Electrophotographic devices containing overcoated amorphous silicon compositions
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsJoseph Mort, Frank Jansen, Steven J. Grammatica, Michael A. Morgan
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Abstract
Disclosed is an electrophotographic photoresponsive device comprised of a supporting substrate, an amorphous silicon charge transport layer, a trapping layer comprised of doped amorphous silicon, and a top insulating overcoating layer.
Claims23
An electrophotographic photoresponsive device consisting essentially of in the order stated a supporting substrate, an amorphous silicon hydrogen charge transport layer, a carrier photogenerating layer comprised of an alloy of amorphous silicon hydrogen, a trapping layer comprised of doped amorphous silicon, and a protective top insulating overcoating layer.
An electrophotographic photoresponsive device consisting essentially of in the order stated a supporting substrate, a layer of amorphous silicon and hydrogen with 10 to 40 percent by weight of hydrogen which functions simultaneously as a charge transporting layer and a photogenerating layer, a trapping layer of doped amorphous silicon, and a top insulating overcoating layer.
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