According to the present invention, a titanyl phthalocyanin crystal excellent in storage stability in organic solvents, a method for preparing the same and an electrophotographic photoconductor using the same are provided. In the titanyl phthalocyanin crystal, the method for preparing such a titanyl phthalocyanin crystal and the electrophotographic photoconductor using the same, the titanyl phthalocyanin crystal is characterized by having the maximum peak at a Bragg angle 2θ ± 0.2° = 27.2° in a CuKα characteristic X-ray diffraction spectrum and one peak within the range of 270 to 400°C other than a peak accompanied by the vaporization of adsorbed water in a differential scanning calorimetric analysis.
根据本发明,提供了一种在有机溶剂中存储稳定性极佳的
钛酞菁晶体、制备该晶体的方法以及使用该晶体的电子照相光电导体。在该
钛酞菁晶体、制备该
钛酞菁晶体的方法和使用该晶体的电致发光光电导体中,该
钛酞菁晶体的特点是在 CuKα 特征 X 射线衍射谱中具有布拉格角 2θ±0.2°=27.2° 的最大峰值,并且在差示扫描量热分析中,除了伴随吸附
水汽化的峰值外,在 270 至 400°C 范围内有一个峰值。