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Method for making transparent conductive film
Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1987-09-16
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Granted: 1989-12-19
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Expires: 2007-09-16
Abstract
Abstract The present invention relates to a method for making a transparent conductive film, wherein a material for the film containing an organic indium compound and an organic tin compound is applied on a substrate, and made to thermally decompose, and thereafter, a heat treatment of the material is carried out in an atmosphere containing water vapor, thereby obtaining the transparent conductive film which shows low and stable electric resistance and is excellent in water resistance and chemical resistance, and is without undesirable cloudiness.
Inventors
- 👤 Yasuhito Isozaki
- 👤 Kazuyuki Okano
- 👤 You Hasegawa
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-07 13:31
CPC Classifications
C; C23; C23C; C23C20/00; C23C20/06; H; H01; H01B; H01B1/00; H01B1/06; H01B1/08; C03; C03C; C03C17/00; C03C17/22; C03C17/23; C03C17/27; C23C16/00; C23C16/06; C23C16/18; H10; H10F; H10F71/00; H10F71/138; C03C2217/00; C03C2217/20; C03C2217/21; C03C2217/23; C03C2217/231; C03C2218/00; C03C2218/30; C03C2218/32; C03C2218/322; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E10/00; Y02E10/50
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
67 words
A method for making transparent conductive film comprising the steps of: (a) applying a solution of an organic indium compound and an organic tin compound in a solvent to a substrate to form a film; (b) subjecting the film to thermal decomposition by heat treatment, and (c) subjecting the thermally decomposed material to heat treatment in an atmosphere containing greater than 0.6% by volume of water vapor.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
67 words
A method for making transparent conductive film comprising the steps of: (a) applying a solution of an organic indium compound and an organic tin compound in a solvent to a substrate to form a film; (b) subjecting the film to thermal decomposition by heat treatment, and (c) subjecting the thermally decomposed material to heat treatment in an atmosphere containing greater than 0.6% by volume of water vapor.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method for making a transparent conductive film as in claim 1, wherein said solution further comprises a binder.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
A method for making a transparent conductive film as in claim 1, wherein said atmosphere containing water vapor is one atmosphere selected from the group consisting of an oxidative atmosphere, an inert atmosphere and a reductive atmosphere.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
50 words
A method for making a transparent conductive film as in claim 1, wherein said organic indium compound is at least one member selected from the group consisting of crown ether complexes, indium diethylacetoacetate-monoacethyl-acetonate, indium monoethylacetoacetate-diacethyl-acetonate, indium triacethylacetonate, indium trifluoro-acethylacetonate, indium alcoholateacethylacetonates, indium 2-ethylhexanoate, indium octanoate, indium laurate and indium isopropinoate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
41 words
A method for making a transparent conductive film as in claim 1, wherein said organic tin compound is at least one member selected from the group consisting of crown ether complexes, tin butyrate, tin 2-ethylhexanoate, tin naphthenate, tin p-toluylate and dibutyltinbisacethyl-acetonate.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method for making a transparent conductive film as in claim 1, wherein the film is dried prior to thermal decomposition.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
41 words
A method for making a transparent conductive film as in claim 2, wherein the binder is selected from the group consisting of cellulose compounds such as nitrocellulose, ethylcellulose, hydroxypropylcellulose, acrylic copolymers, vinyl polymers or copolymers such as polystyrene, or phenolic resins.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method for making a transparent conductive film as in claim 3, wherein said oxidative atmosphere is air.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method for making a transparent conductive film as in claim 3, wherein said inert atmosphere is selected form the group consisting of nitrogen, carbon dioxide or argon.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
31 words
A method for making a transparent conductive film as in claim 3, wherein said reduction atmosphere is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and an inert gas or hydrogen sulfide.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method for making a transparent conductive film as in claim 1, wherein the solution is applied by a printing method.
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