An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes: a conductive support; a charge generation layer disposed on the conductive support, the charge generation layer including a charge generating material and a vinyl copolymer, the vinyl copolymer including a structural unit including a chlorine atom, a structural unit including an acyloxy group, and a structural unit including an aromatic polycarboxylic acid structure, a proportion of the structural unit including a chlorine atom to all the structural units being 80% by mass or more, a proportion of the structural unit including an aromatic polycarboxylic acid structure to all the structural units being 0.5% by mass or more; and a charge transport layer disposed on the charge generation layer, the charge transport layer including a charge transporting material and a binder resin.

An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes: a conductive support; a charge generation layer disposed on the conductive support, the charge generation layer including a charge generating material and a vinyl copolymer, the vinyl copolymer including a structural unit including a chlorine atom, a structural unit including an acyloxy group, and a structural unit including an aromatic polycarboxylic acid structure, a proportion of the structural unit including a chlorine atom to all the structural units being 80% by mass or more, a proportion of the structural unit including an aromatic polycarboxylic acid structure to all the structural units being 0.5% by mass or more; and a charge transport layer disposed on the charge generation layer, the charge transport layer including a charge transporting material and a binder resin.

The present disclosure provides an electrophotographic photoreceptor including, on a conductive base, at least a photoreceptive layer or alternatively at least the photoreceptive layer and a protective layer laminated on the photoreceptive layer, in which both or either one of the photoreceptive layer and the protective layer contains a perimidine compound represented by general formula (I):

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(wherein X represents hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or an alkoxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and m represents an integer of 1 to 6).

The present disclosure provides an electrophotographic photoreceptor including, on a conductive base, at least a photoreceptive layer or alternatively at least the photoreceptive layer and a protective layer laminated on the photoreceptive layer, in which both or either one of the photoreceptive layer and the protective layer contains a perimidine compound represented by general formula (I):

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(wherein X represents hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or an alkoxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and m represents an integer of 1 to 6).

An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes: a conductive support; a charge generation layer disposed on the conductive support, the charge generation layer including a charge generating material and a vinyl copolymer, the vinyl copolymer including a structural unit including a chlorine atom, a structural unit including an acyloxy group, and a structural unit including an aromatic polycarboxylic acid structure, a proportion of the structural unit including a chlorine atom to all the structural units being 80% by mass or more, a proportion of the structural unit including an aromatic polycarboxylic acid structure to all the structural units being 0.5% by mass or more; and a charge transport layer disposed on the charge generation layer, the charge transport layer including a charge transporting material and a binder resin.

An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes: a conductive support; a charge generation layer disposed on the conductive support, the charge generation layer including a charge generating material and a vinyl copolymer, the vinyl copolymer including a structural unit including a chlorine atom, a structural unit including an acyloxy group, and a structural unit including an aromatic polycarboxylic acid structure, a proportion of the structural unit including a chlorine atom to all the structural units being 80% by mass or more, a proportion of the structural unit including an aromatic polycarboxylic acid structure to all the structural units being 0.5% by mass or more; and a charge transport layer disposed on the charge generation layer, the charge transport layer including a charge transporting material and a binder resin.

An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer containing a charge transport portion including a first hole transport material represented by General Formula (1) below, a cured resin, and a cross-linked structure there between: ##STR00001## where Za is a polymerizable functional group with a Structural Formula (2), (3), or (4), Zb is a divalent group with a Structural Formula (6) or (7), Ra, Rb, Rc and Rd each are one of a branched or unbranched alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted styryl group, I is 0 or 1 when Za is (2) or (4) and 1 when Za is (3), m is from 0 to 5, n, o, and p are each from 0 to 4, q is from 1 to 3.

An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer containing a charge transport portion including a first hole transport material represented by General Formula (1) below, a cured resin, and a cross-linked structure there between: ##STR00001## where Za is a polymerizable functional group with a Structural Formula (2), (3), or (4), Zb is a divalent group with a Structural Formula (6) or (7), Ra, Rb, Rc and Rd each are one of a branched or unbranched alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted styryl group, I is 0 or 1 when Za is (2) or (4) and 1 when Za is (3), m is from 0 to 5, n, o, and p are each from 0 to 4, q is from 1 to 3.

As a new negatively charging electrophotographic photoconductor having a cured resin based protective layer that does not necessitate a heat treatment for enhancing the electric characteristics, a negatively charging electrophotographic photoconductor having a structure including a photosensitive layer and a protective layer containing a cured product formed by curing a curable compound on a conductive support in this order, the photosensitive layer containing at least a hole transporting material (HTM) and a radical acceptor compound or an electron transporting material (ETM), the hole transporting material (HTM) being a compound having an energy difference between a HOMO level and a LUMO level of 3.60 eV or less, and having a HOMO level of −4.50 eV or less based on the vacuum level is proposed.

As a new negatively charging electrophotographic photoconductor having a cured resin based protective layer that does not necessitate a heat treatment for enhancing the electric characteristics, a negatively charging electrophotographic photoconductor having a structure including a photosensitive layer and a protective layer containing a cured product formed by curing a curable compound on a conductive support in this order, the photosensitive layer containing at least a hole transporting material (HTM) and a radical acceptor compound or an electron transporting material (ETM), the hole transporting material (HTM) being a compound having an energy difference between a HOMO level and a LUMO level of 3.60 eV or less, and having a HOMO level of −4.50 eV or less based on the vacuum level is proposed.