Tris and bis(enylaryl)arylamine mixtures containing photoconductors
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorJin Wu
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Abstract
A photoconductor that includes, for example, a supporting substrate, a photogenerating layer, and a charge transport layer that includes a charge transport component, and a mixture of a bis(enylaryl)arylamine and a tris(enylaryl)amine.
Claims15
A photoconductor comprising:
- a photogenerating layer,
- a bottom charge transport layer in contact with said photogenerating layer, and
- a top charge transport layer in contact with said bottom charge transport layer,
- wherein said top charge transport layer, said bottom charge transport layer, or said top and said bottom charge transport layers is comprised of from about 10 to about 75 percent by weight of at least one charge transport compound, and a mixture of a tris(enylaryl)amine and a bis(enylaryl)arylamine,
- wherein said charge transport compound is an aryl amine selected from at least one of the group consisting of N,N′-diphenyl-N,N-bis(3-methylphenyl)-1,1′-biphenyl-4,4′-diamine, tetra-p-tolyl-biphenyl-4,4′-diamine, N,N′-diphenyl-N,N′-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)-1,1-biphenyl-4,4′-diamine, N,N′-bis(4-butylphenyl)-N,N′-di-p-tolyl-[p-terphenyl]-4,4′-diamine, N,N′-bis(4-butylphenyl)-N,N′-di-m-tolyl-[p-terphenyl]-4,4′-diamine, N,N′-bis(4-butylphenyl)-N,N′-di-o-tolyl-[p-terphenyl]-4,4′-diamine, N,N′-bis(4-butylphenyl)-N,N-bis-(4-isopropylphenyl)-[p-terphenyl]-4,4′-diamine, N,N′-bis(4-butylphenyl)-N,N′-bis-(2-ethyl-6-methylphenyl)-[p-terphenyl]-4,4′-diamine, N,N′-bis(4-butylphenyl)-N,N′-bis-(2,5-dimethylphenyl)-[p-terphenyl]-4,4′-diamine, and N,N′-diphenyl-N,N′-bis(3-chlorophenyl)-[p-terphenyl]-4,4′-diamine, and
- said mixture is comprised of from about 30 to about 70 weight percent of said tris(enylaryl)amine and from about 70 to about 30 weight percent of said bis(enylaryl)arylamine, the total thereof is about 100 percent, and wherein said bis(enylaryl)arylamine is selected from the group consisting of at least one of N,N-bis-[4-[4,4-bis(4-methylphenyl)-1,3-butadienyl]phenyl]-4-methoxyphenylamine, [4-(2,2-diphenylethenyl)phenyl][4-(4,4-diphenyl-1,3-butadienyl)phenyl]phenylamine, N,N-bis[4-(2,2-diphenylethenyl)phenyl]-4-methylphenylamine, and N,N-bis[4-[2,2-bis(4-methylphenyl)ethenyl]phenyl]-4-methylphenylamine.
A photoconductor comprising:
- a supporting substrate,
- a photogenerating layer,
- a bottom charge transport layer in contact with said photogenerating layer, and
- a top charge transport layer in contact with said bottom charge transport layer,
- wherein said top charge transport layer and said bottom charge transport layer each is comprised of from about 10 to about 75 percent by weight of a charge transport compound, a binder, and a mixture of a bis(enylaryl)arylamine and a tris(enylaryl)amine,
- said charge transport compound being an aryl amine selected from at least one of the group consisting of N,N′-diphenyl-N,N-bis(3-methylphenyl)-1,1′-biphenyl-4,4′-diamine, tetra-p-tolyl-biphenyl-4,4′-diamine, N,N′-diphenyl-N,N′-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)-1,1-biphenyl-4,4′-diamine, N,N′-bis(4-butylphenyl)-N,N′-di-p-tolyl-[p-terphenyl]-4,4′-diamine, N,N′-bis(4-butylphenyl)-N,N′-di-m-tolyl-[p-terphenyl]-4,4′-diamine, N,N′-bis(4-butylphenyl)-N,N′-di-o-tolyl-[p-terphenyl]-4,4′-diamine, NR-bis(4-butylphenyl)-N,N′-bis-(4-isopropylphenyl)-[p-terphenyl]-4,4′-diamine, N,N′-bis(4-butylphenyl)-N,N′-bis-(2-ethyl-6-methylphenyl)-[p-terphenyl]-4,4′-diamine, N,N′-bis(4-butylphenyl)-N,N′-bis-(2,5-dimethylphenyl)-[p-terphenyl]-4,4′-diamine, and N,N′-diphenyl-N,N′-bis(3-chlorophenyl)-[p-terphenyl]-4,4′-diamine,
- said mixture is comprised of from about 30 to about 70 weight percent of said tris(enylaryl)amine and from about 70 to about 30 weight percent of said bis(enylaryl)arylamine, and wherein the total thereof is about 100 percent, and wherein said bis(enylaryl)arylamine is selected from the group consisting of at least one of N,N-bis[4-[4,4-bis(4-methylphenyl)-1,3-butadienyl]phenyl]-4-methoxyphenylamine, [4-(2,2-diphenylethenyl)phenyl][4-(4,4-diphenyl-1,3-butadienyl)phenyl]phenylamine, N,N-bis[4-(2,2-diphenylethenyl)phenyl]-4-methylphenylamine, and N,N-bis[4-[2,2-bis(4-methylphenyl)ethenyl]phenyl]-4-methylphenylamine, and said tris(enylaryl)amine is selected from the group consisting of at least one of tris[4-(4,4-diphenyl-1,3-butadienyl)phenyl]amine, tris[4-(4,4-dimethylphenyl-1,3-butadienyl)phenyl]amine, [4-(4,4-diphenyl-1,3-butadienyl)phenyl]bis[4-(2,2-diphenylethenyl)phenyl]amine, [4-(2,2-diphenylethenyl)phenyl]bis[4-(4,4-diphenyl-1,3-butadienyl)phenyl]amine, and tris[4-(2,2-diphenylethenyl)phenyl]amine.
A photoconductor consisting essentially of and in sequence of a supporting substrate, a photogenerating layer, and a charge transport layer, and wherein said charge transport layer comprises a charge transport compound, and a mixture of bis[4-(4,4-diphenyl-1,3-butadienyl)phenyl]phenylamine and tris[4-(4,4-diphenyl-1,3-butadienyl)phenyl]amine, wherein said mixture is comprised of from about 30 to about 70 weight percent of said tris[4-(4,4-diphenyl-1,3-butadienyl)phenyl]amine and from about 70 to about 30 weight percent of said bis[4-(4,4-diphenyl-1,3-butadienyl)phenyl]phenylamine, and wherein the total thereof is about 100 percent, wherein said charge transport layer is comprised of a top charge transport layer and a bottom charge transport layer, and wherein said top charge transport layer is in contact with said bottom charge transport layer and said bottom charge transport layer is in contact with said photogenerating layer, and said top charge transport layer, said bottom charge transport layer, or said top and said bottom charge transport layer contain from about 10 to about 75 percent by weight of said charge transport compound.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.