An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive base, and a single-layer photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive base and containing a binder resin, a hole transport material, an electron transport material, and a charge generation material. When a gold electrode is provided on the photosensitive layer so as to have an electrode area of 9.310.sup.1 cm.sup.2, and an electric field of 27 V/m is applied between the gold electrode and the conductive base in an environment at a temperature of 33 C. and a humidity of 80% RH by applying a voltage so that the gold electrode becomes positive, a dark electrical conductivity .sub.d (1/(.Math.cm)) per unit area is about 4.610.sup.14 or less.

A positively chargeable single-layer electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer. The photosensitive layer contains at least a charge generating material, a hole transport material, an electron transport material, and an electron accepting compound. The hole transport material includes a benzidine derivative. The electron transport material includes at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by general formulae (1), (2), (3), and (4) shown below. The electron accepting compound includes at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by general formulae (5) and (6) shown below. ##STR00001##

Provided is a lamination-type electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising a conductive substrate, and a charge transport layer and a charge generation layer both on the conductive substrate, wherein the charge transport layer comprises a charge transport substance represented by the general formula (1), a binder resin, and a particulate silicon compound.

A triarylamine derivative represented by general formula (1) below. In the general formula (1), R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.sub.6, R.sub.7, R.sub.8, and R.sub.9 each represent, independently from one another, a hydrogen atom, an optionally substitute alkyl group having a carbon number of at least 1 and no greater than 6, an optionally substituted alkoxy group having a carbon number of at least 1 and no greater than 6, or an optionally substituted aryl group having a carbon number of at least 6 and no greater than 14, R.sub.3 represents an alkyl group having a carbon number of at least 1 and no greater than 4, X represents an alkylene group having a carbon number of at least 1 and no greater than 6 or an oxygen atom, and n represents an integer of 1 to 3. ##STR00001##

An electrophotographic photoreceptor causing no image defect even in long-term use and has excellent wear performance, a method of producing the same, and an electrophotographic device are provided. The electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a photosensitive layer on a conductive substrate. The slope k of a straight line obtained by plotting the average film density of outermost layer and the boiling point of solvent used for the formation of the outermost layer along the ordinate and the abscissa, respectively, is 1.50E-4 (g/cm.sup.3.Math. C.) or greater, and the difference in film density of the outermost layer between the surface side and the side close to the conductive substrate is 0.030 g/cm.sup.3 or less.

An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer of a single-layer type disposed on the conductive substrate. The photosensitive layer has an absorption coefficient of 0.008 or less at a wavelength of 1000 nm and contains a binder resin, a charge generating material, an electron transporting material, and a hole transporting material. The charge generating material is at least one selected from a hydroxygallium phthalocyanine pigment and a chlorogallium phthalocyanine pigment and is contained in an amount of 0.9% by weight or more and 1.8% by weight or less relative to the binder resin.

An electrophotographic photosensitive member with suppressed potential variation even in the case that a protective layer including a cured material of a composition having a polymerizable functional group is used is provided. An electrophotographic photosensitive member including a support, a charge generation layer, a charge transport layer containing a charge transporting material, and a protective layer, in the order presented, wherein the charge transport layer contains a polycarbonate resin having a structure selected from a group A and a structure selected from a group B, and the protective layer includes a cured material of a composition containing a compound having at least a functional group selected from chain-polymerizable functional groups and sequential polymerizable functional groups.

A photoreceptor for electrophotography, a method for manufacturing the photoreceptor, and an electrophotographic device including the photoreceptor are disclosed. The photoreceptor for electrophotography includes a conductive substrate; and a photosensitive layer that is provided on the conductive substrate and that has an outermost surface layer containing at least a resin binder and an electron transport material. The resin binder is composed of a polyarylate resin having a structural unit represented by a Chemical Structural Formula 1, and the electron transport material is composed of a compound having a structure represented by a Structural Formula (ET2-3). The photoreceptor has high sensitivity, low residual electric potential, no light fatigue and sufficient stain resistance.

An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate including an outer peripheral surface treated with a silazane; and a photosensitive layer on the outer peripheral surface of the conductive substrate. The photosensitive layer includes a charge generating material and a charge transporting material.

An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate and a single-layer-type photosensitive layer on the conductive substrate. The single-layer-type photosensitive layer contains a binder resin, a charge generating material, an electron transporting material, and a hole transporting material. The single-layer-type photosensitive layer has a concentration ratio (A/B) of 0.7 or more and 1.0 or less, where the concentration ratio (A/B) is a ratio of a concentration A of the electron transporting material relative to the binder resin measured from a surface of the photosensitive layer remote from the conductive substrate to a concentration B of the electron transporting material relative to the binder resin measured from a surface of the photosensitive layer close to the conductive substrate.