Embodiment
The invention provides a kind of compound silver powder, described compound silver powder is nucleocapsid structure, and wherein nuclear material is silver-colored particle, and shell material is vitreum; The particle diameter of silver particle is 1-3 μ m.The particle diameter of silver particle can be measured by transmission electron microscope.
Compound silver powder of the present invention is nucleocapsid structure, as shown in Figure 1; By high-resolution-ration transmission electric-lens HRTEM, find that nuclear material is silver-colored particle, shell material is vitreum, namely vitreum coats and silver-colored particle surface.In the compound silver powder of the present invention, vitreum is coated on silver-colored particle surface, can effectively prevent silver-colored particle agglomeration, and therefore compound silver powder of the present invention has good dispersiveness.When adopting compound silver powder of the present invention to prepare electrocondution slurry, conductivity is very good.
The present inventor thinks: contain the conductive silver paste of compound silver powder of the present invention in sintering process, the shell material vitreum elder generation melting of compound silver powder, and sink under the silver powder, wetting, as to corrode and penetrate silicon substrate surface antireflective coating, the silicon generation redox reaction on vitreum and silicon substrate surface, the vitreum Partial Conversion is simple substance; This simple substance contacts with silver powder, and silver powder melting speed is accelerated, and melts altogether body with vitreum generation Ag-glass; Subsequently, Ag-glass melts altogether body and contacts with silicon substrate, and Ag separates with glass, and recrystallization fully contacts with silicon substrate at silicon face, thereby increases conductivity.
Vitreum of the present invention is to well known to a person skilled in the art the class material with glassy phase that is formed by multiple inorganic oxide pre-burning.For example, contain SiO in the described vitreum
2, B
2O
3, Bi
2O
3, CaO, BaO, ZnO, Al
2O
3, TiO
2, ZrO
2, CuO, PbO one or more.Under the preferable case, for improving the conductivity of conductive silver paste, take Vitrea gross mass as benchmark, contain 10-15%ZnO in the described glass dust, 70-75%Bi
2O
3, surplus is BaO and Al
2O
3
In the compound silver powder of the present invention, silver powder is similar to the proportion of glass dust in the conductive silver paste of silver-colored particle and Vitrea proportion and prior art, does not have specific (special) requirements among the present invention.For example, take the gross mass of compound silver powder as benchmark, the content of silver-colored particle is 93-99%, and Vitrea content is 1-7%.
The particle diameter of compound silver powder of the present invention is 1.2-3.1 μ m.
The invention provides the preparation method of described compound silver powder, may further comprise the steps:
1) preparation contains the solution of silver nitrate, also contains acid corresponding to nonmetal oxide in metal oxide is corresponding in the vitreum metal nitrate and the vitreum in the described solution;
2) with step 1) solution by air-blast atomizing, 800-1200 ℃ of lower sintering obtains described compound silver powder.
According to preparation method provided by the invention, by preparing first the mixed solution of the corresponding ion of inorganic oxide in silver ion and the vitreum, silver ion is evenly mixed with the various inorganic ions in the vitreum are first, then under atomize, carry out high temperature sintering; In the sintering process, the ion in the solution generates first corresponding oxide, various oxide Uniform Dispersions; Temperature continues to raise, and other various oxide meltings also form vitreum, are dispersed in around the silver oxide; Temperature reaches the heat decomposition temperature of silver oxide, and the silver oxide thermal decomposition obtains silver-colored particle, and vitreum evenly is coated on around the silver-colored particle, thereby obtains compound silver powder of the present invention.
As previously mentioned, vitreum is formed by multiple inorganic oxide pre-burning, has both contained metal oxide in the described inorganic oxide and has also contained nonmetal oxide.For example, described metal oxide is ZnO, Bi
2O
3, BaO, Al
2O
3, the metal nitrate that then described metal oxide is corresponding is followed successively by Zn (NO
3)
2, Bi (NO
3)
3, Ba (NO
3)
2, Al (NO
3)
3Described nonmetal oxide is B
2O
3, SiO
2, the acid that then nonmetal oxide is corresponding and derivative thereof are H
3BO
3, H
2SiO
3, H
4SiO
4Or various esters of silicon acis.
In the solute of solution, the content of silver nitrate is 95.3-99.4wt%, and the total content of the acid that nonmetal oxide is corresponding in the metal nitrate that metal oxide is corresponding in the vitreum and the vitreum is 0.6-4.7wt%.
Among the present invention, solution carries out sintering under the air-blast atomizing state.Generally speaking, for reducing energy consumption, the flow of solution can not be too little; On the other hand, abundant for guaranteeing the various ion sintering in the solution, the flow of solution can not be too large.Under the preferable case, the flow of solution is 5-20ml/min during air-blast atomizing.
The carrier gas of air-blast atomizing can be adopted and well known to a person skilled in the art various inert gases, silver powder oxidation when preventing high temperature.Among the present invention, nitrogen is preferably adopted in carrier gas.More preferably in the situation, the flow of nitrogen is 2-20L/min.
Among the present invention, can adopt temperature programming to the sintering of the solution under the air-blast atomizing state, the highest sintering temperature need reach more than the heat decomposition temperature of silver oxide, guarantees the generation of silver-colored particle.Sintering temperature of the present invention is 800-1200 ℃, is preferably 1000-1100 ℃.The time of sintering is 15-45s, is preferably 20-30s.
Compound silver powder of the present invention because silver-colored particle is coated by vitreum, reduces the reunion of silver-colored particle greatly, and silver powder very easily disperses.In addition, in the compound silver powder of the present invention, silver-colored particle surface is coated with vitreum, so when the preparation conductive silver paste, need not to add glass dust, only needs directly compound silver powder to be dispersed in the organic carrier to get final product again.
Therefore, the invention provides a kind of conductive silver paste, contain silver powder and organic carrier in the described conductive silver paste; Silver powder wherein is compound silver powder provided by the invention.
As those skilled in the art's common practise, take the gross mass of conductive silver paste as benchmark, the content of silver powder is 80-90%, and the content of organic carrier is 10-20%.Described organic carrier is for well known to a person skilled in the art various organic carriers, such as thinking epoxy resin, diethanol glycidol ether etc.
Below in conjunction with embodiment and Comparative Examples the present invention is further explained.The raw material that adopts in embodiment and the Comparative Examples all is available commercially.
Embodiment 1
Present embodiment is used for illustrating compound silver powder provided by the invention and preparation method thereof.
(1) normal temperature obtain solution: get silver nitrate 120g, add the liquor argenti nitratis ophthalmicus that deionized water is made into 0.7mol/L, continue to add 1.4g Zn (NO
3)
2, 5g Bi (NO
3)
3, 0.12g Ba (NO
3)
2With 0.28g Al (NO
3)
3, and mix.
(2) solution of step (1) preparation is changed in the spray generator, it is 20ml/min that the adjustment jet size makes liquid inventory, and the nitrogen carrier gas amount is 10L/min; Jet expansion is connected to quartz ampoule, and it is 1000 ℃ that resistance heating makes the interior temperature of quartz ampoule, after spraying is finished, continues sintering 30s, and cooling obtains the compound silver powder of present embodiment, is designated as A1, and wherein silver-colored particle and Vitrea mass ratio are 95: 5.
Embodiment 2
Adopt the step identical with embodiment 1 to prepare compound silver powder, difference is:
In the step (1), add 1.33g Zn (NO
3)
2, 6.78g Bi (NO
3)
3, 0.27g Ba (NO
3)
2And 0.67gAl (NO
3)
3
By above-mentioned steps, obtain the compound silver powder of present embodiment, be designated as A2, wherein silver-colored particle and Vitrea mass ratio are 93: 7.
Embodiment 3
Adopt the step identical with embodiment 1 to prepare compound silver powder, difference is:
In the step (1), add 0.21g Zn (NO
3)
2, 0.95g Bi (NO
3)
3, 0.02g Ba (NO
3)
2And 0.07gAl (NO
3)
3
By above-mentioned steps, obtain the compound silver powder of present embodiment, be designated as A3, wherein silver-colored particle and Vitrea mass ratio are 99: 1.
Embodiment 4
Adopt the step identical with embodiment 1 to prepare compound silver powder, difference is:
In the step (2), liquid inventory is 10ml/min, and the nitrogen carrier gas amount is 20L/min; Temperature is 800 ℃ in the quartz ampoule, and the time of continuing sintering is 30s.
By above-mentioned steps, obtain the compound silver powder of present embodiment, be designated as A4, wherein silver-colored particle and Vitrea mass ratio are 95: 5.
Embodiment 5
Present embodiment is used for illustrating conductive silver paste provided by the invention and preparation method thereof.
(1) preparation organic carrier: E-51 epoxy resin: 7 weight portions;
6458 epoxy resin: 6 weight portions;
Diethanol and glycidol ether: 2 weight portions;
Benzyl dimethylamine modifier: 0.05 weight portion.
(2) be to mix at 85: 15 the compound silver powder A1 of embodiment 1 preparation and organic carrier according to mass ratio, obtain the conductive silver paste of present embodiment, be designated as S1.
Embodiment 6-8
Adopt the step identical with embodiment 5 to prepare conductive silver paste S2-S4, difference is:
Adopt respectively the A1 among the compound silver powder A2-A4 replacement embodiment 1 in the step (2), the conductive silver paste that obtains is designated as S2-S4 successively.
Comparative Examples 1
Adopt the step identical with embodiment 5 to prepare the conductive silver paste DS1 of this Comparative Examples, difference is:
In the step (2), be 1.2 μ m silver powder, organic carrier and glass dust (12%ZnO, 75%Bi with particle diameter
2O
3, 3%B
2O
3And 3%BaO, 2%Al
2O
3, 5%SiO
2) be to mix at 81: 4: 15 according to mass ratio.
By above-mentioned steps, obtain the conductive silver paste of this Comparative Examples, be designated as DS1.
Comparative Examples 2
Adopt the step identical with embodiment 5 to prepare the conductive silver paste DS2 of this Comparative Examples, difference is:
In the step (2), adopt the A1 among the silver coating glass dust replacement embodiment 1 among the CN1290121C embodiment 1, the conductive silver paste that obtains is designated as DS2 successively.
Performance test:
1, silver-colored grain diameter test in the compound silver powder:
Adopt the particle diameter of silver-colored particle among transmission electron microscope (JEM-2010 (HT), NEC) the test compound silver powder A1-A4.Test result is as shown in table 1.
2, the dispersed test of silver powder in the conductive silver paste:
Adopt Hegman grind gage to come the scraper plate fineness of silver powder among testing conductive silver slurry S1-S4 and the DS1-DS2.Test result is as shown in table 1.
3, conductive silver paste conductivity test:
Adopt " wetability of glass dust is on the impact of silicon solar cell performance ", Zhang Yaping etc., the disclosed step of the preparation of the 36th volume the 7th phases 1.3 battery (the 2nd page left hurdle the 5th section) prepares the solar cell silicon substrate, and wherein the silver slurry adopts respectively conductive silver paste S1-S4 and the DS1-DS2 of embodiment and Comparative Examples preparation; Adopt the Shanghai single flash operation solar cell tester model HSC1 of He Shuan Thermo-Solar Energietechnik GmbH, test the electricity conversion of each solar cell silicon substrate.Test result is as shown in table 1.
Table 1
Compound silver powder |
Silver grain diameter/μ m |
Electrocondution slurry |
Scraper plate fineness/μ m |
Electricity conversion/% |
A1 |
1.4 |
S1 |
16 |
17.03 |
A2 |
1.3 |
S2 |
15 |
16.86 |
A3 |
1.5 |
S3 |
15 |
16.91 |
A4 |
1.0 |
S4 |
12 |
16.95 |
- |
- |
DS1 |
20 |
16.21 |
- |
- |
DS2 |
19 |
15.90 |
Can find out that from the test result of table 1 particle diameter of the middle silver-colored particle of compound silver powder of the present invention is 1-3 μ m.
The test result of S1-S4 and DS1-DS2 relatively can be found out in the table 1, and the scraper plate fineness of silver-colored particle is significantly less than Comparative Examples in the electrocondution slurry provided by the invention, illustrates that the compound silver powder of silica has dispersed preferably in the electrocondution slurry of the present invention.In addition, adopt electrocondution slurry of the present invention preparation the solar cell silicon substrate electricity conversion up to 16.86 and more than, and the conductive silver paste DS1 of Comparative Examples 1 to be used for the electricity conversion of solar cell silicon substrate only be 16.21, the electricity conversion that the conductive silver paste DS2 of Comparative Examples 2 is used for the solar cell silicon substrate is 15.90; The conductivity that conductive silver paste of the present invention is described obviously is better than various conductive silver paste of the prior art.