The present invention relates to a single-layer type electrophotographic photoreceptor for positive charging, comprising: a conductive support; and a photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive support and comprising a binder resin, a charge generation material, a hole transport material and a specific electron transport material within the same layer, wherein the photosensitive layer contains a specific aromatic compound.

A quinone derivative is represented by general formula (1), (2), or (3). In general formulae (1), (2), and (3), R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.11, R.sup.12, R.sup.13, R.sup.14, R.sup.21, R.sup.22, R.sup.23, and R.sup.24 each represent, independently of one another, a hydrogen atom, a cyano group, a halogen atom, an optionally substituted alkyl group having a carbon number of 1-6, or an optionally substituted alkoxy group having a carbon number of 1-6. R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.15, R.sup.16, R.sup.25, and R.sup.26 each represent, independently of one another, an optionally substituted alkyl group having a carbon number of 1-6, an optionally substituted alkoxy group having a carbon number of 1-6, an optionally substituted aryl group having a carbon number of 6-14, an optionally substituted aralkyl group having a carbon number of 7-12, or an optionally substituted cycloalkyl group having a carbon number of 3-10.

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An electrophotographic photosensitive member, in which occurrences of image defects are suppressed, and a method for manufacturing the electrophotographic photosensitive member are provided. In addition, a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus, which include the electrophotographic photosensitive member, are provided. The surface layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member contains a cured material, and the cured material is a copolymer of a hole transport compound having a chain-polymerizable functional group and a vinyl ester compound containing a long-chain alkyl group.

An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer of a single layer. The photosensitive layer contains a charge generating material, a binder resin, a hole transport material, and an electron transport material. The binder resin includes a polyester resin. The polyester resin includes a first repeating unit represented by general formula (1) shown below and a second repeating unit represented by general formula (2) shown below. ##STR00001##
A content percentage of the polyester resin in the photosensitive layer is at least 0.3% by mass and no greater than 7.0% by mass.

An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes at least a photosensitive layer and a protective layer sequentially layered on a conductive support, wherein the protective layer contains a cured product of a curable composition containing p-type semiconductor fine particles, an n-type organic semiconductor, and a polymerizable compound.

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.

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 photosensitive member includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer of a single layer. The photosensitive layer contains a charge generating material, a binder resin, a hole transport material, and an electron transport material. The binder resin includes a polyester resin and a polycarbonate resin. The polyester resin includes a first repeating unit represented by general formula (1) shown below and a second repeating unit represented by general formula (2) shown below. The polycarbonate resin includes a third repeating unit represented by general formula (3) shown below and a fourth repeating unit represented by general formula (24) shown below. ##STR00001##
A content percentage of the polyester resin in the photosensitive layer is at least 0.3% by mass and no greater than 7.0% by mass.

Provided are a photoconductor for electrophotography that has sufficiently high sensitivity and excellent potential stability during repeated printing in various environments, and does not cause problems, such as deterioration of gradation or generation of memory images, especially when applied to monochrome high-speed printers and small medium-speed tandem color printers, as well as a method of manufacturing the photoconductor for electrophotography, and an electrophotographic equipment. The positively-charged photoconductor for electrophotography includes a conductive substrate; and a photosensitive layer formed on the conductive substrate, in which the photosensitive layer contains electron transport materials, and at least one of the electron transport materials contains an azoquinone derivative having a structure represented by general formula (ET1) below:

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An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer. The photosensitive layer is a single layer and contains a charge generating material, a hole transport material, an electron transport material, and a polyarylate resin. The polyarylate resin includes repeating units represented by formulas (1), (2), and (3).

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A ratio n.sub.1/n.sub.2 of the number n.sub.1 of repeats of the repeating unit represented by formula (1) to the number n.sub.2 of repeats of the repeating unit represented by formula (2) is at least 1.0.