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US 5,573,884 AGranted
Image-forming member for electrophotography
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsToshiyuki Komatsu, Yutaka Hirai, Katsumi Nakagawa, Tadaji Fukuda
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Abstract
An image-forming member for electro-photography has a photoconductive layer comprising a hydrogenated amorphous semiconductor composed of silicon and/or germanium as a matrix and at least one chemical modifier such as carbon, nitrogen and oxygen contained in the matrix.
Claims9
An electrophotographic process comprising the steps of:
- (a) charging an image-forming member for electrophotography comprising a substrate and a layer provided thereon, which layer comprises an amorphous material comprising silicon atom as a matrix, 1 to 40 atomic percent of hydrogen atoms and 0.1 to 30 atomic percent of at least one element selected from the group consisting of oxygen, carbon and nitrogen;
- (b) image-wise exposing the charged image-forming member;
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- (c) developing the exposed image-forming member to form a toner image.
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