PHOTOCONDUCTIVE MEMBER INCLUDING NON-PHOTOCONDUCTIVE LAYER CONTAINING AMORPHOUS SILICON MATRIX CONTAINING NITROGEN

摘要

A photoconductive member comprises a support, a photoconductive layer constituted of an amorphous material containing silicon atoms as matrix and containing hydrogen atoms or halogen atoms, and at least one further layer in contact with the photoconductive layer and functioning to bar penetration of charge carriers into the photoconductive layer and to permit passage from the photoconductive layer of photocarriers generated in the photoconductive layer by projection of electromagnetic waves and movement of the photocarriers toward the side of the support, the further layer being constituted of an amorphous material containing silicon atoms and nitrogen atoms as constituents.