Electrophotographic apparatus and process cartridge

An electrophotographic apparatus comprising:

• an electrophotographic photosensitive member;
• a charging unit configured to charge a surface of the electrophotographic photosensitive member;
• an image exposing unit configured to irradiate the charged surface of the electrophotographic photosensitive member with image exposure light to form an electrostatic latent image on the surface of the electrophotographic photosensitive member;
• a developing unit, which includes a toner, and which is configured to develop the electrostatic latent image with the toner to form a toner image on the surface of the electrophotographic photosensitive member;
• a transfer unit configured to transfer the toner image from the surface of the electrophotographic photosensitive member onto a transfer material;
• and
• a cleaning unit configured to remove a residual toner remaining on the surface of the electrophotographic photosensitive member after the toner image is transferred from the surface of the electrophotographic photosensitive member onto the transfer material,
• wherein the electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a surface layer containing a compound represented by the following formula (1), a binder resin, and silicone resin particles, and
• wherein the toner includes toner particles each containing a polyester resin having a polyethylene terephthalate segment:
• in the formula (1), R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 or more and 20 or less carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group having 1 or more and 20 or less carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 or more and 30 or less carbon atoms, or R1 and R2, R3 and R4, and R5 and R6 are each independently bonded to each other to form a hydrocarbon ring structure, and “n” and “m” each independently represent 1 or 2.