Layered amorphous silicon electrophotographic photosensitive member comprises BN surface layer and BN barrier layer
First Claim
1. An electrophotographic photosensitive member comprising:
- a substrate;
a photoconductive layer comprising boron-containing amophous silicon;
a barrier layer, provided between said substrate and said photoconductive layer, for substantially inhibiting injection of carriers from said substrate to said photoconductive layer and;
a covering layer provided on said photoconductive layer, said barrier layer and said covering layer consisting essentially of boron nitride.
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Abstract
An electrophotographic photosensitive member wherein a photoconductive layer prepared from amorphous silicon is interposed between a barrier layer and surface layer, both prepared from boron nitride, and which is characterized in that it has a high specific resistivity, and, when applied as a barrier layer, indicates a high charge retention capability, strains in said barrier layer are reduced, the surface layer absorbs very little light and allows for the permeation of the greater part of the incoming light rays, thus preventing the photosensitivity of a photoconductive layer and the residual potential from being deteriorated, and since the concentration of boron varies in the boundary of the respective layer across their thickness, the photoconductive property can be sustained and the exfoliation of the layers can be avoided.
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1. An electrophotographic photosensitive member comprising:
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a substrate; a photoconductive layer comprising boron-containing amophous silicon; a barrier layer, provided between said substrate and said photoconductive layer, for substantially inhibiting injection of carriers from said substrate to said photoconductive layer and; a covering layer provided on said photoconductive layer, said barrier layer and said covering layer consisting essentially of boron nitride. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An electrophotographic photosensitive member which comprises:
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a substrate; a photoconductive layer comprising amorphous silicon; a barrier layer consisting essentially of boron nitride and provided between said conductive substrate and photoconductive layer, the concentration of boron varying near the boundary between said barrier layer and photoconductive layer in the direction normal to said barrier layer; and a covering layer consisting essentially of boron nitride and provided on said photoconductive layer, the concentration of boron varying near the boundary between said covering layer and photoconductive layer in the direction normal to said surface layer. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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