Photoconductive imaging members having pyrolyzed polyacrylonitrile hole blocking layer

US7226712B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Xerox Corporation · US

Inventors

• Timothy J. Fuller · Pittsford, US
• Helen R. Cherniack · Rochester, US
• Damodar M. Pai · Fairport, US
• Markus R. Silvestri · Fairport, US
• John F. Yanus · Webster, US
• Yuhua Tong · Webster, US
• Dale S. Renfer · Webster, US
• Kenny-Tuan Dinh · Webster, US
• Merlin E. Scharfe · Penfield, US
• Steven M. Sterling · Walworth, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 14, 2005
• Grant date: Jun 5, 2007
• Expiry date: Dec 14, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G03G5/0696
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A photoconductive imaging member comprised of an optional supporting substrate, a hole blocking layer thereover, a photogenerating layer, and a charge transport layer, and wherein the hole blocking layer is comprised of a pyrolyzed polyacrylonitrile.