Paste for forming a transparent, electrically conductive film

Claim 1

In a paste for forming transparent, electrically conductive films comprising an organometallic compound that forms a transparent metal oxide upon calcination, an organic solvent and a thickening agent; the improvement comprising blending in said paste a lower alkyl group substituted monoazo type compound having the following properties, a. solubility in the selected solvent is less than 0.2% by weight, b. starts to burn at a temperature below 300° C. and leaves little or no residue at 500° C., c. is chemically inert towards the thickening agent, solvent and organometallic compound, d. is essentially free of alkali ions or metal components, e. is a fine powder comprised of particles with an average particles diameter less than 1 μm; and represented by the formula: ##STR7## wherein R and R' are lower alkyl containing up to six carbon atoms and n and m are positive integers the total of which is 4 or 5.