Title: Conductive polymer-based material

Abstract

Disclosed are polymer-based coatings and materials comprising (i) a polymeric composition including a polymer having side chains along a backbone forming the polymer, at least two of the side chains being substituted with a heteroatom selected from oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus and combinations thereof; and (ii) a plurality of metal species distributed within the polymer. At least a portion of the heteroatoms may form part of a chelation complex with some or all of the metal species. In many embodiments, the metal species are present in a sufficient concentration to provide a conductive material, e.g., as a conductive coating on a substrate. The conductive materials may be useful as the thin film conducting or semi-conducting layers in organic electronic devices such as organic electroluminescent devices and organic thin film transistors.

Inventors:

McDonald, William F ^[1]; Koren, Amy B ^[2]; Dourado, Sunil K ^[3]; Dulebohn, Joel I ^[2]; Hanchar, Robert J ^[4]

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1. Utica, OH
2. Lansing, MI
3. Ann Arbor, MI
4. Charlotte, MI

Issue Date:

2007-04-17

Research Org.:

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Michigan Biotechnology Institute (Lansing, MI)

Sponsoring Org.:

USDOE

OSTI Identifier:

908978

Patent Number(s):

7204940

Application Number:

10/392,347

Assignee:

Michigan Biotechnology Institute (Lansing, MI)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):

C - CHEMISTRY C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS C08G - MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS

C - CHEMISTRY C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients

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C - CHEMISTRY C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS C08G - MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS

C08G69/02 - Polyamides derived from amino-carboxylic acids or from polyamines and polycarboxylic acids
C08G69/04 - Preparatory processes

C - CHEMISTRY C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients

C08K3/08 - Metals

C - CHEMISTRY C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS C08L - COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS

C08L77/00 - Compositions of polyamides obtained by reactions forming a carboxylic amide link in the main chain

C - CHEMISTRY C09 - DYES C09D - COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES OR LACQUERS

C09D177/00 - Coating compositions based on polyamides obtained by reactions forming a carboxylic amide link in the main chain
C09D177/06 - Polyamides derived from polyamines and polycarboxylic acids

H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01B - CABLES

H01B1/122 - {Ionic conductors}
H01B1/20 - Conductive material dispersed in non-conductive organic material {

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DOE Contract Number:  

AC36-98GO10337

Resource Type:

Patent

Country of Publication:

United States

Language:

English

Subject:

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE