Patent ID: 7214956

Claim:
An image recording medium comprising: a first electrode for transmitting an electromagnetic wave for recording; a recording photoconductive layer that exhibits conductivity by being irradiated with the electromagnetic wave for recording to exhibit conductivity; a storage unit for storing charge generated in the recording photoconductive layer; a reading photoconductive layer that exhibits conductivity by being irradiated with an electromagnetic wave for reading to exhibit conductivity; a second electrode for transmitting the electromagnetic wave for reading, the first electrode, the recording photoconductive layer, the storage unit, the reading photoconductive layer and the second electrode being laminated in this sequential order; and a suppression layer for transmitting the reading electromagnetic wave between the reading photoconductive layer and the second electrode to suppress interfacial crystallization in the reading photoconductive layer, wherein the suppression layer includes an organic polymer having a polar group, wherein a ratio of the polar group in the organic polymer is in a range of 4 to 40 wt%, and wherein the polar group is one of an OH group and a COOH group.