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• • G—PHYSICS
  • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
  • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
  • G03G5/00—Recording members for original recording by exposure, e.g. to light, to heat, to electrons; Manufacture thereof; Selection of materials therefor
  • G03G5/02—Charge-receiving layers
  • G03G5/04—Photoconductive layers; Charge-generation layers or charge-transporting layers; Additives therefor; Binders therefor
  • G03G5/06—Photoconductive layers; Charge-generation layers or charge-transporting layers; Additives therefor; Binders therefor characterised by the photoconductive material being organic
  • G03G5/0664—Dyes
  • G03G5/0666—Dyes containing a methine or polymethine group
  • G03G5/0668—Dyes containing a methine or polymethine group containing only one methine or polymethine group
  • G03G5/067—Dyes containing a methine or polymethine group containing only one methine or polymethine group containing hetero rings
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
  • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
  • G03G5/00—Recording members for original recording by exposure, e.g. to light, to heat, to electrons; Manufacture thereof; Selection of materials therefor
  • G03G5/02—Charge-receiving layers
  • G03G5/04—Photoconductive layers; Charge-generation layers or charge-transporting layers; Additives therefor; Binders therefor
  • G03G5/06—Photoconductive layers; Charge-generation layers or charge-transporting layers; Additives therefor; Binders therefor characterised by the photoconductive material being organic
  • G03G5/0664—Dyes
  • G03G5/0666—Dyes containing a methine or polymethine group
  • G03G5/0672—Dyes containing a methine or polymethine group containing two or more methine or polymethine groups
  • G03G5/0674—Dyes containing a methine or polymethine group containing two or more methine or polymethine groups containing hetero rings

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• the present invention relates to a light-sensitive material for electrophotography, and more particularly, to the above-described light-sensitive material having high sensitivity which can form a toner-adhered surface without background coloring.
• the present invention also relates to an electrophotographic photoreceptor having the layer of the photosensitive material.
• a sensitizing dye such as a triphenylmethane dye, a pyriumium dye, or a cyanine dye is added to PVCz.
• the photoconductive layer is colored by the light absorption of the photosensitive dye, which causes a problem of background coloring. Therefore, reduce the amount of the dye as much as possible (sensitivity is reduced) or heat or light the dye after image formation. It is necessary to decolorize (Incomplete decolorization, heat and light instability are likely to occur, and storage conditions are limited.
• the present invention has sensitivity only to wavelengths in the infrared region, and thus has no background coloring because it does not cause coloration due to light absorption of the sensitizing dye, and has high sensitivity because it has no sensitivity to visible light.
• A is one CH two CH Away from, D is a halogen (eg C £, Br, etc.) or
• R 4 and R 5 each have a substituent or no ⁇ R 5
• Y represents S or —, represents S or — ⁇
• 2 'and R 3 ' each represent an alkyl group, which may be the same or different and are preferably an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms,
• R 2 Ba 8 3, and beta 2 'is R 3' may be formed respectively ring and.
• ⁇ and ⁇ 'each represent a halogen, a nitro group, a cyano group or an alkylsulfonyl group, and the alkylsulfonyl group has 1 to 1 carbon atoms.
• And 'each represent an alkyl group, preferably an alkyl group having from i to 25 carbon atoms, which may have a substituent.
• X- represents an anion, and examples thereof include halogen, an alkylsulfate group, an alicethrenolehoninole group, phenol monochlorate, and tetrafluorophenol.
• the obtained light-sensitive material has a practical sensitivity only at a wavelength in the infrared region.
• PVCz and derivatives thereof used in the electrophotographic photosensitive material of the present invention include, but are not limited to, the following.
• the present invention also provides an electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising a base material, a conductive layer provided on one surface of the base material, and a photosensitive material layer provided on the conductive layer, wherein the photosensitive material layer comprises cycloalkenyl force Rubazo - consists le or photosensitive forest charges consisting mainly of a derivative thereof and ⁇ dyes, photosensitive for electrophotography according to 1 Eta the sensitizing dye is a compound represented by the general formula (I) It concerns the body.
• WIPO Is used in an amount of preferably 0.1 mg to: 100, more preferably 0.25 mgr to 5, based on 1 g of PVCz or a derivative thereof. If it is less than 0.1, the sensitivity is not sufficient, and if it exceeds 100, the charging characteristics deteriorate.
• a suitable solvent for example, a mixed solvent of monochlorobenzene / methylene chloride.
• the compound of the general formula (I) is dissolved in, for example, a mixture of form-form form and form-form Z-dimethylformamide mixed solvent, and the obtained solutions are mixed to form a film. It can be applied to a support, dried and formed into a film.
• the support examples include a transparent conductive film, for example, a polyethylene phthalate film formed by vapor deposition of a thin film such as a conductive metal, a metal plate, for example, an A, Cu plate or paper. is there.
• a transparent conductive film for example, a polyethylene phthalate film formed by vapor deposition of a thin film such as a conductive metal, a metal plate, for example, an A, Cu plate or paper. is there.
• a resin such as a boron-carbonate can be used as a reinforcing agent.
• the electrophotographic light-sensitive material of the present invention has a light-sensitive wavelength in the infrared region beyond the visible region due to the sensitizing dye, it does not absorb visible light in direct electrophotography, and is a colorless photoconductor. Layer, and the photoconductor layer can increase the concentration of the sensitizing dye without causing coloration, so that desired high sensitivity can be achieved. Further, a semiconductor laser which is smaller than a gas laser as an exposure source Since it is possible to use a light emitting diode or a light emitting diode, it is possible to make a small printer.
• the electrophotographic light-sensitive material of the present invention can be used by any of the dry development and liquid development processes, which are the basic processes of the electrophotography, and any of the direct method and the transfer method.
• the drawing shows a graph of the spectral absorption characteristics of the sensitizing dye used in one example of the present invention.
• the solution was dissolved in 6 m and added.
• the solution thus prepared was applied on a transparent conductive film so as to have a dry film thickness of 10 m, and dried to form a photoconductor layer, thereby obtaining a photosensitive material.
• a transparent thin film (1 m or less) of In—Sn—Oxide (ITO) is applied to a 100 nt thick polyethylene terephthalate resin film. Evaporated one was used.
• the photoconductor layer of the photosensitive material obtained in this example was subjected to corona discharge in a dark place according to a conventional method, and its charging characteristics (potential half-life) were measured. Had the sensitivity of In addition, this photosensitive material has an absorption maximum wavelength of 778 nm,
• the drawing is a graph showing the spectral absorption characteristics of the sensitizing dye used in this example.
• This photosensitive material had a sensitivity of half-exposure amount of 20 ⁇ ux ⁇ sec, was a maximum absorption wavelength of 77 O nm, and was colorless and transparent.
• the photoconductor layer of the light-sensitive material obtained in Example 2 was negatively charged by 6 KV corona discharge according to a conventional method of electrophotography.
• a latent image is formed on the charged photoconductor layer by projecting and exposing a black-and-white original image using a photographic enlarger using a tungsten lamp as a light source, and then developing with a wet carbon black toner.
• a very good black-and-white image that was faithful to the original and had no background coloring was obtained.
• This photosensitive material has a sensitivity of half-life exposure amount of 142 sec., And shows an absorption maximum wavelength of 756 nm, and shows almost no absorption in a wavelength region of 700 ⁇ or less. : 'Substantially transparent.
• Dye 1,1'-dibutyl-3,3,3 ', 3'-tetramethyl-1,5,5'-dinitro-2 : 2'-heptamethine was added to a solution of PVCz having the same composition as in Example 5.
• a solution was prepared by adding 6 mL of a 0.1% solution of tin indocyanine park mouthrate (solvent: a mixed solvent of 1 volume of DMF and 4 volumes of ⁇ form).
• solvent a mixed solvent of 1 volume of DMF and 4 volumes of ⁇ form.
• this solution was applied onto a transparent conductive film having a polyvinyl alcohol coating so as to have a dry film thickness of 8 m, and dried to obtain a photosensitive material.
• This light-sensitive material had a maximum absorption wavelength of 772 and a sensitivity of 20 ux-sec.
• a video signal that had been color-separated by scanning was exposed using a semiconductor laser having an oscillation wavelength of 78 O nm as a light source. Then, a wet phenomenon was performed, and an yellow image was obtained. In the following, charging, exposure, development and drying And cyan toner were adhered. As a result, a very high-resolution color image without background coloring was obtained.
• the electrophotographic photosensitive material of the present invention exhibits photoconductivity by absorbing only wavelengths in the infrared region, there is no background coloration, and therefore, the whiteness of the surface with toner is high, and Since there is no decrease in the sensitivity of the light-sensitive material due to toner adhesion during one-sided image formation, an image with excellent fidelity can be obtained.

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