New Uses for Conductive Inks Compositions

The market sector dedicated to developing new and emerging technologies for conductive inks covers the gamut of innovative ink compositions ranging from Force Sensing Resistors (FSR) and EMI Shielding, to Transparent Conductors, Photovoltaics (PV) and beyond.

Photovoltaic cells are used to convert solar energy to direct current electricity. With the increased demand for sustainable and renewable energy, the PV cell market stores potential, conductive inks can be used on flexible and rigid substrates for grid line applications in thin film and photovoltaics.

Our recommended conductive ink offerings for solar cell printed busbars include:

 Silver Inks:

  • ED-461SS
  • ECI 1006 (fine line printing; low contact resistance)

Carbon Inks:

  • ED-440B
  • ED-965 (Halogen free)

Dielectric Inks:

  • PD-038
  • PF-021

Conductive Ink for Emerging Technologies from Tekra

In addition to the new ueses for conductive inks mentioned above, there are numerous other applications being developed, and improved, for conductive polymer thick film. Trust the team at Tekra to assist you with those developments through interactive VOC feedback. Our goal is to listen, learn, and lead so you can contact us or give us a call if you have any questions or want to discuss your project.

Emerging Technologies Conductive Inks Products

LOCTITE® ECI 1010 conductive silver ink

Features

  • High conductivity: very low resistance
  • Cost savings: thinner layers, narrower lines possible
  • Flexible: low resistance increase after double crease and Mandrel tests

Features

  • Fine-line screen printable
  • Halogen free
  • Excellent adhesion
LOCTITE® ECI 1501 thermoformable, conductive silver ink

Features

  • Thermoformable
  • Good conductivity
  • Screen printable

Features

  • Protects silver pads and traces from chemical attack and silver migration
  • Conductive silver ink
  • Screen printable
LOCTITE® ECI 1016 conductive silver ink

Features

  • Very low sheet resistance
  • Thin viscosity
  • Good flexibility
LOCTITE® ECI 7004HR blendable, high-resistance carbon ink for FSR applications

Features

  • High resistivity
  • Blendable with LOCTITE® NCI 7002
  • Screen printable
LOCTITE® ECI 7004LR blendable, low-resistance carbon ink for FSR applications

Features

  • Low resistivity
  • Screen printable
  • Blendable with LOCTITE® NCI 7002
LOCTITE® EDAG 6017SS blendable, conductive carbon ink

Features

  • Conductive carbon ink
  • Blendable with LOCTITE® EDAG PM 404 to provide a range of resistance values
  • Flexible low temperature drying cycles
LOCTITE® NCI 7002 non-conductive, blendable ink for FSR applications

Features

  • Non-conductive
  • Screen printable
  • Flexible resistive
LOCTITE® EDAG 440B conductive carbon ink

Features

  • Conductive
  • Screen printable
  • Good flexibility

Features

  • Non-conductive
  • Screen printable
  • Excellent adhesion
LOCTITE® EDAG PF 021 transparent, dielectric encapsulant or "glob top"

Features

  • Physically protects surface mount device (SMD)
  • Good dielectric properties
  • Prevents silver migration

Features

  • A series of blendable with other M 3000-1RS series inks for custom fixed resistance
  • Adheres well to polyester film, polyimide film, and other flexible substrates
  • One component

Features

  • Applicable with manual or semi automatic screen printable equipment
  • Can be mixed to produce accurately controlled resistance values
  • Adheres well to FR-3, FR-4, CEM-1, and CEM-3 polyethersulphone and ceramic substrates

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