Patent ID: 7811477

Claim:
A composition comprising: a conducting polymer; and a first ionomer having a repeating unit represented by Formula (1): where 0<m<10,000,000; 0≦n≦10,000,000; 0≦p≦10,000,000; 0≦a≦20; 0≦b≦20; 0≦c≦20; each of A, B, A′, B′, A″, and B″ is independently selected from the group consisting of C, Si, Ge, Sn, and Pb; each of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 1 ′, R 2 ′, R 3 ′, R 4 ′, R 1 ″, R 2 ″, R 3 ″, and R 4 ″ is independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a nitro group, a substituted or unsubstituted amino group, a cyano group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C30 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C30 alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted C6-C30 aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C6-C30 arylalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C6-C30 aryloxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C30 heteroalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C30 heteroalkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted C2-C30 heteroaryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C2-C30 heteroarylalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C2-C30 heteroaryloxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted C5-C20 cycloalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C5-C30 heterocycloalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C30 alkylester group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C30 heteroalkylester group, a substituted or unsubstituted C6-C30 arylester group, and a substituted or unsubstituted C6-C30 heteroarylester group, and at least one of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 1 ′, R 2 ′, R 3 ′ and R 4 ′ is an ionic group or includes an ionic group; and each of X, X′, and X″ is independently selected from the group consisting of a single bond, O, S, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C30 alkylene group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C30 heteroalkylene group, a substituted or unsubstituted C6-C30 arylene group, a substituted or unsubstituted C6-C30 arylalkylene group, a substituted or unsubstituted C2-C30 heteroarylene group, a substituted or unsubstituted C2-C30 heteroarylalkylene group, a substituted or unsubstituted C5-C20 cycloalkylene group, a substituted or unsubstituted C2-C30 heterocycloalkylene group, a substituted or unsubstituted C6-C30 arylester group, and a substituted or unsubstituted C6-C30 heteroarylester group, wherein said first ionomer is represented by Formula (2): where 0<m<10,000,000, 0<n<10,000,000, 0≦a≦20, 0≦b≦20, each of x, y, and z is independently a number of 0 to 5, and each M is independently hydrogen or sodium.