ABS polymer containing photoconductors
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorJin Wu
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Abstract
A photoconductor that includes an optional anticurl layer, optional supporting substrate, an optional ground plane layer, an optional hole blocking layer, an optional ground strip segment, an optional adhesive layer, a photogenerating layer, and a charge transport layer that contains an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene polymer.
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A photoconductor consisting of a supporting substrate, a single charge transport layer that includes a charge transport component, an optional polycarbonate resin binder and an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene polymer wherein said acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene polymer consists of said acrylonitrile present in an amount of from about 15 to about 35 weight percent, said butadiene present in an amount of from about 5 to about 30 weight percent, and said styrene present in an amount of from about 40 to about 60 weight percent based on a total of about 100 percent and wherein said acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene polymer is present in said charge transport layer in an amount of from about 0.5 to about 10 weight percent based on the charge transport layer solids and wherein said charge transport component is represented by the following formulas/structures
- wherein X, Y, and Z are independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkoxy, aryl, halogen, and mixtures thereof and a photogenerating layer in contact with said charge transport layer.
A photoconductor consisting of a supporting substrate, a photogenerating layer, and a single charge transport layer that consists of a mixture of a charge transport compound, a polycarbonate, and an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene terpolymer layer wherein said acrylonitrile is present in an amount of from about 15 to about 35 weight percent, said butadiene is present in an amount of from about 5 to about 30 weight percent, and said styrene is present in an amount of from about 40 to about 60 weight percent based on a total of about 100 percent and wherein said acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene polymer is present in said charge transport layer in an amount of from about 0.5 to about 10 weight percent based on the charge transport layer solids and wherein said charge transport compound is represented by the following formulas/structures
- wherein X, Y, and Z are independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkoxy, aryl, halogen, and mixtures thereof.
A wear resistant photoconductor consisting of a supporting substrate layer, an anticurl layer, a hole blocking layer, an optional ground strip segment, an adhesive layer, a photogenerating layer, and a single charge transport layer containing a mixture of a charge transport compound and an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene polymer wherein said acrylonitrile is present in an amount of from about 20 to about 30 weight percent, said butadiene is present in an amount of from about 10 to about 25 weight percent, and said styrene is present in an amount of from about 45 to about 55 weight percent based on a total of about 100 percent and wherein said acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene polymer is present in said charge transport layer in an amount of from about 0.5 to about 10 weight percent based on the charge transport layer solids, wherein said charge transport layer compound is selected from the group consisting of those represented by the following formulas/structures
- wherein X is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkoxy, aryl, halogen, and mixtures thereof and where the photoconductor wear rate is from about 15 to about 25 nanometers per kilocycle.
A photoconductor consisting in sequence of a supporting substrate, a photogenerating layer, and a single charge transport layer consisting of a charge transport component and an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene polymer, wherein said acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene polymer consists of said acrylonitrile present in an amount of from about 15 to about 35 weight percent, said butadiene present in an amount of from about 5 to about 30 weight percent, and said styrene present in an amount of from about 40 to about 60 weight percent based on a total of about 100 percent and wherein said acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene polymer is present in said charge transport layer in an amount of from about 0.5 to about 10 weight percent based on the charge transport layer solids and wherein said charge transport layer component is selected from the group consisting of those represented by the following formulas/structures
- wherein X, Y, and Z are independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkoxy, aryl, halogen, and mixtures thereof, where the photoconductor wear rate is from about 15 to about 25 nanometers per kilocycle.
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