Synthesis of a highly conductive coordination polymer film via a vapor–solid phase chemical conversion process

Abstract

A novel vapor–solid phase chemical conversion process is reported here to synthesise high-quality films of the conductive coordination polymer (c-CP) Ag₅BHT (BHT = benzenehexanothiolate), which has the potential to be applied for the synthesis and processing of c-CP electronic devices. This approach involves reacting a silver oxide precursor and an H₆BHT linker in an isopropanol solvent vapor atmosphere to obtain Ag₅BHT thin films with controllable thickness (100–300 nm). The as-synthesized Ag₅BHT thin films exhibit conductivities as high as 10 S cm⁻¹. Additionally, under field-effect modulation, these nanofilms demonstrate remarkably high charge mobility (38 cm² v⁻¹ s⁻¹).