Process for preparing a substantially transparent conductive layer configuration

A substantially transparent conductive layer on a support, said layer comprising an intrinsically conductive polymer and a conductive metal non-uniformly distributed therein and forming of itself a conductive entity, wherein said intrinsically conductive polymer contains structural units represented by formula (I):

• wherein n is larger than 1 and each of R1 and R2 independently represents hydrogen or an optionally substituted C1-4 alkyl group or together represent an optionally substituted C1-4 alkylene group or an optionally substituted cycloalkylene group, preferably an ethylene group, an optionally alkyl-substituted methylene group, an optionally C1-12 alkyl- or phenyl-substituted ethylene group, a 1,3-propylene group or a 1,2-cyclohexylene group.

A process for preparing a substantially transparent conductive layer on a support, said layer comprising an intrinsically conductive polymer and a conductive metal non-uniformly distributed therein and forming of itself a conductive entity, comprising the step of:

• preparing said non-uniformly distributed conductive metal by a photographic process.

A process for preparing a substantially transparent conductive layer on a support, said layer comprising an intrinsically conductive polymer and a conductive metal non-uniformly distributed therein and forming of itself a conductive entity, comprising the step of:

• preparing said non-uniformly distributed conductive metal by a photographic process, wherein said photographic process comprises the steps of:
• coating the support with a layer containing said intrinsically conductive polymer and a nucleation agent;
• and producing a non-continuous silver layer in said nucleation layer using silver salt diffusion transfer.

A light emitting diode comprising a substantially transparent conductive layer on a support, said layer comprising an intrinsically conductive polymer and a conductive metal non-uniformly distributed therein and forming of itself a conductive entity.

A light light emitting diode prepared by a process for preparing a substantially transparent conductive layer on a support, said layer comprising an intrinsically conductive polymer and a conductive metal non-uniformly distributed therein and forming of itself a conductive entity, said process comprising the step of:

• preparing said non-uniformly distributed conductive metal by a photographic process.

A photovoltaic device comprising a substantially transparent conductive layer on a support, said layer comprising an intrinsically conductive polymer and a conductive metal non-uniformly distributed therein and forming of itself a conductive entity.

A photovoltaic device prepared by a process for preparing a substantially transparent conductive layer on a support, said layer comprising an intrinsically conductive polymer and a conductive metal non-uniformly distributed therein and forming of itself a conductive entity, comprising the step of:

• preparing said non-uniformly distributed conductive metal by a photographic process.

A transistor comprising a substantially transparent conductive layer on a support, said layer comprising an intrinsically conductive polymer and a conductive metal non-uniformly distributed therein and forming of itself a conductive entity.

A transistor transistor prepared by a process for preparing a substantially transparent conductive layer on a support, said layer comprising an intrinsically conductive polymer and a conductive metal non-uniformly distributed therein and forming of itself a conductive entity, comprising the step of:

• preparing said non-uniformly distributed conductive metal by a photographic process.

An electroluminescent device comprising a substantially transparent conductive layer on a support, said layer comprising an intrinsically conductive polymer and a conductive metal non-uniformly distributed therein end forming of itself a conductive entity.

An electroluminescent device prepared by a process for preparing a substantially transparent conductive layer on a support, said layer comprising an intrinsically conductive polymer and a conductive metal non-uniformly distributed therein and forming of itself a conductive entity, comprising the step of:

• preparing said non-uniformly distributed conductive metal by a photographic process.

A substantially transparent conductive layer on a support, said layer comprising an intrinsically conductive polymer and a conductive metal non-uniformly distributed therein and forming of itself a conductive entity, wherein said conductive metal is silver and said conductive layer further contains a 1-phenyl-5-mercato-tetrazole compound in which the phenyl group is substituted with one or more electron accepting groups.

A process for preparing a substantially transparent conductive layer on a support, said layer comprising an intrinsically conductive polymer and a conductive metal non-uniformly distributed therein and forming of itself a conductive entity, comprising the step of:

• preparing said non-uniformly distributed conductive metal by a photographic process, wherein said photographic process comprises the steps of:
• coating said support with a layer containing an intrinsically conductive polymer, silver halide and gelatin wit a weight ratio of gelatin to silver halide in the range of 0.05 to 0.3, image-wise exposing said layer, and developing said exposed layer to produce said non-uniformly distributed silver.

A process for preparing a substantially transparent conductive layer on a support, said layer comprising an intrinsically conductive polymer and a conductive metal non-uniformly distributed therein and forming of itself a conductive entity, comprising the step of:

• preparing said non-uniformly distributed conductive metal by a photographic process, wherein said intrinsically conductive polymer contains structural units represented by formula (I):
• wherein n is larger than 1 and each of R1 and R2 independently represents hydrogen or an optionally substituted C1-4 alkyl group or together represent an optionally substituted C1-4 alkylene group or an optionally substituted cycloalkylene group, preferably an ethylene group, art optionally alkyl-substituted methylene group, an optionally C1-12 alkyl- or phenyl-substituted ethylene group, a 1,3-propylene group or a 1,2-cyclohexylene group.