Preparation of electrically conductive products

摘要

A process for the preparation of electrically conductive products which are stable to air and have conductivities greater than 1 x10-3 S/cm, by reacting a cation of a metal of group VII or VIII or of sub-group I of the periodic table with an organic chelating compound to give a metal chelate and oxidizing the latter to form a oxidized product, wherein the organic chelating compound is a 1,9-substituted phenalene of the formula I where X is O, NH, S, Se or Te and Y is OH, NH2 or SH. The electrically conductive products are useful for the production of solar cells, the conversion and fixing of radiation, the production of electrical and magnetic switches and the antistatic treatment of plastics.