JPH04360150A - Germanium phthalocyanine type photoelectric converting agent - Google Patents

Germanium phthalocyanine type photoelectric converting agent

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JPH04360150A
JPH04360150A JP3163557A JP16355791A JPH04360150A JP H04360150 A JPH04360150 A JP H04360150A JP 3163557 A JP3163557 A JP 3163557A JP 16355791 A JP16355791 A JP 16355791A JP H04360150 A JPH04360150 A JP H04360150A
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converting agent
photoelectric converting
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germanium
phthalocyanine
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Hirokazu Tsukahara
束原 宏和
Takeshi Imura
健 井村
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Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the chemically stable germanium-phthalocyanine type organic photoelectric converting agent purifiable by sublimation and capable of extremely prominent photoelectric conversion. CONSTITUTION:The photoelectric converting agent is the diphenoxy germanium phthalocyanine derivative having the optionally substituted 2 phenoxy groups combined with the central metal atom represented by formula I in which R is H, alkyl, aralkyl, aryl, or halogen, and n is 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5. The obtained photoelectric converting agent can be used as practicable one for solar cells, photosensors, optical switching elements, electrophotographic sensitive bodies, and the like.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】[Detailed description of the invention]

【0001】0001

【産業上の利用分野】本発明は光電変換用材料として有
用な新規な光電変換剤に関し、特に置換基を有してもよ
い2個のフェノキシ基が中心金属に結合したジフェノキ
シゲルマニウムフタロシアニン誘導体からなる光電変換
剤に関する。本発明に係わる光電変換剤は、物質の光電
変換作用を本質的に利用する光電変換素子、例えば太陽
電池、光センサー、光スイッチング素子、電子写真感光
体等における光活性物質として有効に利用できるもので
ある。
[Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a novel photoelectric conversion agent useful as a photoelectric conversion material, and particularly to a diphenoxygermanium phthalocyanine derivative in which two phenoxy groups, which may have substituents, are bonded to a central metal. The present invention relates to a photoelectric conversion agent. The photoelectric conversion agent according to the present invention can be effectively used as a photoactive substance in photoelectric conversion elements that essentially utilize the photoelectric conversion action of substances, such as solar cells, optical sensors, optical switching elements, electrophotographic photoreceptors, etc. It is.

【0002】0002

【従来の技術】光電変換用材料、すなわち光電変換剤と
して数多くの物質が知られている。中でも可視光ないし
はその周辺波長域に感光性を示すものとして、Se、S
e/Te、Se/As、CdS、Si等の無機化合物が
ある。これら無機化合物の多くは可撓性が無く、従って
加工性に難があり、かつ毒性が強いことが多い。その上
、高価に過ぎ、実用材料として多くの問題を抱えている
2. Description of the Related Art Many substances are known as photoelectric conversion materials, that is, photoelectric conversion agents. Among them, Se and S exhibit photosensitivity to visible light or its surrounding wavelength range.
There are inorganic compounds such as e/Te, Se/As, CdS, and Si. Many of these inorganic compounds are not flexible, therefore have difficulty in processability, and are often highly toxic. Moreover, it is too expensive and has many problems as a practical material.

【0003】一方、光電変換に有効な有機化合物として
は、メロシアニン類、フタロシアニン類、ビスあるいは
トリスアゾのごときポリアゾ化合物、キナクリドン化合
物、ペリレンテトラカルボン酸ジイミド化合物、ビス(
イミダゾピリドノ)ペリレン化合物等の有機染・顔料類
が知られており、上記無機化合物の問題点を克服する目
的で各方面で検討されて来ている。
On the other hand, organic compounds effective for photoelectric conversion include merocyanines, phthalocyanines, polyazo compounds such as bis or trisazo, quinacridone compounds, perylenetetracarboxylic acid diimide compounds, bis(
Organic dyes and pigments such as imidazopyridono)perylene compounds are known and have been studied in various fields to overcome the problems of the above-mentioned inorganic compounds.

【0004】特に、フタロシアニン類は安定で堅牢な有
機金属錯体型顔料として著名であり、金属の種類を選択
することにより、異なった物性が得られるので興味深い
。その一つとしてゲルマニウムフタロシアニン、正確に
はジクロロゲルマニウムフタロシアニンが知られている
が、このものは加水分解を受けやすく、ジヒドロキシゲ
ルマニウムフタロシアニンへ変化しやすい。このジヒド
ロキシゲルマニウムフタロシアニンは、加熱により容易
に脱水・重合して高分子量のポリゲルマニウムフタロシ
アニンに変化してしまうので、昇華・精製が不可能であ
る。このようにゲルマニウムフタロシアニンは、有用な
光電変換用材料として期待されながら、その化学的不安
定性と精製困難の故に、実用性のある材料として用いら
れることはなかった。
In particular, phthalocyanines are famous as stable and robust organometallic complex type pigments, and are interesting because different physical properties can be obtained by selecting the type of metal. Germanium phthalocyanine, more precisely dichlorogermanium phthalocyanine, is known as one of these, but this substance is easily hydrolyzed and easily converted to dihydroxygermanium phthalocyanine. This dihydroxygermanium phthalocyanine is easily dehydrated and polymerized by heating and converted into high molecular weight polygermanium phthalocyanine, so it is impossible to sublimate and purify it. Thus, although germanium phthalocyanine is expected to be a useful photoelectric conversion material, it has never been used as a practical material due to its chemical instability and difficulty in purification.

【0005】[0005]

【発明が解決しようとする課題】本発明の目的は、化学
的に安定であり、かつ昇華・精製の容易な、しかも極め
て顕著な光電変換作用を示す(すなわち、実用性のある
)ゲルマニウムフタロシアニン系有機光電変換剤を初め
て提供することである。
[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The object of the present invention is to provide a germanium phthalocyanine system that is chemically stable, easy to sublimate and purify, and exhibits an extremely remarkable photoelectric conversion effect (that is, has practical use). This is the first time to provide an organic photoelectric conversion agent.

【0006】[0006]

【課題を解決するための手段】本発明の課題は、化1の
式で表される、置換基を有してもよい2個のフェノキシ
基が中心金属に結合したジフェノキシゲルマニウムフタ
ロシアニン誘導体からなるゲルマニウムフタロシアニン
系化合物を、有機光電変換剤として新規に採用すること
によって解決された。化1において、Rは水素、アルキ
ル、アラルキル、アリールおよびハロゲンから選ばれる
基を表し、nは5以下の正の整数を表す。
[Means for Solving the Problems] The object of the present invention is to provide a diphenoxygermanium phthalocyanine derivative represented by the formula 1, in which two phenoxy groups, which may have substituents, are bonded to a central metal. This problem was solved by newly employing germanium phthalocyanine compounds as organic photoelectric conversion agents. In Chemical Formula 1, R represents a group selected from hydrogen, alkyl, aralkyl, aryl, and halogen, and n represents a positive integer of 5 or less.

【0007】本発明において光電変換剤として用いられ
る、置換基を有してもよい2個のフェノキシ基が中心金
属に結合したジフェノキシゲルマニウムフタロシアニン
誘導体化合物のうちの幾つかは、文献(R.D.ジョイ
ナー等、米国化学会誌、第82巻、5790〜5791
頁、1960年刊)に記載されているが、光電変換剤と
して用い得るとの示唆は全く見られない。
Some of the diphenoxygermanium phthalocyanine derivative compounds in which two phenoxy groups, which may have substituents, are bonded to a central metal, which are used as photoelectric conversion agents in the present invention, are described in the literature (R.D. Joyner et al., Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 82, 5790-5791.
Page, published in 1960), but there is no suggestion that it can be used as a photoelectric conversion agent.

【0008】本発明で用いられる化合物は、上記文献の
記載を参考にして、熱キノリン中において四塩化ゲルマ
ニウムを無金属フタロシアニンへ反応させてジクロロゲ
ルマニウムフタロシアニンを得た後、ピリジン−濃アン
モニア水を熱時作用させて加水分解して得たジヒドロキ
シゲルマニウムフタロシアニンヘ、熱ベンゼン中フェノ
ール誘導体を反応させることによって、光沢ある紫色結
晶として得ることができた。
The compound used in the present invention is prepared by reacting germanium tetrachloride to metal-free phthalocyanine in hot quinoline to obtain dichlorogermanium phthalocyanine, and then reacting pyridine-concentrated ammonia water with reference to the above-mentioned literature. By reacting dihydroxygermanium phthalocyanine obtained by hydrolysis with a phenol derivative in hot benzene, it was possible to obtain shiny purple crystals.

【0009】そして、これらの結晶性顔料は、もはや容
易には加水分解や脱水・重合のような化学的変化を受け
ることはなく安定であり、減圧下に加熱することによっ
て昇華・精製することができた。しかも、最も肝心なこ
とであるが、白色光照射下において極めて顕著な光電変
換作用を示したのである。例えば、透明電極上にジフェ
ノキシゲルマニウムフタロシアニンからなる薄膜を真空
蒸着法で設け、その上へ同じく真空蒸着法によってN,
N´−ジフェニル−3,4,9,10−ペリレンテトラ
カルボン酸ジイミドからなる薄膜を設け、そこへ金電極
を付設したヘテロ接合型光電変換素子は、白色光照射に
よって顕著に光電流が観測された。
[0009] These crystalline pigments are stable and do not easily undergo chemical changes such as hydrolysis, dehydration, or polymerization, and can be sublimated and purified by heating under reduced pressure. did it. Moreover, and most importantly, it showed an extremely remarkable photoelectric conversion effect under irradiation with white light. For example, a thin film made of diphenoxygermanium phthalocyanine is deposited on a transparent electrode by vacuum evaporation, and then N is deposited on top of it by vacuum evaporation.
In a heterojunction photoelectric conversion element in which a thin film made of N'-diphenyl-3,4,9,10-perylenetetracarboxylic acid diimide is provided and a gold electrode is attached thereto, a significant photocurrent is observed when irradiated with white light. Ta.

【0010】本発明に含まれる化合物の具体例のいくつ
かを以下に示すが、簡単のために化1の式のフェノキシ
基部分のみを記載することとする。そして、本発明はこ
れらのみに限られない。
Some specific examples of the compounds included in the present invention are shown below, but for the sake of simplicity, only the phenoxy group portion of the formula (1) will be described. However, the present invention is not limited to these.

【0011】[0011]

【化2】[Case 2]

【0012】0012

【化3】[Chemical formula 3]

【0013】[0013]

【化4】[C4]

【0014】[0014]

【化5】[C5]

【0015】[0015]

【化6】[C6]

【0016】[0016]

【化7】[C7]

【0017】[0017]

【実施例】次に、本発明を実施例により、さらに詳細に
説明する。なお、以下に示す部および%は、断りのない
限り重量基準である。
EXAMPLES Next, the present invention will be explained in more detail with reference to examples. Note that parts and percentages shown below are based on weight unless otherwise specified.

【0018】実施例 例示化合物(化2、化3、化4、化5、化6もしくは化
7)1部とポリエステル樹脂(東洋紡製バイロン200
)1部をテトラヒドロフラン100部に混合し、ペイン
トコンデイショナー装置により、ガラスビーズと共に2
時間分散した。こうして得た分散液をアプリケーターに
て、アルミ蒸着ポリエステル上に塗布して、膜厚約0.
2μmの電荷発生層(光電変換作用により電荷を発生す
る層)を形成した。塗布層は青色を呈し、可視光反射ス
ペクトルにおける吸収極大波長は690nm前後であっ
た。次に、p−ジベンジルアミノベンズアルデヒド=ジ
フェニルヒドラゾンを、ポリアリレート樹脂(ユニチカ
製U−ポリマー)と1:1の比で混合し、ジクロロエタ
ンを溶媒として10%の溶液を作り、上記の電荷発生層
の上にアプリケーターにより塗布して、膜厚約20μm
の電荷輸送層を形成した。
Examples: 1 part of the exemplified compound (chemical formula 2, chemical compound 3, chemical compound 4, chemical compound 5, chemical compound 6 or chemical compound 7) and polyester resin (Vylon 200 manufactured by Toyobo Co., Ltd.)
) was mixed with 100 parts of tetrahydrofuran and mixed with glass beads in a paint conditioner machine.
Spread out time. The dispersion thus obtained was applied onto aluminum-deposited polyester using an applicator to a film thickness of approximately 0.
A charge generation layer (a layer that generates charges by photoelectric conversion) of 2 μm was formed. The coating layer exhibited a blue color, and the absorption maximum wavelength in the visible light reflection spectrum was around 690 nm. Next, p-dibenzylaminobenzaldehyde=diphenylhydrazone was mixed with a polyarylate resin (U-polymer manufactured by Unitika) at a ratio of 1:1, a 10% solution was prepared using dichloroethane as a solvent, and the above charge generation layer was prepared. Apply with an applicator on top of the film to a film thickness of approximately 20 μm.
A charge transport layer was formed.

【0019】このようにして作成した積層型電子写真感
光体を、静電記録試験装置(川口電気製SP−428)
により電子写真特性評価を行った。 測定条件:印加電圧−6kV、スタテイックNo.3(
ターンテーブルの回転スピードモード)その結果、電位
半減露光量はそれぞれ1.28、1.36、1.30、
1.54、1.06もしくは1.90ルックス・秒なる
値を示した。これは、極めて高感度であることを示すも
のである。
The laminated electrophotographic photoreceptor thus produced was tested using an electrostatic recording tester (SP-428 manufactured by Kawaguchi Electric).
Electrophotographic characteristics were evaluated. Measurement conditions: Applied voltage -6kV, static No. 3(
Turntable rotation speed mode) As a result, the potential half-reduced exposure amount is 1.28, 1.36, 1.30, respectively.
It showed values of 1.54, 1.06 or 1.90 lux-seconds. This indicates extremely high sensitivity.

【0020】[0020]

【発明の効果】本発明を実施することにより、加水分解
や脱水・重合のような化学変化を受けない安定な、しか
も顕著な光電変換作用を示す、ゲルマニウムフタロシア
ニン系有機光電変換剤を提供することが出来る。
[Effects of the Invention] By carrying out the present invention, it is possible to provide a germanium phthalocyanine-based organic photoelectric conversion agent that is stable and exhibits a remarkable photoelectric conversion effect that is not subject to chemical changes such as hydrolysis, dehydration, and polymerization. I can do it.

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 【請求項1】  下記式で示されるジフェノキシゲルマ
ニウムフタロシアニン誘導体からなる光電変換剤。 【化1】 (化1において、Rは水素、アルキル、アラルキル、ア
リールおよびハロゲンから選ばれる基を表し、nは5以
下の正の整数を表す。)
1. A photoelectric conversion agent comprising a diphenoxygermanium phthalocyanine derivative represented by the following formula. [Formula 1] (In Formula 1, R represents a group selected from hydrogen, alkyl, aralkyl, aryl, and halogen, and n represents a positive integer of 5 or less.)
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