Electrophotographic photoreceptor, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus

Abstract

An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, and a photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate, in which an outermost surface layer contains a charge transport material, a polyarylate resin having at least one dicarboxylic acid unit selected from the group composed of a dicarboxylic acid unit (A2) represented by Formula (A2), a dicarboxylic acid unit (A3) represented by Formula (A3), a dicarboxylic acid unit (A4) represented by Formula (A4), and a dicarboxylic acid unit (A5) represented by Formula (A5) and a diol unit represented by Formula (B), and a polycarbonate resin, and a weight-average molecular weight MwA of the polyarylate resin and a weight-average molecular weight MwB of the polycarbonate resin satisfy −14≤100×(MwA−MwB)/MwA≤14, in Formula (A2), n201 and n202 are each independently an integer of 0 or greater and 4 or less, and n201 pieces of Ra201's and n202 pieces of Ra202's are each independently an alkyl group having 1 or more and 10 or less carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 or more and 12 or less carbon atoms, or an alkoxy group having 1 or more and 6 or less carbon atoms, in Formula (A3), n301 and n302 are each independently an integer of 0 or greater and 4 or less, and n301 pieces of Ra301's and n302 pieces of Ra302's are each independently an alkyl group having 1 or more and 10 or less carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 or more and 12 or less carbon atoms, or an alkoxy group having 1 or more and 6 or less carbon atoms, in Formula (A4), n401 is an integer of 0 or greater and 6 or less, and n401 pieces of Ra401s are each independently an alkyl group having 1 or more and 10 or less carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 or more and 12 or less carbon atoms, or an alkoxy group having 1 or more and 6 or less carbon atoms, in Formula (A5), n501, n502, and n503 are each independently an integer of 0 or greater and 4 or less, and n501 pieces of Ra501's, n502 pieces of Ra502's, and n503 pieces of Ra503's are each independently an alkyl group having 1 or more and 10 or less carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 or more and 12 or less carbon atoms, or an alkoxy group having 1 or more and 6 or less carbon atoms, in Formula (B), ArB1 and ArB2 are each independently an aromatic ring which may have a substituent, LB is a single bond, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or —C(Rb1)(Rb2)—, and nB1 is, 1, or 2, where Rb1 and Rb2 are each independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 or more and 20 or less carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 or more and 12 or less carbon atoms, or an aralkyl group having 7 or more and 20 or less carbon atoms, and Rb1 and Rb2 may be bonded to each other to form a cyclic alkyl group.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.