Electrophotographic photoreceptor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10175591-B2
Application number	US-201715819597-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 21, 2017
Priority date	Nov 24, 2016
Publication date	Jan 8, 2019
Grant date	Jan 8, 2019

Abstract

In an electrophotographic photoreceptor, an electric charge generating layer and an electric charge transport layer are laminated on a conductive support body in this order, a layer configuring an outermost surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor contains composite structure particles in which a core material is inorganic particles, and the inorganic particles are coated with tin oxide doped with aluminum, and an average particle diameter of primary particles of the composite structure particles is 50 nm to 200 nm.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrophotographic photoreceptor in which an electric charge generating layer and an electric charge transport layer are laminated on a conductive support body in this order,
wherein a layer configuring an outermost surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor contains composite structure particles in which a core material is inorganic particles, the inorganic particles are coated with tin oxide doped with aluminum, and the composite structure particles are coated with a fluorine resin, and
an average particle diameter of primary particles of the composite structure particles is 50 nm to 200 nm.

2. The electrophotographic photoreceptor according to claim 1 ,
wherein the inorganic particles are any one of BaSO 4 , SiO 2 , or Al 2 O 3 .

3. The electrophotographic photoreceptor according to claim 1 ,
wherein in tin oxide doped with aluminum, which coats the inorganic particles, a doping amount of Al with respect to 100 parts by mass of tin oxide is in a range of 0.05 part by mass to 1 part by mass, and volume resistivity of the composite structure particles is 10 1 Ωcm to 10 2 Ωcm.

4. The electrophotographic photoreceptor according to claim 1 ,
wherein the composite structure particles are subjected to a surface treatment with a surface treatment agent Having a polymerizable reactive group in a range of 0.5 part by mass to 10 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the composite structure particles, which are not subjected to the surface treatment, and
the surface treatment agent is a silane coupling agent containing an acryloyl group or a methacryloyl group.

5. The electrophotographic photoreceptor according to claim 1 ,
wherein the composite structure particles are coated with the fluorine resin in a range of 1 part by mass to 10 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the composite structure particles.

6. The electrophotographic photoreceptor according to claim 1 ,
wherein the layer configuring the outermost surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor further contains a resin binder, and
a content of the composite structure particles is in a range of 50 parts by mass to 250 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the resin binder.

7. The electrophotographic photoreceptor according to claim 6 ,
wherein the resin binder is a polymerized cured substance of a polymerizable compound.

8. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
the electrophotographic photoreceptor according to claim 1 ;
a charger for charging a surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor;
an exposurer for forming an electrostatic latent image by irradiating the charged surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor with light;
a developer for forming a toner image by supplying a toner to the electrophotographic photoreceptor on which the electrostatic latent image is formed; and
a transferee for transferring the toner image on the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor to a recording medium,
wherein the charger is a charger of a proximity charging system for applying a charging voltage in proximity to the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor.

9. The electrophotographic photoreceptor according to claim 1 ,
wherein the composite structure particles are coated with the fluorine resin in a range of 0.1 part by mass to 100 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the composite structure particles.

Assignees

• Konica Minolta Inc

Inventors

• Maeda Seisuke
• Kurimoto Kazunori
• Kuramochi Kazuhiro

Classifications

• G03G5/14726

  Halogenated polymers · CPC title

• G03G5/14708

  comprising organic material · CPC title

• G03G5/14704 Primary

  comprising inorganic material · CPC title

• G03G5/0436 Primary

  combining organic and inorganic layers · CPC title

• G03G5/087

  and being incorporated in an organic bonding material · CPC title