Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Harumi Sakou

Hisami Tanaka

Masahiro Kanai

Kiyoshi Sakai

Teigo Sakakibara

Shoji Amamiya

Keishi Saitou

Masahumi Sano

Tatuyuki Aoike

Kouichi Matuda

Mituyuki Niwa

A new polysilane composition usable as an organic semiconductor which contains a specific polysilane compound of 6000 to 200000 in a weight average molecular weight in which all the substitutional groups and end groups being substituted by specific organic groups not containing oxygen atom, said polysilane compound not containing chlorine atom, and an acceptor level forming material or/and a donor level forming material.

Polysilane compositions

An improved junction type photovoltaic element, characterized by having an organic semiconductor layer formed of a polysilane compound of 6000 to 200000 in weight average molecular weight which is represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## Wherein, R.sub.1 stands for an albyl group of 1 to 2 carbon atoms; R.sub.2 stands for an alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, aryl group or aralkyl group of 3 to 8 carbon atoms; R.sub.3 stands for an alkyl group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R.sub.4 stands for an alkyl group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms; A and A' respectively stands for an alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, aryl group or aralkyl group of 4 to 12 carbon atoms wherein the two substituents may be the same or different one from the other; and each of n and m is a mole ratio showing the proportion of the number of respective monomers versus the total of the monomers in the polymer wherein n+m=1, 0&lt;n.ltoreq.1 and 0.ltoreq.m&lt;1.

Photovoltaic element of junction type with an organic semiconductor

Polysilane compounds and electrophotographic photosensitive members with

In a method of roughening the surface of an organic electrophotographic photosensitive member by bringing an abrasive material into slidable contact with said surface, an abrasive material in the form of a film is moved in the direction intersecting the direction of a rotating shaft of said photosensitive member, with the vibration thereof at the part coming into slidable contact with said photosensitive member, thereby roughening the surface of said photosensitive member.

Surface roughening method for organic electrophotographic photosensitive

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Harumi Sakou