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Electrophotographic photosensitive member

US4681826A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 14, 1986
Grant dateJul 21, 1987
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Expiry dateAug 14, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G5/08242
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An electrophotographic photosensitive member comprising a photoconductive layer formed over a substrate and a surface layer formed over the photoconductive layer and having a high photosensitivity and charge retaining ability at the surface layer, the photoconductive layer and the surface layer being composed chiefly of amorphous silicon, the surface layer being a layer containing carbon forming an insulating material as combined with the amorphous silicon, and the content of the carbon based on the silicon atoms being low toward the substrate and high toward the surface of the surface layer; which is usable for copying machines and intelligent copying machines.

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