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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2007
Takatsugu Obata, Nara, JP;
Akihiro Kondoh, Nara, JP;
Takatsugu Obata, Nara, JP;
Akihiro Kondoh, Nara, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an electrophotographic photoconductor comprising an electroconductive substrate and a photosensitive layer provided on the electroconductive substrate, wherein the photosensitive layer comprises a charge-generating material and a charge-transporting material, the charge-transporting material comprising a compound represented by the general formula (1): wherein Arand Areach independently represent an optionally-substituted arylene or bivalent heterocyclic group; Arand Areach independently represent a hydrogen atom, or an optionally-substituted aryl or monovalent heterocyclic group, but are not simultaneously hydrogen atoms; or Arand Armay be taken together to form an optionally-substituted bivalent cyclic hydrocarbon or heterocyclic group; and n is 0 or 1.