公开(公告)号：US5358811A

公开(公告)日：1994-10-25

申请号：US53822

申请日：1993-04-29

申请人： Koji Yamazaki ,  Toshimitsu Kariya ,  Tatsuyuki Aoike ,  Toshiyuki Ehara ,  Takehito Yoshino ,  Hirokazu Otoshi

发明人： Koji Yamazaki ,  Toshimitsu Kariya ,  Tatsuyuki Aoike ,  Toshiyuki Ehara ,  Takehito Yoshino ,  Hirokazu Otoshi

IPC分类号： G03G5/082 ,  G03G9/08 ,  G03G13/08 ,  G03G13/01

CPC分类号： G03G13/08 ,  G03G5/08235 ,  G03G9/0819 ,  G03G9/0821

摘要： An electrophotographic image-forming and developing method using as light receiving member an amorphous silicon light receiving member which comprises a substrate and a light receiving layer disposed on said substrate, said light receiving layer comprising a first layer capable of exhibiting a photoconductivity, a second layer capable of supporting a latent image and a third layer capable of supporting a developed image being laminated in this order on said substrate, said first layer being formed of an amorphous material containing silicon atoms as a matrix, and at least one kind of atoms selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atoms and halogen atoms, said second layer being formed of an amorphous material containing silicon atoms as a matrix, carbon atoms, atoms of an element belonging to Group III of the Periodic Table, and at least one kind of atoms selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atoms and halogen atoms, and said third layer being formed of an amorphous material containing silicon atoms as a matrix, carbon atoms and at least one kind of atoms selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atoms and halogen atoms; and using as said toner a fine particle insulating toner having a volume average particle size in the range of 4.5 to 9 um and an apparent viscosity at 100.degree. C. in the range of 1.times.10.sup.4 to 2.times.10.sup.5 poise.

摘要翻译： 一种电子照相图像形成和显影方法，其使用非晶硅光接收元件作为光接收元件，所述非晶硅光接收元件包括基板和设置在所述基板上的光接收层，所述光接收层包括能够呈现光电导性的第一层，第二层 能够支撑潜像和能够支持在所述基板上依次层叠的显影图像的第三层，所述第一层由含有硅原子作为基体的非晶质材料形成，以及至少一种选自 由氢原子和卤素原子组成的组，所述第二层由含有硅原子作为基体的非晶态材料形成，碳原子，属于周期表第III族的元素的原子，以及选出的至少一种原子 由氢原子和卤素原子组成的组，所述第三层由无定形配体形成 含有硅原子作为基体的碳原子和选自氢原子和卤素原子的至少一种原子; 并且使用体积平均粒度在4.5至9μm的细颗粒绝缘调色剂和在100℃下的表观粘度在1×10 4至2×105泊的范围内作为所述调色剂。

公开(公告)号：US4906543A

公开(公告)日：1990-03-06

申请号：US184872

申请日：1988-04-21

申请人： Tatsuyuki Aoike ,  Masafumi Sano ,  Takehito Yoshino ,  Toshimitsu Kariya ,  Hiroaki Niino

发明人： Tatsuyuki Aoike ,  Masafumi Sano ,  Takehito Yoshino ,  Toshimitsu Kariya ,  Hiroaki Niino

IPC分类号： G03G5/082

CPC分类号： G03G5/08228

摘要： There is provided an improved light receiving member for electrophotography which is made up of an aluminum support and a multilayered light receiving layer exhibiting photoconductivity formed on said aluminum support, wherein said multilayered light receiving layer consists of a lower layer in contact with said support and an upper layer, said lower layer being made of an inorganic material containing at least aluminum atoms (Al), silicon atoms (Si), and hydrogen atoms (H), and having a part in which said aluminum atoms (Al), silicon atoms (Si), and hydrogen atoms (H) are unevenly distributed across the layer thickness, said upper layer being made of a non-single-crystal material composed of silicon atoms (Si) as the matrix and at least either of hydrogen atoms (H) or halogen atoms (X), and containing at least either of germanium atoms or tin atoms in a layer region in contact with said lower layer. The light receiving member for electrophotography exhibits outstanding electric characteristics, optical characteristics, photoconductive characteristics, durability, image characteristics, and adaptability to use environments.

公开(公告)号：US4981766A

公开(公告)日：1991-01-01

申请号：US403396

申请日：1989-09-06

申请人： Tatsuyuki Aoike ,  Masafumi Sano ,  Takehito Yoshino ,  Toshimitsu Kariya ,  Hiroaki Niino

发明人： Tatsuyuki Aoike ,  Masafumi Sano ,  Takehito Yoshino ,  Toshimitsu Kariya ,  Hiroaki Niino

IPC分类号： G03G5/082

CPC分类号： G03G5/08214

摘要： A light receiving member for electrophotography made up of an aluminum support and a multilayered light receiving layer exhibiting photoconductivity formed on the aluminum support, wherein the multilayered light receiving layer consists of a lower layer in contact with the support and an upper layer, the lower layer being made of an inorganic material containing at least aluminum atom (Al), silicon atoms (Si) and hydrogen atoms (H), and having portion in which the aluminum atoms (Al), silicon atoms (Si), and hydrogen atoms (H) are unevenly distributed across the layer thickness, the upper layer being made of a non-single-crystal material composed of silicon atoms (Si) as the matrix and at least either of hydrogen atoms (H) or halogen atoms (X) and containing at least one of carbon atoms, nitrogen atoms (N) and oxygen atoms (O) in the layer region in adjacent with the lower layer. The light receiving member for electrophotography can overcome all of the foregoing problems and exhibits extremely excellent electrical property, optical property, photoconductivity, durability, image property and circumstantial property of use.

公开(公告)号：US5087542A

公开(公告)日：1992-02-11

申请号：US455227

申请日：1989-12-21

申请人： Koji Yamazaki ,  Toshimitsu Kariya ,  Tatsuyuki Aoike ,  Toshiyuki Ehara ,  Takehito Yoshino ,  Hirokazu Otoshi

发明人： Koji Yamazaki ,  Toshimitsu Kariya ,  Tatsuyuki Aoike ,  Toshiyuki Ehara ,  Takehito Yoshino ,  Hirokazu Otoshi

IPC分类号： G03G5/082 ,  G03G9/08 ,  G03G21/20

CPC分类号： G03G5/08235 ,  G03G21/206 ,  G03G9/0819

摘要： In an electrophotographic image-forming method to be practiced in an electrophotographic image-forming system including a halogen lamp light source, an optical system, a cylindrical photosensitive member, a main corona charger, an electrostatic latent image-forming mechanism, a development mechanism containing magnetic toner, a transfer sheet feeding mechanism, a transfer charger, a separating charger, a transfer sheet conveying mechanism, a cleaning mechanism and a charge-removing light source which is capable of adjusting an image-forming process speed, the improvement comprises: using an amorphous silicon light receiving member which comprises a substrate and a light receiving layer disposed on said substrate, said light receiving layer comprising a first layer capable of exhibiting a photoconductivity, a second layer capable of supporting a latent image and a third layer capable of supporting a developed image being laminated in this order on said substrate, said first layer being formed of an amorphous material containing silicon atoms as a matrix, and at least one kind of atoms selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atoms and halogen atoms, said second layer being formed of an amorphous material containing silicon atoms as a matrix, carbon atoms, atoms of an element belonging to Group III of the Periodic Table, and at least one kind of atoms selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atoms and halogen atoms, and said third layer being formed of an amorphous material containing silicon atoms as a matrix, carbon atoms and at least one kind of atoms selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atoms and halogen atoms; and using a fine particle insulating toner having a volume average particle size in the range of 4.5 to 9 .mu.m.

摘要翻译： 在包括卤素灯光源，光学系统，圆柱形感光部件，主电晕充电器，静电潜像形成机构的电子照相图像形成系统中实施的电子照相成像方法中，包含 磁性调色剂，转印纸供给机构，转印充电器，分离充电器，转印纸传送机构，清洁机构和能够调整图像形成处理速度的电荷去除光源，其改进包括：使用 一种非晶硅光接收元件，包括基片和设置在所述基底上的光接收层，所述光接收层包括能够呈现光电导性的第一层，能够支持潜像的第二层和能够支撑潜像的第三层 显影图像依次层叠在所述基板上，所述第一层为 由含有硅原子作为基质的非晶质材料和选自氢原子和卤素原子的至少一种原子形成，所述第二层由含有硅原子作为基体的无定形材料形成，碳原子， 属于周期表第III族元素的原子和选自氢原子和卤素原子的至少一种原子，所述第三层由含有硅原子作为基体的无定形材料形成，碳 原子和选自氢原子和卤素原子的至少一种原子; 并使用体积平均粒径在4.5〜9μm的微粒绝缘调色剂。

公开(公告)号：US4886723A

公开(公告)日：1989-12-12

申请号：US182156

申请日：1988-04-15

申请人： Tatsuyuki Aoike ,  Masafumi Sano ,  Takehito Yoshino ,  Toshimitsu Kariya ,  Hiroaki Niino

发明人： Tatsuyuki Aoike ,  Masafumi Sano ,  Takehito Yoshino ,  Toshimitsu Kariya ,  Hiroaki Niino

IPC分类号： G03G5/082

CPC分类号： G03G5/08228

摘要： There is provided an improved light receiving member for electrophotography which is made up of an aluminum support and a multilayered light receiving layer exhibiting photoconductivity formed on said aluminum support, wherein said multilayered light receiving layer consists of a lower layer in contact with said support and an upper layer, said lower layer being made of an inorganic material containing at least aluminum atoms (Al), silicon atoms (Si), and hydrogen atoms (H), and having a part in which said aluminum atoms (Al), silicon atoms (Si), and hydrogen atoms (H) are unevenly distributed across the layer thickness, said upper layer being made of a non-single material composed of silicon atoms (Si) as the matrix and at least either of hydrogen atoms (H) or halogen atoms (X). The light receiving member for electrophotography exhibits outstanding electric characteristics, optical characteristics, photoconductive characteristics, durability, image characteristics, and adaptability to use environments.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于电子照相的改进的光接收元件，其由铝支架和在所述铝支架上形成的具有光电导性的多层光接收层构成，其中所述多层光接收层由与所述支撑体接触的下层和 所述下层由至少含有铝原子（Al），硅原子（Si）和氢原子（H）的无机材料制成，并且其中所述铝原子（Al），硅原子（ Si）和氢原子（H）跨越层厚度不均匀地分布，所述上层由以硅原子（Si）为基体和氢原子（H）或卤素（H）中的至少一个的非单一材料制成 原子（X）。 用于电子照相的光接收元件具有出色的电特性，光学特性，光导特性，耐久性，图像特性和对使用环境的适应性。

公开(公告)号：US4882251A

公开(公告)日：1989-11-21

申请号：US183701

申请日：1988-04-19

申请人： Tatsuyuki Aoike ,  Masafumi Sano ,  Takehito Yoshino ,  Toshimitsu Kariya ,  Hiroaki Niino

发明人： Tatsuyuki Aoike ,  Masafumi Sano ,  Takehito Yoshino ,  Toshimitsu Kariya ,  Hiroaki Niino

IPC分类号： G03G5/082

CPC分类号： G03G5/08228

摘要： A light receiving member for electrophotography made up of an aluminum support and a multilayered light receiving layer exhibiting photoconductivity formed on the aluminum support, wherein the multilayered light receiving layer consists of a lower layer in contact with the support and an upper layer, the lower layer being made of an inorganic material containing at least aluminum atom (Al), silicon atoms (Si) and hydrogen atoms (H), and having portion in which the aluminum atoms (Al), silicon atoms (Si), and hydrogen atoms (H) are unevenly distributed across the layer thickness, the upper layer being made of a non-single-crystal material composed of silicon atoms (Si) as the matrix and at least either of hydrogen atoms (H) or halogen atoms (X) and containing atoms to control conductivity in the layer region in adjacent with the lower layer. The light receiving member for electrophotography can overcome all of the foregoing problems and exhibits extremely excellent electrical property, optical property, photoconductivity, durability, image property and circumstantial property of use.

摘要翻译： 一种由铝支架和形成在铝支架上形成的具有光电导性的多层光接收层构成的电子摄影用光接收元件，其中多层光接收层由与支撑体接触的下层和上层组成，下层 由至少含有铝原子（Al），硅原子（Si）和氢原子（H）的无机材料制成，并且其中铝原子（Al），硅原子（Si）和氢原子（H ）不均匀地分布在层厚度上，上层由以硅原子（Si）为基体和氢原子（H）或卤素原子（X）中的至少一个组成的非单晶材料制成，并含有 原子以控制与下层相邻的层区域中的导电性。 用于电子照相的光接收元件可以克服所有上述问题，并且表现出非常优异的电性能，光学性能，光电导性，耐久性，图像特性和使用的环境性质。

公开(公告)号：US5421909A

公开(公告)日：1995-06-06

申请号：US24252

申请日：1993-03-01

申请人： Nobuyuki Ishikawa ,  Keishi Saito ,  Soichiro Kawakami ,  Jinsho Matsuyama ,  Toshimitsu Kariya ,  Yuzo Kouda ,  Naoto Okada

发明人： Nobuyuki Ishikawa ,  Keishi Saito ,  Soichiro Kawakami ,  Jinsho Matsuyama ,  Toshimitsu Kariya ,  Yuzo Kouda ,  Naoto Okada

IPC分类号： H01L31/04 ,  H01L31/0216 ,  H01L31/0224 ,  H01L31/052 ,  H01L31/0232

CPC分类号： H01L31/02167 ,  H01L31/022466 ,  H01L31/0543 ,  H01L31/0547 ,  H01L31/056 ,  H01L31/0236 ,  Y02E10/52 ,  Y02E10/543

摘要： A photovoltaic device having a semiconductor layer; front and back electrodes; and a surface protection layer adjacent to the light incident side, wherein granules of a material different from that of the surface protection layer are disposed in the surface protection layer.

摘要翻译： 具有半导体层的光电器件; 前后电极; 以及与光入射侧相邻的表面保护层，其中与表面保护层的材料不同的材料颗粒设置在表面保护层中。

公开(公告)号：US5456762A

公开(公告)日：1995-10-10

申请号：US171430

申请日：1993-12-22

申请人： Toshimitsu Kariya ,  Keishi Saito

发明人： Toshimitsu Kariya ,  Keishi Saito

IPC分类号： H01L27/00 ,  H01L31/036 ,  H01L31/04 ,  H01L31/052 ,  H01L31/075 ,  H01L31/10 ,  H01L31/105 ,  H01L31/18 ,  H01L31/20 ,  H01L31/0368 ,  H01L31/0376

CPC分类号： H01L31/076 ,  H01L31/036 ,  H01L31/056 ,  H01L31/075 ,  H01L31/1055 ,  H01L31/1812 ,  H01L31/202 ,  H01L31/206 ,  Y02E10/52 ,  Y02E10/548 ,  Y02P70/521

摘要： The present invention provides photoelectric conversion elements, wherein the long wavelength sensitivity, the fill factor, and the photoelectric conversion efficiency are improved. In order to provide photoelectric conversion elements wherein light deterioration is reduced, the field durability enhanced, and the temperature characteristic improved, a p-layer composed of amorphous silicon type semiconductor containing hydrogen, an i-layer composed of amorphous silicon-germanium type semiconductor containing hydrogen and further including microcrystalline germanium, and an n-layer composed of amorphous silicon type semiconductor containing hydrogen are laminated on a substrate, the i-layer being formed at a substrate temperature from 400.degree. to 600.degree. C. by microwave plasma CVD, the particle diameter of said microcrystalline germanium ranging from 50 to 500 angstroms. Also, the content of microcrystalline germanium varies in the layer thickness direction.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供光电转换元件，其中提高了长波长灵敏度，填充因子和光电转换效率。 为了提供光劣化降低的光电转换元件，提高了场耐久性，提高了温度特性，由含有氢的非晶硅型半导体构成的p层，由含有氢的非晶硅锗型半导体构成的i层 氢并且还包括微晶锗，并且由含有氢的非晶硅型半导体构成的n层层叠在基板上，所述i层通过微波等离子体CVD在400〜600℃的基板温度下形成， 所述微晶锗的粒径为50-500埃。 此外，微晶锗的含量在层厚度方向上变化。

公开(公告)号：US5401330A

公开(公告)日：1995-03-28

申请号：US275274

申请日：1994-07-15

申请人： Keishi Saito ,  Toshimitsu Kariya ,  Koichi Matsuda ,  Naoto Okada ,  Yutaka Nishio ,  Tomonori Nishimoto ,  Takaharu Kondo

发明人： Keishi Saito ,  Toshimitsu Kariya ,  Koichi Matsuda ,  Naoto Okada ,  Yutaka Nishio ,  Tomonori Nishimoto ,  Takaharu Kondo

IPC分类号： H01L31/04 ,  H01L31/052 ,  H01L31/076 ,  H01L31/18 ,  H01L31/20 ,  H01L31/075

CPC分类号： H01L31/204 ,  H01L31/056 ,  H01L31/076 ,  H01L31/1884 ,  H01L31/202 ,  Y02E10/52 ,  Y02E10/548 ,  Y02P70/521

摘要： The present invention aims to provide a photovoltaic element which can maintain high initial characteristics over long term usage even under severe environments, and can be mass-produced with high yield.A photovoltaic element in which a light reflecting layer, a light reflection multiplying layer, an n-type layer, an i-type layer, and a p-type layer composed of a non-single crystal semiconductor material comprising at least silicon, and a transparent electrode are successively formed on a conductive substrate, characterized in that said light reflecting layer comprises silver or copper atoms as the main constituent and further contains at least one of oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon.Also, in another embodiment, this photovoltaic element is characterized in that said light reflecting layer comprises silver as the main constituent, and further contains lead, lead and gold, or lead, gold, and a first transition group metal in an amount of 2 to 100 ppm.

摘要翻译： 本发明的目的在于提供即使在恶劣的环境下长期使用也能够维持高的初始特性的光电元件，能够大批量生产。 一种光电元件，其中包括至少包含硅的非单晶半导体材料构成的光反射层，光反射倍增层，n型层，i型层和p型层，以及 透明电极依次形成在导电性基板上，其特征在于，所述光反射层包含银或铜原子作为主要成分，并且还含有氧，氮和碳中的至少一种。 此外，在另一个实施方案中，该光电元件的特征在于，所述光反射层包含银作为主要成分，并且还含有铅，铅和金，或铅，金和第一过渡族金属，其量为2至 100 ppm。

公开(公告)号：US6107116A

公开(公告)日：2000-08-22

申请号：US134929

申请日：1998-08-17

申请人： Toshimitsu Kariya ,  Keishi Saito

发明人： Toshimitsu Kariya ,  Keishi Saito

IPC分类号： H01L31/0224 ,  H01L31/075 ,  H01L31/18 ,  H01L31/20 ,  C23C14/34 ,  C23C14/08

CPC分类号： H01L31/1884 ,  H01L31/022483 ,  H01L31/075 ,  H01L31/202 ,  H01L31/204 ,  H01L31/206 ,  Y02E10/548

摘要： A photovoltaic element is formed by providing a substrate under vacuum; introducing a sputter gas and applying RF power to generate a plasma and provide a photovoltaic element having a substrate, a zinc oxide layer containing fluorine on the substrate, wherein a fluorine-containing zinc oxide layer is employed as a target.

摘要翻译： 通过在真空下提供衬底形成光电元件; 引入溅射气体并施加RF功率以产生等离子体，并提供具有衬底的光电元件，在衬底上含有氟的氧化锌层，其中使用含氟氧化锌层作为靶。