Patent ID: 8053151

Claim:
A photoconductor comprising a supporting substrate, a photogenerating layer, and at least one charge transport layer comprised of at least one charge transport component, and wherein said photogenerating layer contains a phosphonate selected from the group consisting of at least one of N,N-bis-(2-hydroxylethyl)aminomethanephosphonic acid diethyl ester, methylthiomethyl)phosphonic acid diethyl ester, 2-hydroxyethylphosphonic acid dimethyl ester, cyanomethylphosphonic acid diethyl ester, di-n-butyl N,N-diethylcarbamoylmethylphosphonate, dibutyl N,N-diethylcarbamoylphosphonate, diethyl (phthalimidomethyl)phosphonate, diethyl 1-pyrrolidinemethylphosphonate, diphenyl (2,3-dihydro-2-thioxo-3-benzoxazolyl)phosphonate, monoethyl 3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-droxybenzylphosphonate, tetraethyl[4,4′-biphenylylenebis(methylene)]bisphosphonate, diethyl 4-methoxyphenylphosphonate, tetraethyl [anthracene-9,10-diylbis(methylene)]bisphosphonate, diethyl benzylphosphonate, bis(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)(methoxycarbonylmethyl) phosphonate, diethyl phenacylphosphonate, diethyl (3-chlorobenzyl)phosphonate, diethyl cyanophosphonate, and diethyl phenylphosphonate.