The invention belongs to the technical field of
solar cell materials, and particularly relates to silver-coated
copper powder and a preparation method thereof. A preparation method of silver-coated
copper powder comprises the following steps that
copper powder subjected to surface activation through an acid-base solution and a complexing agent are dissolved in water, and copper powder turbid liquid is obtained; dropwise adding a silver source solution into the copper powder turbid liquid to carry out a replacement reaction, and adjusting the pH value of the solution after the reaction to obtain a silver-coated copper powder precursor turbid liquid; and dropwise adding a
reducing agent solution into the silver-coated copper powder precursor turbid liquid, then dropwise adding a silver source solution, carrying out oxidation-reduction reaction, carrying out
solid-liquid separation, washing, and
drying to obtain the silver-coated copper powder. According to the preparation method provided by the invention, in the chemical
oxidation reduction process, the silver-coated copper powder with different silver layer distribution structures, compact
silver coating structure and better performance is obtained by regulating and controlling the dropping sequence and dropping rate of the
reducing agent solution and the silver source solution.