Definition of "photoconductor" []

• A material, or a device, that exhibits or utilizes photoconductivity (noun)

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• "The new instrument uses supersensitive detectors that were especially developed for the application: two bolometer arrays in the camera, and two photoconductor arrays in the spectrometer."
• "Nearly all of its printers use a unique photoconductor drum - the component on which the page image is built up during printing - with a secret coating which makes it a lifetime component."
• "(Currently, the best performing photoconductor is based on lead sulfide nanoparticles.)"