Patent ID: 8062815

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 at least one charge transport layer contains at least one imidazolium salt selected from the group consisting of N,N′-(isopropyl)imidazolium chloride, imidazolium triflate, N,N′-(adamantyl)imidazolium tetrafluoroborate, 1,3-bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)imidazolium chloride, 1-methyl-3-(3-cyanopropyl)imidazolium dicyanamide, N,N′-bis-(tert-butyl)imidazolium tetrafluoroborate, 1-[bis(4-chlorophenyl)methyl]-3-[2,4-dichloro-β-(2,4-dichlorobenzyloxy)phenethyl]imidazolium chloride, 1-butyl-3-(2-pyridinylmethyl)-1H-imidazolium hexafluorophosphate, 4-(3-butyl-1-imidazolio)-1-butanesulfonic acid triflate, 1-methyl-3-(cyanomethyl)imidazolium chloride, 1,3-dimethylimidazolium dimethyl phosphate, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrachloroferrate, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium 2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethyl sulfate, 1,3-di-tertiary-butylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate, and 1-methyl-3-propylimidazolium iodide.