Reported here are novel submicron diameter crystals of titanium oxide phtha
locyanine (TiOPc) and the electrophotographic properties of photoreceptors
that employ them. The use of triether solvents such as diethylene glycol di
methylether and dimethoxy tetrahydrofuran produces five times smaller TiOPc
crystals than the phase 3 TiOPc crystals produced in tetrahydrofuran. The
photosensitivity of these smaller TiOPcs is as high as that of the tetrahyd
rofuran produced phase 3 TiOPc crystals, which have been a source for one o
f the most photosensitive charge generation materials used in electrophotog
raphic photoreceptors.