Composites with high photoquenching factor of electroconduction based on polymer-metalorganic compounds

Abstract

A composite material with a high photoquenching factor of electroconductivity comprising a multiple-component system which is a combination of a polymeric material matrix and a ferrocene-type compound contained in the polymeric material matrix. In one or more aspects of the invention, the polymer material matrix may be formed with polypropylene, high-density polyethylene, low-density polyethylene, polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinylidene fluoride, or a copolymer of vinylidene chloride and trifluoroethylene. Additionally, the ferrocene-type compound may be contained in the composite in an amount of 10 vol. % to 50 vol. % per 100 vol. % of the matrix, an, depending on the type of the polymer used as a matrix and on the content of the ferrocene-type compound in the matrix, the Rf/R0 ratio, where Rf is electrical resistance of the composite under illumination conditions, and R0 is electrical resistance of the composite without illumination, may be increase under illumination with a factor of up to 960.