Method for fabricating a photoreceptor

摘要

There is described a method for forming a photoreceptor wherein a substrate having a thin electrically insulating oxide film on a surface thereof is subjected to an electroless deposition step from a selenious acid solution whereby the oxide film is dissolved and a thin selenium layer is formed on the substrate. In one embodiment, a relatively thick photoconductive insulating layer comprising selenium or alloys thereof is deposited by vacuum evaporation over the previously electrolessly deposited selenium layer. In another embodiment, a layer of a charge carrier transport material is deposited over the selenium layer. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, an oxide-free substrate is initially subjected to an electrochemical oxidation step in an alkaline medium to form a thin electrically insulating oxide film on the surface thereof.