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Electrophotographic photosensitive member, process cartridge, and electrophotographic apparatus

US6991881B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 25, 2003
Grant dateJan 31, 2006
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Expiry dateApr 25, 2023

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC08J2479/00
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electrophotographic photosensitive member having a support and provided thereon a photosensitive layer. The photosensitive layer contains a high-molecular weight charge-transporting material having a specific repeating structural unit. The high-molecular weight charge-transporting material has a weight-average molecular weight Mw of 1,500 or more and an energy level of highest occupied molecular orbital, EHOMO, of from −8.3 eV or more to −8.0 eV or less as found by semiempirical molecular-orbital calculation. The present invention also relates to a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus which have such an electrophotographic photosensitive member.

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