ION-RADICAL SALTS

摘要

Organic ion-radical salts having the electrical properties of metals and elements having a layer containing these salts are disclosed. The salts are salts of a chalcogenated tetracene donor compound and an electron acceptor compound wherein the ratio of donor compound to acceptor compound is from about 3:1 to about 1.5:1. These salts have a resistivity less than about 10-2 ohm-cm at 295 DEG K. The salts are further characterized by a resistivity that decreases with decreasing temperature. A vapor phase process for preparing these organic metals is also disclosed. The process comprises the steps of: