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Electroconductive member, process cartridge, and electrophotographic device

An electro-conductive member and electrophotographic technology, which can be applied to equipment, electrical components, thin material processing, etc. using the electrical recording process of charge patterns, can solve the problems of increasing the resistance of the elastic layer and reducing the number of carriers, and achieve the suppression of resistance. effect of change

Active Publication Date: 2014-01-01
CANON KK
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As a result, the number of carriers promoting ion conductivity decreases, whereby the resistance of the elastic layer increases over time in some cases

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[0115] 100 g of Polymer No. 1 was dissolved in 4.0 L of dichloromethane, and the temperature of the solution was maintained at 40° C. in an argon atmosphere. 27.52 g of concentrated sulfuric acid was added dropwise to the dichloromethane solution. After the dropwise addition was completed, the temperature of the resulting liquid was increased to 80°C, and then the liquid was reacted by stirring for 72 hours while maintaining the liquid temperature at 80°C. Next, 1.0 L of methanol was dropped into the reaction solution to stop the reaction. The resulting reaction product was washed by repeating dissolution in toluene and reprecipitation with methanol three times. After that, the reaction product was dried in air at a temperature of 80° C. for 24 hours. Next, the dried reaction product was dissolved in 1.0 L of toluene, and then the solution was subjected to dry distillation at a temperature of 120° C. while stirring in a nitrogen atmosphere. During dry distillation, 500 g of...

Embodiment 2) to ( Embodiment 17

[0142] In addition to changing the polymer No. 1 in Example 1 to a polymer having a number as shown in Table 5-1, and changing the mixing amount to the amount shown in Table 5-1, in the same manner as in Example 1 Synthesize thermoplastic elastomers 2 to 17 in the same manner as in 1. The introduction ratio of the sulfonic acid group to the double bond of the diene block of each of the obtained thermoplastic elastomers Nos. 2 to 17 was measured by proton NMR in the same manner as in Example 1.

[0143] In addition, the state of the microphase separation structure of thermoplastic elastomer Nos. 2 to 17 was observed in the same manner as in Example 1. Table 5-2 shows the composition of each of thermoplastic elastomers Nos. 2 to 17 which are A-B-A type copolymers in the present invention, the kind of microphase-separated structure composed of polystyrene blocks of each elastomer, and sulfonic acid The introduction ratio of the base to the double bond of the diene block of each ...

Embodiment 18

[0146] A sulfonic acid group was introduced into Polymer No. 1 in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the mixing amount of concentrated sulfuric acid in Example 1 was changed to 27.52 g. Next, 1.0 L of methanol was dropped into the reaction solution to stop the reaction. The resulting reaction products were washed by repeating dissolution in toluene and reprecipitation with methanol three times each. After washing, the reaction product was dried in air at 80 °C for 24 hours. Next, the dried reaction product was dissolved in 1 L of toluene, and then 200 g of glacial acetic acid was gradually added dropwise to the solution while stirring the solution in a nitrogen atmosphere. After the dropping was completed, the temperature of the resulting solution was raised, and then the solution was stirred for 72 hours while maintaining its temperature at 80°C. The resulting reaction products were washed by repeating dissolution in toluene and reprecipitation with methanol each f...

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Abstract

Provided is a conductive member for electrophotography whose electrical resistance hardly increases even by long-term application of a high voltage. The conductive member for electrophotography is a conductive member for electrophotography, including: a conductive support; and a conductive elastic layer, in which: the elastic layer contains an A-B-A type block copolymer constituted of a non-ion conducting block (A block) and an ion conducting block (B block) having an ion exchange group; the block copolymer forms a microphase-separated structure; and the A block forms any structure selected from the group consisting of a spherical structure, a cylindrical structure, and a bicontinuous structure, and the B block forms a matrix for the structure.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an electroconductive member to be used in an electrophotographic apparatus, a process cartridge, and an electrophotographic apparatus. Background technique [0002] A layer containing a polar polymer such as butadiene rubber (BR) or alcohol rubber and an ion conductive agent can be used as the elastic layer to be possessed by a conductive member to be used as a charging roller in an electrophotographic apparatus. Such an elastic layer has an advantage that local unevenness in electrical resistance is small compared to an elastic layer in which conductivity is imparted by electron conductive particles. [0003] On the other hand, when a high voltage is continuously applied to a conductive member having an elastic layer containing an ion-conducting agent for a long period of time, the ion-conducting agent may be gradually polarized and unevenly distributed in the elastic layer. That is, the ion conductive agent is divide...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G03G15/02G03G15/00G03G15/08
CPCG03G15/0818G03G15/0233G03G15/1685Y10T428/31786Y10T428/31931Y10T428/31935C08F297/02G03G15/02G03G15/08
Inventor 都留诚司山内一浩山田聪村中则文村中由夏
Owner CANON KK