Patent ID: 8986819
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: C09D,C23C,H01B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An object comprising a substrate and a layer of a palladium precursor composition upon the substrate; wherein the palladium precursor composition comprises a palladium salt and an organoamine which together form an amorphous complex, wherein the composition is substantially free of reducing agent and water; wherein the organoamine is a water immiscible monoamine selected from the group consisting of octylamine, nonylamine, decylamine, undecylamine, dodecylamine, tridecylamine, tetradecylamine, hexadecylamine, dipentylamine, dihexylamine, diheptylamine, dioctylamine, dinonylamine, didecylamine, propylpentylamine, butylpentylamine, tributylamine, and trihexylamine; and wherein the total number of carbon atoms in the palladium salt and the organoamine combined is at least 12.