Patent 7972756 was granted and assigned to Xerox on July, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A photoconductor that includes, for example, a supporting substrate, a photogenerating layer, and at least one charge transport layer comprised of at least one charge transport component, and wherein the at least one charge transport layer contains at least one of ketal. In embodiments, the charge transport layer may include an α-hydroxyketone, an α-diketone, or mixtures thereof.