Claims
- 1. A photoconductive member component comprised of a supporting substrate, and thereover a photogenerating layer comprised of an alkylimido-monobenzamidazole-perinone-perylene or a bisalkylimido-perinone-perylene of the alternative following formulas wherein each of R1, R2 and R3 are independently alkyl or aryl, and a charge transport layer component.
- 2. A component in accordance with claim 1 wherein said photogenerating layer is of a thickness of from about 1 to about 20 microns, and wherein said charge transport layer is of a thickness of from about 25 to about 100 microns, and wherein each R is alkyl.
- 3. A component in accordance with claim 1 wherein said photogenerating layer is of a thickness of from about 1 to about 20 microns, and wherein said charge transport layer is of a thickness of from about 25 to about 100 microns, and wherein each of said layers contains from about 10 weight percent to about 75 weight percent of a polymer binder, and wherein each R is alkyl.
- 4. A component in accordance with claim 1 wherein the photogenerating component is present in an amount of from about 5 to about 10 weight percent.
- 5. A component in accordance with claim 4 wherein the thickness of said layer is from about 1 to about 5 microns.
- 6. A component in accordance with claim 1 wherein said photogenerator and said charge transport components are contained in a polymer binder.
- 7. A component in accordance with claim 6 wherein said binder is present in an amount of from about 50 to about 90 percent by weight.
- 8. A component in accordance with claim 1 wherein the photogenerating layer absorbs light of a wavelength of from about 375 to about 425 nanometers.
- 9. A component in accordance with claim 1 wherein the supporting substrate is comprised of a conductive substrate comprised of a metal.
- 10. A component in accordance with claim 9 wherein the conductive substrate is aluminum, aluminized polyethylene terephthalate or titanized polyethylene terephthalate.
- 11. A component in accordance with claim 6 wherein the binder is selected from the group consisting of polyesters, polyvinyl butyrals, polycarbonates, polystyrene-b-polyvinyl pyridine, and polyvinyl formulas.
- 12. A component in accordance with claim 1 wherein said charge transport is comprised of aryl amine molecules.
- 13. A component in accordance with claim 1 wherein said charge transport is comprised of hole transport molecules comprised of wherein X is selected from the group consisting of alkyl and halogen.
- 14. A component in accordance with claim 1 wherein alkyl contains from about 1 to about 25 carbon atoms.
- 15. A component in accordance with claim 1 wherein aryl contains from about 6 to about 48 carbon atoms.
- 16. A component in accordance with claim 1 wherein alkyl is methyl.
- 17. A component in accordance with claim 1 wherein aryl is phenyl or naphthyl.
- 18. A component in accordance with claim 1 wherein said aryl is anthracyl.
- 19. A component in accordance with claim 1 wherein said layer comprises
- 20. A component in accordance with claim 1 wherein said layer comprises
- 21. A component in accordance with claim 1 wherein said layer comprises
- 22. A component in accordance with claim 1 wherein said layer comprises
- 23. A method of imaging which comprises generating an electrostatic latent image on the component of claim 1, developing the latent image, and transferring the developed electrostatic image to a suitable substrate.
- 24. A method of imaging in accordance with claim 23 wherein the imaging member is exposed to light of a wavelength of from about 370 to about 425 nanometers.
- 25. An imaging apparatus containing a charging component, a development component, a transfer component, and a fixing component, and wherein said apparatus contains a photoconductive imaging member comprised of supporting substrate, and thereover the components of claim 1, and wherein said component is a photoconductor.
- 26. A photoconductive imaging component in accordance with claim 1 further containing an adhesive layer and a hole blocking layer.
- 27. A photoconductive imaging component member in accordance with claim 26 further containing said blocking layer contained as a coating on a substrate, and wherein said adhesive layer is coated on said blocking layer.
- 28. A photoconductive imaging component in accordance with claim 1 wherein each of said Rs are a polycyclic aromatic.
- 29. A photoconductor comprised of a charge transport layer and a photogenerator layer of at least one of
- 30. A photoconductor in accordance with claim 29 where said layer comprises
- 31. A component in accordance with claim 1 wherein R1 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, a branched alkyl, or alternatively a cycloalkyl; R2 is alkyl, a branched alkyl, a cycloalkyl, or alternatively R1; and R3 is alkyl, a branched alkyl, or alternatively a cycloalkyl.
- 32. A component in accordance with claim 31 wherein R1 is phenyl, naphthyl, or the higher polycyclic aromatic anthracene; R2 is alkyl, a branched alkyl, a cycloalkyl, phenyl, naphthyl, or the higher polycyclic aromatic anthracene; and R3 is alkyl, a branched alkyl, a cycloalkyl, phenyl, or naphthyl.
- 33. A component in accordance with claim 1 wherein said layer is an alkylimido-monobenzamidazole-perinone-perylene.
- 34. A component in accordance with claim 1 wherein said layer is a bisalkylimido-perinone-perylene.
- 35. A component comprised of a supporting substrate, and thereover a layer comprised of an alkylimido-monobenzamidazole-perinone-perylene of the alternative following formulas wherein each of R1, R2 and R3 are independently alkyl or aryl, and a charge transport layer.
RELATED PATENTS
Disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,645,965, the disclosure of which is totally incorporated herein by reference, are photoconductive imaging members with perylenes and a number of charge transport molecules, such as amines.
Illustrated in U.S. Pat. No. 5,756,245, the disclosure of which is totally incorporated herein by reference, is a photoconductive imaging member comprised of a hydroxygallium phthalocyanine photogenerator layer, a charge transport layer, a barrier layer, a photogenerator layer comprised of a mixture of bisbenzimidazo(2,1-a-1′, 2′-b)anthra(2,1,9-def: 6,5,10-d′e′f′)diisoquinoline-6, 11-dione and bisbenzimidazo(2,1 -a:2′, 1′-a) anthra(2,1,9-def:6,5,10-d′e′f′)diisoquinoline-10,21-dione, and thereover a charge transport layer.
Illustrated in U.S. Pat. No. 5,493,016, the disclosure of which is totally incorporated herein by reference, are imaging members comprised of a supporting substrate, a photogenerating layer of hydroxygallium phthalocyanine, a charge transport layer, a photogenerating layer of BZP perylene, which is preferably comprised of a mixture of bisbenzimidazo (2,1-a-1′, 2′-b)anthra(2,1 ,9-def:6,5,1 0-d′e′f′) diisoquinoline-6,1 1 -dione and bisbenzimidazo(2,1-a:2′, 1 ′-a)anthra(2,1,9-def:6,5,10-d′e′f′) diisoquinoline-10,21-dione, reference U.S. Pat. No. 4,587,189, the disclosure of which is totally incorporated herein by reference; and as a top layer a second charge transport layer.
Also, in U.S. Pat. No. 5,473,064, the disclosure of which is totally incorporated herein by reference, there is illustrated a process for the preparation of hydroxygallium phthalocyanine Type V, essentially free of chlorine, whereby a pigment precursor Type I chlorogallium phthalocyanine is prepared by reaction of gallium chloride in a solvent, such as N-methylpyrrolidone, present in an amount of from about 10 parts to about 100 parts, and preferably about 19 parts with 1,3-diiminoisoindolene (DI3) in an amount of from about 1 part to about 10 parts, and preferably about 4 parts of DI3, for each part of gallium chloride that is reacted; hydrolyzing said pigment precursor chlorogallium phthalocyanine Type I by standard methods, for example acid pasting, whereby the pigment precursor is dissolved in concentrated sulfuric acid and then reprecipitated in a solvent, such as water, or a dilute ammonia solution, for example from about 10 to about 15 percent; and subsequently treating the resulting hydrolyzed pigment hydroxygallium phthalocyanine Type I with a solvent, such as N,N-dimethylformamide, present in an amount of from about 1 volume part to about 50 volume parts and preferably about 15 volume parts for each weight part of pigment hydroxygallium phthalocyanine that is used by, for example, ball milling the Type I hydroxygallium phthalocyanine pigment in the presence of spherical glass beads, approximately 1 millimeter to 5 millimeters in diameter, at room temperature, about 25° C., for a period of from about 12 hours to about 1 week, and preferably about 24 hours.
Illustrated in U.S. Pat. No. 5,645,965, the disclosure of which is totally incorporated herein by reference, are photoconductive imaging members containing perylenes.
The appropriate components, and processes of the above recited patents may be selected for the present invention in embodiments thereof.
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