Patent ID: 8808954
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An electrophotographic photoconductor comprising a conductive support, a photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive support, and an intermediate layer disposed between the conductive support and the photosensitive layer, wherein the intermediate layer comprises metal oxide particles and a binder resin, and the metal oxide particles are surface-treated with a titanium chelate compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein R at each occurrence independently represents a C L at each occurrence independently represents a ligand derived from a chelating agent selected from the group consisting of β-ketoester represented by the following formula (1a): wherein R β-diketone represented by the following formula (1b): wherein R n represents an integer of 1 to 3; and if n is 2 or more, two Rs may be coupled to each other.