ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING COMPOSITIONS DERIVED FROM POLY(PHENYLENE), AND SHAPED ARTICLE COMPRISING SUCH A COMPOSITION

摘要

Described are electrically conducting doped poly(phenylene) compositions, preferably exhibiting conductivities greater than about 10-4 ohm-1 cm-1 as measured by the four-probe method at room temperature. Preferred dopants are Group IA metal arenes, aa electron donor agents, and arsenic pentafluoride as an electron acceptor agent. Semi-conductors and infrared absorber materials manufactured from the compositions are also described.