Patent ID: 7312013

Claim:
A conductive material composition which comprises a hydrolyzable metal compound (A) comprising a metal atom and a hydrolyzable functional group bonded to the metal atom and, a compound (b) promoting reaction, polymerization or crosslinking of the compound (A) in the presence of oxygen by irradiation of light and which does not contain a photo acid generator, wherein the compound (B) has a molecular skeleton represented by the following general formula (1); in the formula, n is an integer of 2, 3, 4 or 5; k is an integer equal to or lower than n; Y is an atom belonging to group IVB, VB or VIB in the periodic table; and Z is hydrogen or hydroxyl, mercapto, amino, a halogen, an alkoxyl, an alkylthio, carbonyloxy or oxo group and may be the same as or different from one another; however, when Y is carbon, at least one of Z is a group having an aromatic ring or an unsaturated bond.