Patent ID: 8114705

Claim:
A method for producing an electrically-conductive inorganic coating, the method comprising the steps of: (A) depositing, on a substrate, a coating precursor that contains a plurality of inorganic particles and at least one kind of organic component by a liquid phase method by using a material liquid containing the plurality of inorganic particles and an organic solvent, the plurality of inorganic particles coated with a dispersant that binds to the surfaces of the inorganic particles by chemical bonds that can be broken by oxidation; and (B) oxidizing the coating precursor at a temperature that exceeds 100° C., and that is less than or equal to the pyrolysis initiation temperature of an organic component that has the highest pyrolysis initiation temperature among the at least one kind of organic component, and that is less than or equal to the heat-resistance temperature of the substrate, thereby breaking the chemical bonds between the dispersant and the surfaces of the inorganic particles contained in the coating precursor to eliminate the dispersant from the surfaces of the inorganic particles, and decomposing the at least one kind of organic component contained in the coating precursor to form the electrically-conductive inorganic coating, wherein step A and step B are sequentially carried out.