Organic electronic material and electrophotographic photosensitive member containing same
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsToshihiro Kikuchi, Akio Maruyama
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Abstract
An organic electronic material comprises a compound represented by the following formula (I). ##STR1## The compounds transport electrons and is excellent in durability when used in a photosensitive layer of an electrophotographic photosensitive member.
Claims10
An electrophotographic photosensitive member comprising a conductive support and a photosensitive layer provided on said conductive support;
- said photosensitive layer containing a compound having electron transporting properties represented by the following formula (I). ##STR11## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aralkyl group or an aryl group, and R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 may be the same or different.
An electrophotographic apparatus comprising an electrophotographic photosensitive member, an electrostatic latent image forming means, a means for developing the electrostatic latent image formed, and a means for transferring the developed image to a transfer medium;
- said electrophotographic photosensitive member comprising a conductive support and a photosensitive layer provided on said conductive support;
- said photosensitive layer containing a compound having electron transporting properties represented by the following formula (I). ##STR12## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aralkyl group or an aryl group, and R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 may be the same or different.
A device unit comprising an electrophotographic photosensitive member, a CHARGING means, DEVELOPING and a cleaning means;
- said electrophotographic photosensitive member comprising a conductive support and a photosensitive layer provided on said conductive support;
- said photosensitive layer containing a compound having electron transporting properties represented following formula (I). ##STR13## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aralkyl group or an aryl group, and R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 may be the same or different;
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- said device unit holding said electrophotographic photosensitive member, developing means and cleaning means as one unit, and said device unit being detachably provided in the body of an electrophotographic apparatus.
A facsimile machine comprising an electrophotographic apparatus and a receiver means for receiving image information from a remote terminal;
- said electrophotographic apparatus comprising an electrophotographic photosensitive member;
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- said electrophotographic photosensitive member comprising a conductive support and a photosensitive layer provided on said conductive support;
- said photosensitive layer containing a compound having electron transporting properties represented by the following formula (I). ##STR14## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aralkyl group or an aryl group, and R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 may be the same or different.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.