Electrically resistive coatings/layers using soluble carbon nanotube complexes in polymers

摘要

A process and result for forming an electrically relaxable coating composite for an electrophotographic imaging component includes providing a non-functionalized soluble carbon nanotube complex, and mixing a polymer material with the soluble carbon nanotube complex. The electrically relaxable coating composite exhibits resistivity in the range or about 107 to about 1012 ohm-cm.

主权项

1. An electrophotographic imaging component comprising:
a substrate; and an electrically relaxable coating composite formed on the substrate, the coating composite having an electrical resistivity in a range of about 107 to about 1012 ohm-cm and comprising
a polymer material combined with a soluble carbon nanotube complex to obtain a dispersion of the soluble carbon nanotube complex in the polymer material suitable for electrophotographic imaging,wherein the polymer material comprises polycarbonate, polyacrylate, or polystyrene, andwherein the soluble carbon nanotube complex comprises a polymer wrapped carbon nanotube and there is no chemical bond between the polymer wrap and the carbon nanotube.