niobium compound or tantalum compound used here is not particularly limited, and compounds of these metals can be used, but potassium fluoride salts and halides are preferable.
• the potassium fluoride salt, K 2 T a F 7, K 2 N b F 7, K 2 N b F 6 , and examples of the halides, niobium pentachloride, lower niobium chloride, five evening chloride rental, Chloride such as lower tantalum chloride, iodide, bromide and the like can be mentioned.
• niobium compounds include niobium fluoride such as potassium fluoroniobate and oxides such as niobium pentoxide.
• Examples of the reducing agent used for reducing the niobium compound or the tantalum compound include alkali metals such as sodium, magnesium, and calcium and alkaline earth metals and hydrides thereof, that is, magnesium hydride, hydrogen hydride. Reducing gas such as gasification and hydrogen-containing gas.
• the primary particles of niobium or tantalum are usually mixed with a niobium compound exemplified above at 800 to 900 ° C in a molten salt composed of a eutectic salt such as KC1-1KF or KC1-NaCl. Obtained by reducing a substance or a tantalum compound.
• the niobium or tantalum powder of the present invention may contain 50 to 1000 ppm of nitrogen.
• nitrogen of 50 to 100 ppm is contained, the sintering shrinkage rate of the niobium or tantalum powder at a high temperature becomes small.
• a capacitor using a sintered body as an anode electrode tends to have a high capacity and a small leakage current, so that a highly reliable capacitor can be obtained.
• the niobium or tantalum powder of the present invention may contain at least one of phosphorus and boron, and the content of each is preferably 10 to 500 ppm. If phosphorus and / or boron are added before the primary particles of niobium or tantalum are aggregated and thermal aggregation is performed in the presence of phosphorus, Z or boron, a decrease in the surface area of niobium or tantalum can be suppressed.
• FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing a state of niobium or evening powder 10 of the present invention.
• the niobium or tantalum powder 10 of the present invention is a powder in which aggregated particles 2 in which the primary particles 1 of niobium or tantalum described above are aggregated, and each aggregated particle 2 has pores 3.
• a peak is observed within a range of 1 to 20 m.
• FIG. 1 illustrates three aggregated particles 2.
• voids 4 generally exist between the primary particles 1, and the size of such voids 4 is measured by a mercury intrusion method. Typically ranges from 0.05 to 2 m. The most frequent value of the size of the voids 4, that is, the peak of the pore distribution is usually 0.05 to 0.3 xm. On the other hand, the pore distribution of the niobium or tantalum powder of the present invention was measured by a mercury intrusion method. The peaks of 1 to 20 observed in this case are not derived from the voids 4 between the primary particles 1 but are, for example, derived from the voids 3 intentionally formed by a method described later. is there.
• the particle diameter of such agglomerated particles 2 is substantially distributed in the range of 38 to 250 m, and the average particle diameter of the primary particles 1 by the BET method is usually 80 to 500 m. nm.
• the niobium or tantalum powder of the present invention can be manufactured by the following method.
• the pore-forming material is added to the primary particle powder of niobium or tantalum obtained by reducing the niobium compound or the tantalum compound.
• the pore-forming material used here is a thermally decomposable material that is decomposed by heat treatment, a thermally sublimable material that sublimates by heat treatment, or an acid-soluble material that dissolves in acid by acid treatment such as acid washing. It can be easily removed by heat treatment or acid treatment in a later step.
• the pore-forming material was removed by removing the pore-forming material, the portion where the pore-forming material was present becomes a pore.
• the pore distribution of the powder is measured by a mercury intrusion method. , And a peak is observed at 1 to 20 m.
• the pore-forming material is selected from the group consisting of granular, film-like, foil-like, flake-like, and fibrous forms, and is preferably a grain having a diameter of 2 to 6 / zm and a thickness of 1 to 2 It is at least one selected from the group consisting of a 0 m film or foil and a fiber having a diameter of 1 to 206 m and a length of 100 to 1 cm.
• the film or foil having a thickness of 1 to 20 m is preferably a substantially circular film having a diameter of 100 x m or more.
• Heat coagulation is usually carried out by heating the powder at 800 to 140 C in vacuum for 0.5 to 2 hours.
• the pore-forming material is thermally decomposed and removed in this thermal aggregation step. As a result, holes are formed in portions where the hole forming material was present.
• a preliminary aggregation Prior to the thermal aggregation, it is preferable to perform a preliminary aggregation in which an amount of water is added so that the entire powder is uniformly wetted while applying vibration to the powder. By performing this preliminary agglomeration, stronger agglomerated particles can be obtained.
• by adding about 10 to 500 ppm of phosphorus, boron, etc. to niob or tantalum in advance to the water added in the preliminary coagulation by adding about 10 to 500 ppm of phosphorus, boron, etc. to niob or tantalum in advance to the water added in the preliminary coagulation, fusion growth of primary particles is suppressed, and high surface area is achieved. While maintaining the temperature.
• the form of phosphorus added here includes phosphoric acid, phosphorus ammonium hexafluoride, and the like.
• the cake-like powder obtained by thermal aggregation is crushed in the air or in an inert gas, and then a reducing agent such as magnesium is added, and the oxygen in the particles is reacted with the reducing agent to perform deoxidation. . .
• Deoxygenation is performed in an inert gas atmosphere such as argon at a temperature not lower than the melting point of the reducing agent and lower than the boiling point for 1 to 3 hours. During the subsequent cooling, air is introduced into the argon gas to perform a slow oxidation stabilization treatment of the niobium or tantalum powder, and then an acid treatment is performed to reduce magnesium, magnesium oxide, etc. remaining in the powder. Remove substances derived from the agent. .
• the acid treatment dissolves and removes the pore forming material in the acid solution. As a result, holes are formed in portions where the hole forming material was present.
• the pore-forming agent to be used polymers one having a thermally decomposable and, Shono ⁇ (C 1Q H 16 ⁇ ), naphthalene (C 1Q H 8), benzoic acid (C 7 H 6 0 2), such as Organic substances that can be sublimated by heat are used.
• the acid-soluble pore-forming material include metals and metal compounds that are easily dissolved in acids such as magnesium, magnesium hydride, calcium, calcium hydride, and aluminum. These acid-soluble pore-forming materials act as pore-forming materials and also act as reducing agents. So this When these are used as pore-forming materials, it is not necessary to add a reducing agent again in deoxidation after thermal aggregation.
• the amount of the pore-forming material is not particularly limited, but is usually at least 3% by volume or more, and preferably 3 to 20% by volume, based on the niobium or intar.
• a niobium or tantalum powder is obtained, which is composed of agglomerated particles of primary particles of niobium or tantalum and has a pore distribution measured by a mercury intrusion method having a peak in the range of 1 to 20 m. .
• the niobium or tantalum powder for example a binder one as 3-5 by weight% of camphor by press molding by adding (C 1 () H 16 ⁇ ), etc., porosity 6 0 vol%
• the pore distribution measured by the mercury intrusion method has peaks in the range of 0.08 to 0.5 m and in the range of 1 to 20 m, respectively.
• a porous molded body of niobium or tantalum in which 5% by volume or more is pores having a pore diameter of 1 to 20 zm can be produced.
• the molding density when measuring the pore distribution is 4.5 to 5. Is set to 0 g range Z cm 3.
• the niobium or tantalum powder comprising the aggregated particles of the present invention has a high opening ratio on the surface of each aggregated particle, so that the contact area between the mold and the surface of the aggregated particle during press molding is reduced, and The agglomerated particles come into contact with the wall, and the friction on the wall decreases. As a result, it is possible to suppress clogging of the voids between the aggregated particles due to wall friction.
• the porous molded body of niobium or tantalum obtained in this manner is heated at 100 to 140 ° C. for about 0.3 to 1 hour and sintered, whereby the total pore volume is reduced.
• a niobium or evening porous sintered body in which 5% by volume or more of the pores have pore diameters of 1 to 20 im can be produced.
• the sintering temperature can be appropriately set according to the type of metal and the surface area of the powder.
• niobium or tantalum porous sintered body When this niobium or tantalum porous sintered body is used as an anode electrode, a lead wire is embedded in the niobium or tantalum powder before press molding, then press molded and sintered. To integrate the leads. Then, this is carried out in an electrolytic solution such as phosphoric acid or nitric acid at a temperature of 30 to 90 ° C. and a concentration of about 1% by weight at a current density of 40 to 8 O mAZ g at 20 to 60 V. Up to 1 to 3 hours, perform chemical oxidation, and apply anode current for one solid electrolytic capacitor. Used for poles.
• an electrolytic solution such as phosphoric acid or nitric acid at a temperature of 30 to 90 ° C. and a concentration of about 1% by weight at a current density of 40 to 8 O mAZ g at 20 to 60 V. Up to 1 to 3 hours, perform chemical oxidation, and apply anode current for one
• a solid electrolyte layer such as manganese dioxide, lead oxide or a conductive polymer, a graphite layer, and a silver paste layer are sequentially formed on the porous sintered body by a known method, and then formed thereon. After connecting the cathode terminal by soldering, etc., form a resin jacket and use it as the anode electrode for one solid electrolytic capacitor.
• niobium or tantalum powder primary particles of the niobium or tantalum are formed of agglomerated particles, and the pore distribution measured by a mercury intrusion method has a peak in a range of 1 to 20 nm. That is, each agglomerated particle itself has large pores. Therefore, the large holes and the voids existing between the primary particles are connected to each other. Therefore, when an anode electrode is formed using such niobium or tantalum powder, the electrolyte easily penetrates into the entire inside of each agglomerated particle, so that a solid electrolytic capacitor having high capacity and low ESR can be obtained.
• niobium or tantalum powder is formed into a primary particle of niobium or tantalum, which is thermally decomposable and has at least one kind of shape selected from the group consisting of granules, films, foils, flakes, and fibers.
• a pore-forming material having at least one shape selected from the group consisting of fibrous materials is added, followed by heat treatment and acid treatment to remove the pore-forming material and form aggregated particles. .
• the heat treatment and the acid treatment performed here are steps usually performed in the step of producing aggregated particles. Therefore, a separate process for forming holes is not required, and the productivity is excellent.
• a 50 L reaction vessel was charged with 15 kg each of dilute salts of potassium fluoride and potassium chloride, and the temperature was raised to 850 ° C to obtain a melt.
• 200 g of tantalum potassium fluoride was added to the melt at a time, and one minute later, 58 g of dissolved sodium was added. Allowed to react for minutes. This operation was repeated 30 times.
• the mixture was cooled, and the obtained agglomerates were crushed and washed with a weakly acidic aqueous solution to obtain tantalum particles. Further, it was purified with a cleaning solution containing hydrofluoric acid and hydrogen peroxide. The yield of reduced tantalum particles was 1.6 kg.
• the tan particles obtained in this manner had the following properties.
• magnesium chips were added to the aggregated particles and deoxidized at 800 ° C in a furnace. After further stabilization (gradual oxidation), it was removed from the furnace. '
• the obtained aggregated particles were pressed so that the molding density became 5 gZ cm 3 to obtain a molded body.
• the pore distribution of this molded product was measured by a mercury intrusion method, peaks were observed at around 0.1 lzm and 22 m.
• the porosity was about 70% by volume, and 7% by volume of the total pore volume was pores having a pore diameter of 1 to 20.
• the aggregated particles were crushed in an inert gas atmosphere, and the particle size was adjusted so that the average diameter became about 100 m. Furthermore, washing with a mixed acid of nitric acid and hydrogen peroxide was carried out to dissolve and remove the magnesium oxide generated in the previous step and the remaining magnesium. Then, it was further washed with pure water and dried with a vacuum drier.
• the aggregated particles were press-molded so that the molding density became 4.5 g / cm 3 to obtain a molded body.
• pore distribution of the obtained molded body was measured by a mercury intrusion method, peaks were observed at around 0.15 m and around 1.5 m.
• the porosity was about 73% by volume, and 8% by volume of the total pore volume was pores having a pore diameter of 1 to 20 tm.
• the solid was heated to 850 ° C. in a vacuum heating furnace, maintained for 1 hour, and then heated to 115 ° C. and heat-treated for 0.5 hour. Thereafter, argon gas was passed through the furnace to oxidize and stabilize the metal.
• the solids taken out of the furnace were crushed with a roll crusher in an argon stream, and further crushed with a pin disk mill and a supermicron mill to 150 m or less. Agglomerated particles having a particle size of Then, with a mixed acid of hydrochloric acid, nitric acid and hydrofluoric acid, the magnesium oxide produced in the previous step and the remaining magnesium were dissolved and removed. Then, it was further washed with pure water and dried.
• the aggregated particles were press-molded so that the molding density became 5.0 gZ cm 3 to obtain a molded body.
• pore distribution of this molded product was measured by a mercury intrusion method, peaks were observed at 0.2 ⁇ m and 2.5 m.
• the porosity was about 70% by volume, and 9% by volume of pores having a pore diameter of 1 to 20 m in the total pore volume.
• Agglomerated particles were produced in the same manner as in Example 1 except that camphor was not added.
• the vacancy distribution of the powder comprising the aggregated particles thus obtained was measured by a mercury intrusion method, and peaks were observed at 0.15 / 21! 1 and 0.95 m.
• Example 2 a molded article was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1.
• the porosity was about 70% by volume, and the porosity with a pore diameter of 1 to 20 m of the total porosity was less than 1% by volume.
• Agglomerated particles were obtained in the same manner as in Example 2 except that magnesium hydride was thermally aggregated without being added, and then magnesium hydride was added in the same amount as in Example 2 and deoxygenated at 800 ° C for 2 hours. Was manufactured.
• the pore distribution of the powder composed of the aggregated particles thus obtained was measured by the mercury intrusion method, peaks were observed at 0.18 ⁇ 111 and 0.9 zm.
• Example 3 a molded article was obtained in the same manner as in Example 2.
• a peak was observed at 0.15 and a weak peak was observed at around 0.8 ⁇ m.
• the porosity was about 70% by volume, and the porosity with a pore diameter of 1 to 20 zm was less than 1% by volume of the total pore volume.
• Example 3 Example 3 was repeated except that fibrous magnesium was added without heat to make the particles coagulate to a particle size of 15 Oim or less, and then magnesium chips were added at 8% by volume and deoxygenated at 850 for 2 hours. Similarly, agglomerated particles were produced. The vacancy distribution of the powder composed of the aggregated particles thus obtained was measured by a mercury intrusion method, and peaks were found at 0.118111 and 0.95 m.
• Example 3 a molded article was obtained in the same manner as in Example 3.
• a large peak at 0.1 m and a very weak peak at around 0.8 / m were recognized.
• the compact obtained in this manner was heated at a temperature at which the sintering density was 5.5 to 5.6 gZcm 3 for about 20 minutes and sintered to produce a sintered compact.
• This sintered body was subjected to a chemical oxidation in a phosphoric acid electrolytic solution having a concentration of 0.1% by weight and a temperature of 60 mAZg at a current density of 60 mAZ g for 30 minutes in a phosphoric acid electrolytic solution.
• the sintered body was further impregnated with a 25, 50, 62, or 76% aqueous solution of manganese nitrate twice from a dilute aqueous solution twice, for a total of eight times, and then preheated at 105 ° C for 15 minutes in a steam atmosphere. Then, it was baked at 220 ° C for 15 minutes.
• the CV value and ESR of the thus obtained capacitor pellet were measured.
• the ESR measurement conditions were 100 kHz, 1.5 VDC, 0.5 V rms. Table 1 shows the measurement results.
• a condenser pellet was obtained in the same manner as in Example 4 except that the aggregated particles used were obtained in Example 2, and the characteristics of the capacitor pellet were measured. Table 1 shows the measurement results. [Example 6]
• a capacitor pellet was obtained in the same manner as in Example 4 except that the agglomerated particles used were obtained in Example 3, and the characteristics of the capacitor pellet were measured. Table 1 shows the measurement results.
• Capacitor pellets were obtained in the same manner as in Example 4 except that the aggregated particles used were obtained in Comparative Example 1, and the characteristics of the pellets were measured. Table 1 shows the measurement results.
• a capacitor pellet was obtained in the same manner as in Example 4 except that the used aggregated particles were obtained in Comparative Example 2, and the characteristics of this capacitor pellet were measured. Table 1 shows the measurement results.
• a capacitor pellet was obtained in the same manner as in Example 4 except that the used aggregated particles were obtained in Comparative Example 3, and the characteristics of this capacitor pellet were measured. Table 1 shows the measurement results.
• Comparative Example 70.9 0.98 As is clear from Table 1, the capacitor pellets obtained in Examples 4 to 1.6 had a high CV value and a low ESR. Industrial applicability
• the niobium or tantalum powder of the present invention is composed of agglomerated particles having large pores, and in each agglomerated particle, the pores and the voids existing between the primary particles are connected to each other. . Therefore, the electrolyte easily penetrates into the entire inside of each aggregated particle. Therefore, when an anode electrode is formed using such niobium or tantalum powder and used for a solid electrolytic capacitor, a solid electrolytic capacitor having high capacity and low ESR can be obtained. Further, in the manufacturing method of the present invention, a separate step for forming holes is not required.
• a solid electrolytic capacitor having high capacity and low ESR can be provided with high productivity.

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