Abstract: A silver sintering preparation in the form of a silver sintering paste comprising 70 to 95 wt.-% of coated silver particles (A) and 5 to 30 wt.-% of organic solvent (B) or in the form of a silver sintering preform comprising 74.5 to 100 wt.-% of coated silver particles (A) and 0 to 0.5 wt.-% of organic solvent (B), wherein the coating of the coated silver particles (A) comprises silver acetylacetonate (silver 2,4-pentanedionate) and/or at least one silver salt of the formula CnH2n+1COOAg with n being an integer in the range of 7 to 10, and wherein the at least one silver salt is thermally decomposable at >160° C.

Abstract: A silver sintering preparation in the form of a silver sintering paste comprising 70 to 95 wt.-% of coated silver particles (A) and 5 to 30 wt.-% of organic solvent (B) or in the form of a silver sintering preform comprising 74.5 to 100 wt.-% of coated silver particles (A) and 0 to 0.5 wt.-% of organic solvent (B), wherein the coating of the coated silver particles (A) comprises silver acetylacetonate (silver 2,4-pentanedionate) and/or at least one silver salt of the formula CnH2n+1COOAg with n being an integer in the range of 7 to 10, and wherein the at least one silver salt is thermally decomposable at >160° C.

Abstract: The invention provides an electroconductive paste for use in forming an electrode on a silicon nitride substrate which includes at least two types of copper particles each having a different median particle diameter (d50), a glass frit comprising at least bismuth oxide, silicon oxide, and boron oxide, at least one adhesion promoting additive comprising aluminum oxide, cerium oxide, or combinations thereof, and an organic vehicle. The invention is also directed to an electroconductive paste for use in forming an electrode on an aluminum nitride substrate, which includes at least three types of copper particles each having a different median particle diameter (d50), a glass frit comprising at least bismuth oxide and silicon oxide, and boron oxide, at least one adhesion promoting additive comprising bismuth oxide, zinc oxide, titanium oxide, cerium oxide, or combinations thereof, and an organic vehicle.

Abstract: In general, the invention relates to a paste comprising: i) silver particles; ii) a particulate lead-silicate glass comprising iia) at least one oxide of silicon; iib) at least one oxide of lead; iic) at least one chloride; iid) optionally at least one further oxide being different from components iia) and iib); iii) an organic vehicle. The invention also relates to a solar cell precursor, to a process for the preparation of a solar cell, to a solar cell obtainable by this process, to a module comprising such a solar cell and to the use of a particulate lead-silicate glass as a component in a silver paste that can be used for the formation of an electrode.

Abstract: A conductive metallic particle coated with an organometallic compound, a metal salt, an inorganic oxide, an inorganic hydroxide, or a combination thereof, is provided. The invention also provides a process for preparing a coated conductive metallic particle comprising forming an organometallic coating, a metal salt coating, an inorganic oxide coating, an inorganic hydroxide coating, or a combination thereof, on a conductive metallic particle. Specifically, a process for preparing a coated conductive metallic particle, comprising (a) obtaining a mixture of at least one conductive metallic particle and at least one inorganic precursor in water, an organic solvent, or a combination thereof, (b) hydrolysing the inorganic precursor in the mixture, and (c) optionally adding at least one organic compound is provided. The invention also provides a coated a conductive metallic particle prepared by the claimed processes, as well as the use of the coated conductive metallic particle in a composition.

Abstract: An inorganic oxide particle having an organic coating is provided. The invention also provides a process for preparing an organic coated inorganic oxide particle comprising forming an organic coating on the inorganic oxide particle. Specifically, a process for preparing an organic coated inorganic oxide particle, comprising obtaining a mixture of at least one inorganic oxide particle and at least one coating agent in at least one solvent, agitating the mixture, and removing the solvent is provided. The invention also provides an inorganic oxide particle prepared by the claimed processes, as well as the use of the inorganic oxide particle in a composition. A composition comprising the inorganic oxide particles of the invention, such as an electroconductive composition comprising the inorganic oxide particles, conductive metallic particles, and an organic vehicle is also provided.

Abstract: A thermal transfer ribbon comprised of a support and an ink layer disposed above the support. The ink layer has a thickness of from about 0.1 to about 10 microns; it contains at least 75 weight percent of particulate conductive metal material and from about 1 to about 25 weight percent of binder; and it has a surface resistivity of less than about 1,000,000 ohms per square. When the ink layer is transferred to a substrate, the surface resistivity of the transferred ink is less than 100 ohms per square when printed onto a flexible substrate at a printing speed of 2 centimeters per second and a printing energy of 7.6 joules per square centimeter. The particulate conductive metal preferably contains a noble metal and has a melting point of at least 800 degrees Celsius and a particle size such that least about 95 weight percent of its particles are smaller than 50 microns.

Abstract: The present invention provides silver oxide particles having an average diameter of less than or equal to 100 nm that are stable and can be transported in dry powder form. The surface of the silver oxide particles is coated with an extremely thin layer of a surfactant such as fatty acid. Nanosized silver oxide particles according to the invention are preferably formed via the addition of a strong base to a mixture including an aqueous silver salt solution and a surfactant dissolved in an organic solvent that is at least partially water miscible. The strong base causes silver oxide to precipitate from the mixture as nanosized particles, which are immediately encapsulated by the surfactant and thus protected from further crystal growth and Ostwald ripening. The nanosized surfactant coated particles of silver oxide can be washed and dried and then transported in dry form.