The invention provides silver
powder and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of
metal powder preparation. According to the method, the silver
powder microstructure control agent and the small-particle silver powder oriented growth
inducer are used in a combined mode, the pH value, the temperature and the adding mode of the reaction solution are cooperatively controlled, and the large-flake silver powder with the small-particle thick-flake silver powder growing in an oriented arrangement mode is obtained. An
oxidizing agent solution and a
reducing agent solution are added into a base solution at the same time,
sodium citrate in the base solution controls generation of small-particle thick-sheet-shaped silver powder, an alkaline
inducer can promote oriented growth of silver powder particles while adjusting the pH of the solution, then target silver powder is prepared, and on the other hand, in an alkaline
reaction system, the prepared silver powder is high in
sedimentation rate and high in stability. The
solid-liquid separation effect is good, and the waste liquid treatment cost is low. Compared with dendritic or traditional single flaky silver powder, the flaky silver powder prepared through the method has the advantages that the
sintering shrinkage rate of powder
slurry is low, the contact effect between silver powder particles is better, the
sintering activity and
conductivity are good, and the market application prospect is good.