Photoconductor for electrophotography

A photoconductor for electrophotography comprising:

• a substrate;
• and
• a photosensitive layer formed on said substrate and including at least one azo compound represented by the following general formulae (I), (II), (III) and/or (IV) as a charge generating substance:
• ##STR126## wherein, each of Cp stands for a coupler residual group;
• in the general formula (I), R.sub.1 stands for one of a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group and carbamoyl group;
• in the general formula (III), Ar.sub.1 stands for one of a thienylene group and a thiazolylene group, each of which may be or not may be substituted, Ar.sub.2 stands for one of a phenylen group and a thienylen group, each of which may be or not may be substituted (Ar.sub.1 and Ar.sub.2 do not stand for a thienylene group at the same time);
• in the general formula (IV), R.sub.2 stands for one of a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group and a phenyl group which may be or not may be substituted, each of Yn.sub.1, Yn.sub.2, Ym.sub.1 and Ym.sub.2 stands for one of a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, lower alkoxy group and the following groups, an aromatic hydrocarbon group and aromatic heterocyclic group, both of which may be or not may be substituted and each of n and m stands for one integer of 1, 2 and 3.