Electrophotographic photoreceptor, process cartridge, and image-forming apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10705441-B1
Application number	US-201916516963-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Jul 19, 2019
Priority date	Feb 8, 2019
Publication date	Jul 7, 2020
Grant date	Jul 7, 2020

Abstract

An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate. An outermost surface layer of the electrophotographic photoreceptor contains fluorine-containing resin particles and a fluorine-containing graft polymer having a structural unit represented by general formula (FA), a structural unit represented by general formula (FB), and a structural unit represented by general formula (FC):

where R F1 , R F2 , R F3 , and R F4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; X F1 represents an alkylene chain, a halogen-substituted alkylene chain, —S—, —O—, —NH—, or a single bond; Y F1 represents an alkylene chain, a halogen-substituted alkylene chain, —(C fx H 2fx-1 (OH))—, or a single bond; Q F1 represents —O— or —NH—; fl, fm, and fn each independently represent an integer of 1 or more; fp, fq, fr, and fs each independently represent an integer of 0 or 1 or more; ft represents an integer of 1 or more and 7 or less; fx represents an integer of 1 or more; R F5 and R F6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; and fz represents an integer of 1 or more.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising:
a conductive substrate; and
a photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate,
wherein an outermost surface layer of the electrophotographic photoreceptor contains fluorine-containing resin particles and a fluorine-containing graft polymer having a structural unit represented by general formula (FA), a structural unit represented by general formula (FB), and a structural unit represented by general formula (FC):

where R F1 , R F2 , R F3 , and R F4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; X F1 represents an alkylene chain, a halogen-substituted alkylene chain, —S—, —O—, —NH—, or a single bond; Y F1 represents an alkylene chain, a halogen-substituted alkylene chain, —(C fx H 2fx-1 (OH))—, or a single bond; Q F1 represents —O— or —NH—; fl, fm, and fn each independently represent an integer of 1 or more; fp, fq, fr, and fs each independently represent an integer of 0 or 1 or more; ft represents an integer of 1 or more and 7 or less; fx represents an integer of 1 or more; R F5 and R F6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; and fz represents an integer of 1 or more,
wherein a number of carboxyl groups in the fluorine-containing resin particles is 0 or more and 30 or less per 10 6 carbon atoms, and an amount of a basic compound in the fluorine-containing resin particles is 0 ppm or more and 3 ppm or less, and
wherein a molecular-weight distribution Mw/Mn (weight-average molecular weight Mw/number-average molecular weight Mn) of the fluorine-containing graft polymer is 1.5 or more and 5.0 or less.

2. The electrophotographic photoreceptor according to claim 1 , wherein the number of carboxyl groups is 0 or more and 20 or less per 10 6 carbon atoms, and the amount of the basic compound is 0 ppm or more and 1.5 ppm or less.

3. The electrophotographic photoreceptor according to claim 1 , wherein the basic compound is an amine compound.

4. The electrophotographic photoreceptor according to claim 1 , wherein the basic compound has a boiling point of 40° C. or higher and 130° C. or lower.

5. The electrophotographic photoreceptor according to claim 1 , wherein an amount of perfluorooctanoic acid relative to the fluorine-containing resin particles is 0 ppb or more and 25 ppb or less.

6. The electrophotographic photoreceptor according to claim 1 , wherein the amount of perfluorooctanoic acid relative to the fluorine-containing resin particles is 0 ppb or more and 20 ppb or less.

7. The electrophotographic photoreceptor according to claim 1 , wherein the fluorine-containing graft polymer has a weight-average molecular weight Mw of 20,000 or more and 200,000 or less.

8. The electrophotographic photoreceptor according to claim 7 , wherein the fluorine-containing graft polymer has a weight-average molecular weight Mw of 50,000 or more and 200,000 or less.

9. The electrophotographic photoreceptor according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the fluorine-containing graft polymer is 0.5% by mass or more and 10% by mass or less relative to the fluorine-containing resin particles.

10. A process cartridge detachably attachable to an image-forming apparatus, the process cartridge comprising:
the electrophotographic photoreceptor according to claim 1 .

11. An image-forming apparatus comprising:
the electrophotographic photoreceptor according to claim 1 ;
a charging unit that charges a surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor;
an electrostatic latent image-forming unit that forms an electrostatic latent image on the charged surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor;
a developing unit that develops the electrostatic latent image formed on the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor by using a developer that contains a toner to form a toner image; and
a transfer unit that transfers the toner image onto a surface of a recording medium.

12. The electrophotographic photoreceptor according to claim 1 , wherein the molecular-weight distribution Mw/Mn of the fluorine-containing graft polymer is 1.5 or more and 3.5 or less.

13. The electrophotographic photoreceptor according to claim 1 , wherein the molecular-weight distribution Mw/Mn of the fluorine-containing graft polymer is 1.5 or more and 3.0 or less.

14. The electrophotographic photoreceptor according to claim 1 , wherein the number-average molecular weight Mn of the fluorine-containing graft polymer is 20,000 or more and 200,000 or less.

15. The electrophotographic photoreceptor according to claim 1 , wherein the number-average molecular weight Mn of the fluorine-containing graft polymer is 25,000 or more and 100,000 or less.

Assignees

• Fuji Xerox Co Ltd

Inventors

• Fujii Ryosuke
• Yamada Wataru
• Iwasaki Masahiro
• Kusano Keisuke
• FUKUI Taisuke
• Okazaki Yuto

Classifications

• G03G5/14734 Primary

  Polymers comprising at least one carboxyl radical, e.g. polyacrylic acid, polycrotonic acid, polymaleic acid; Derivatives thereof, e.g. their esters, salts, anhydrides, nitriles, amides · CPC title

• G03G5/14726 Primary

  Halogenated polymers · CPC title

• G03G5/061473

  plural alkenyl groups linked directly to the same aryl group · CPC title

• G03G5/061443

  benzidine · CPC title

• G03G5/06142

  arylamine · CPC title