Novel quinone compounds 1-3 with extended π-conjugate system shown in Figure 1 have been designed as an electron transporting compound for fabricating single-layer organic photoreceptors (OPC) useful for positive charging. We synthesized them and examined their properties. They showed suitable electron accepting properties and good compatibilities to a binder resin. The electron transporting behavior will be discussed based on the fundamental experiments of its electric field, temperature, and inter-molecular distance dependencies in molecularly doped system, and analyzed applicability of small-polaron hopping to electron transport in the materials.
Hideki Okada, Fumio Sugai, Eiichi Miyamoto, Hiroaki Iwasaki, Masaaki Yokoyama, "Novel Electron Transporting Quinone Compounds with Extended π-Conjugate System" in Proc. IS&T Int'l Conf. on Digital Printing Technologies (NIP16), 2000, pp 457 - 460, https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2000.16.1.art00011_2