Conductive film of fused porphyrins polymer and method of forming a coated substrate

A method for forming on a substrate a thin conductive coating of polymers of meso-meso, β-β doubly and/or meso-β, β-meso doubly and/or meso-meso, β-β, β-β triply linked fused (poly)porphyrins, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a substrate in a vacuum chamber,
• performing on said substrate an oxidative chemical vapour deposition reaction with an oxidant and at least one porphyrin monomer of general formula 2:
• wherein at least two of R′1-R′4 are H, the others being respectively selected independently from the group consisting of:
• halogen, hydroxyl group, mercapto group, amino group, nitro group, carboxyl group, sulfonic acid group, substituted or non-substituted alkyl group, substituted or non-substituted aryl group, substituted or non-substituted alkoxy group, substituted or non-substituted aryloxy group, substituted or non-substituted alkylthio group, substituted or non-substituted arylthio group, alkylamino group, substituted or non-substituted arylamino group, substituted or non-substituted carboxylate group, substituted or non-substituted carboxylic acid, amino group, substituted or non-substituted sulfonate group, substituted or non-substituted sulfonamide group, substituted or non-substituted carbonyl group, substituted or non-substituted silyl group or substituted or non-substituted siloxy group,
• wherein M is 2H or one metal atoms selected from the group of:
• Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Pd, In, Pt, Sc, Y, Eu, Er, Yb, Ti, V, Nb, Ta, U, Mo, W, Ru, Os, Rh, Ir, Ag, Au, Cd, Hg, Ti, Sn, Pb, As, Sb, and Bi.

A device comprising a substrate and a thin conductive coating of directly fused (poly)porphyrins, wherein said thin conductive coating comprises polymers of meso-meso, β-β doubly linked fused and/or meso-β, β-meso doubly linked fused and/or meso-meso, β-β, β-β triply linked fused (poly)porphyrins, said polymers being represented as:

• wherein R1-R8 are independently selected from the group:
• hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl group, mercapto group, amino group, nitro group, carboxyl group, sulfonic acid group, substituted or non-substituted alkyl group, substituted or non-substituted aryl group, substituted or non-substituted alkoxy group, substituted or non-substituted aryloxy group, substituted or non-substituted alkylthio group, substituted or non-substituted arylthio group, alkylamino group, substituted or non-substituted arylamino group, substituted or non-substituted carboxylate group, substituted or non-substituted carboxylic acid, amino group, substituted or non-substituted sulfonate group, substituted or non-substituted sulfonamide group, substituted or non-substituted carbonyl group, substituted or non-substituted silyl group or substituted or non-substituted siloxy group;
• wherein M is 2H or one metal atoms selected from the group of:
• Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Pd, In, Pt, Sc, Y, Eu, Er, Yb, Ti, V, Nb, Ta, U, Mo, W, Ru, Os, Rh, Ir, Ag, Au, Cd, Hg, Ti, Sn, Pb, As, Sb, and Bi,
• wherein the polymers of general formula 1 comprises n monomers, n is superior to 50 and the monomers being the same or different.