Synergetic enhancement of photoconductivity in oxotitanium phthalocyanine nanocrystalline/fluoronone-based azo/BAH composite photoreceptors

A simple method of liquid phase direct precipitation (LPDP) is employed to prepare oxotitanium phthalocyanine (TiOPc) nanoparticles. By encapsulation within casein coating, the TiOPc nanoparticles exhibit uniform and well-controlled particle sizes. The results of photoinduced discharge experiment demonstrates that the photoconductivity of the photoreceptors fabricated with TiOPc nanoparticles and fluoronone-based azo pigments as composite carrier generation materials was substantially enhanced. The photosensitivity has been improved three times as the TiOPc particle size decreased from 100 nm to 40 nm.