Electrophotographic recording material

Claim 1

An electrophotographic recording material which comprises an electrically conductive support and a photoconductive layer comprising (a) at least one organic photoconductor selected from the group consisting of an oxazole, an oxdiazole, a hydrazone and a pyrazoline, (b) a binder, and (c) a sensitizing agent comprised of at least one bis-benzothiazole-pentamethine-cyanine represented by the formula: ##STR10## wherein R 1 denotes a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; R 2 denotes (i) an alkyl group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, (ii) --(CH 2 ) m --SO 3 - or (iii) --(CH 2 ) n --COO - ; R 3 denotes (i) an alkyl group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, (ii) --(CH 2 ) m SO 3 H, (iii) --(CH 2 ) n COOH or (iv) an alkali metal salt of (ii) or (iii), where m is 2 or 3 and n is 1 or 2; and X denotes p-toluene sulfonate, bromide, iodide, perchlorate or, if R 2 denotes the (ii) or (iii) structure, nothing, said recording material displaying a sensitization peak in the range between about 680 nm and about 710 nm.