Silver-coated nickel powder has excellent comprehensive properties and broad industry development prospects

Silver-coated nickel powder refers to a layer of silver evenly plated on the surface of nickel powder through chemical plating technology to form a highly conductive composite powder with silver on the surface and nickel in the core. According to different shapes, silver-coated nickel powder can be divided into two categories: spherical silver-coated nickel powder and raised silver-coated nickel powder.

Silver-coated nickel powder combines the excellent electrical conductivity of the outer shell silver powder with the electromagnetic shielding performance and chemical stability of the core nickel material. It also has excellent thermal conductivity, oxidation resistance, high temperature vulcanization resistance, corrosion resistance, and processing performance. etc., is a type of high-performance powder material that can be widely used in electronics, communications, automobiles, machinery, printing, aerospace and other fields.

Among them, electronics is the main application field of silver-coated nickel powder. In this field, silver-coated nickel powder is mainly used as a conductive filler in the manufacturing fields of conductive coatings, conductive adhesives, conductive printing inks, high-temperature sealing slurries, electrode slurries, conductive films, etc. , downstream products include computers, mobile phones, batteries, electronic instruments, etc. Under the current background of rapid development of the electronics industry, the penetration rate of electronic products continues to increase. As key materials required for the production of electronic products, the market demand for conductive and electromagnetic shielding materials continues to increase. Currently, the commonly used conductive materials are mainly silver, copper, aluminum, etc. Metal materials; commonly used electromagnetic shielding materials are mainly silver, silver-coated copper, copper, nickel, etc.

According to the “2023-2028 Silver Packaging Nickel Powder Industry Market In-depth Research and Investment Prospects Forecast Analysis Report” released by the Industrial Research Center It is shown that silver-coated nickel powder is a new type of composite material for producing conductive materials and electromagnetic shielding materials. It has better overall performance than pure silver powder and pure nickel powder. It is expected to be used in the fields of electronics, communications and other fields in the future. A wide replacement for pure silver powder and pure nickel powder. The domestic nickel powder market space for electronics in 2022 will be approximately 4.8 billion yuan. In the future, as the advantages of silver-coated nickel powder continue to become more prominent, it is expected to accelerate its share of the pure nickel powder market space, and the industry has broad prospects for development.

Domestic companies in the field of silver-coated nickel powder R&D and production mainly include Suzhou Oxbridge New Materials, Weifang Sanhong Textile Technology, Ningbo Guangxin Nano Materials, Chongqing Yuntianhua Hanen New Material Development, Tianjin Jinglin New Material Technology, Tongling Hongzheng Network Technology , Ningbo Guangxin Nano Materials, Shanghai Baoyin Electronic Materials, etc., the number of companies is small and the production capacity is weak. In the future, local companies will need to continue to improve their technical level and accelerate the supply capacity of the silver-coated nickel powder market.

Industry analysts said that silver-coated nickel powder is a type of product that combines the advantages and properties of silver powder and nickel powder. New conductive and electromagnetic shielding materials have excellent comprehensive properties and can be widely used in electronics, machinery, automobiles, communications and other fields. Currently, against the background of the continuous increase in the penetration rate of the domestic electronic product market and the continuous upgrading of requirements for conductive and electromagnetic shielding materials, the demand for silver-coated nickel powder is increasing, and the industry has broad prospects for development. At present, the number of silver-coated nickel powder manufacturers in my country is relatively small and the production capacity is still relatively weak. There is still huge room for growth in the industry in the future.