Patent ID: 8535571

Claim:
A method for manufacturing an electrically conductive layer or film of an electronic device, comprising: forming an intermediate composition comprising a solvent and an electrically conductive polymer, the polymer including n repeating units of Formula 1 and Formula 2: wherein, A and B are independently at least one member selected from the group consisting of phenylene, phenylene vinylene, pyrrolylene, pyrrolylene vinylene, thienylene, thienylene vinylene, fluorenylene, fluorenylene vinylene, furanylene, furanylene vinylene, phenothiazinylene, phenothiazinylene vinylene, phenazinylene, phenazinylene vinylene, phenoxazinylene and phenoxazinylene vinylene, which are unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents, wherein the substituents are independently selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkanoyl, alkanoylamino, alkenoyl, alkynoyl, alkoxy, alkoxycarbonyl, alkoxycarbonylamino, alkylamino, alkylamino carbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylsulfinyl, sulfonylamino alkyl, alkylsulfonylaminocarbonyl, aminoalkyl, cyanoalkyl, halogen, haloalkyl, haloalkenyl, haloalkynyl, haloalkanoyl, haloalkenoyl, haloalkynoyl, haloalkoxy, haloalkoxycarbonyl, hydroxyalkyl, oxoalkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, cycloalkanoyl, cycloalkenoyl, cycloalkoxy, cycloalkoxycarbonyl, aryl, arylene, heterocycle, heterocyclyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylene, arylalkyl, heteroarylalkyl, arylalkanoyl, heteroarylalkanoyl, arylalkenoyl, heteroarylalkenoyl, arylalkynoyl, heteroarylalkynoyl, arylalkoxy, heteroarylalkoxy, aryloxy, heteroaryloxy, aryloxycarbonyl, heteroarylxoycarbonyl, arylalkoxycarbonyl, heteroarylalkoxycarbonyl, alkylhio, alkylthioalkyl, arylthio, arylsulfonyl and arylsulfinyl, or the substituents together form an alkylene or alkenylene chain completing a 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7-membered aromatic or alicyclic ring, whereby said ring optionally includes one or more divalent nitrogen, sulfur or oxygen atoms; and the substituents are substituted or unsubstituted; R 1 represents and R 2 represents R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 and R 8 are independently hydrogen, alkyl, ammonium or with the proviso that at least one of R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 and R 8 is ammonium or with the additional proviso that R 1 ≠R 2 ; K represents an alkylene having one or two carbon atoms; d is 1 to 3; R 9 is hydroxyl, carboxylic acid, sulfonic acid, or a straight or branched alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted with hydroxyl; and n represents an integer in a range from about 100 to about 1,000; applying the intermediate composition to a substrate; and removing at least a portion of the solvent to yield the electrically conductive layer or film.