Light-receiving member, image forming apparatus having the member, and image forming method utilizing the member
US6322943A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 9, 1998 |
| Grant date | Nov 27, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 9, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G5/14704
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
There is provided a light-receiving member comprising a photoconductive layer provided on an electroconductive substrate, and a surface layer provided on the photoconductive layer, the surface layer comprising non-single-crystal carbon containing at least fluorine, wherein the surface layer has a ratio of the area of a peak having center in the vicinity of 1200 cm.sup.-1 or 1120 cm.sup.-1 in the infrared absorption spectrum to the area of a peak having center in the vicinity of 2920 cm.sup.-1 being in a range from 0.1 to 50. The light-receiving member allows to obtain a high-quality image without faint image or smeared image in any ambient conditions without use of heating means for the light-receiving member, and has high durability enough for maintaining such high quality characteristics. It can also prevent, by the absence of the heating means, the adhesion of low melting toners such as color toners and the unevenness in image density, generated at the rotating interval of the developer. Besides, it has a high sensitivity, is free from image defects resulting from charge leaking, and is capable of stably providing high-quality images without change with elapse of time.
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