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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2020
Hidetoshi Kami, Shizuoka, JP;
Tomoharu Asano, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayuki Ishii, Shizuoka, JP;
Ryota Inoue, Shizuoka, JP;
Hidetoshi Kami, Shizuoka, JP;
Tomoharu Asano, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayuki Ishii, Shizuoka, JP;
Ryota Inoue, Shizuoka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic device includes: a support; a charge-transporting layer including a charge-transporting material, or a sensitizing-dye electrode layer including a sensitizing dye, where the charge-transporting layer or the sensitizing-dye electrode layer is disposed on or above the support; and a metal oxide layer disposed on or above the charge-transporting layer or the sensitizing-dye electrode layer. The metal oxide layer includes p-type semiconductor metal oxide and silica or metal oxide particles, and an amount of the silica or metal oxide particles included in the metal oxide layer is 0.5% by mass or greater but 1.5% by mass or less, relative to the metal oxide layer.