Crosslinked siloxane outmost layer having aromatic silicon-containing compounds for photoreceptors

A method of producing an electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising:

• providing a substrate;
• forming an underlayer on said substrate;
• forming a charge generation layer over the underlayer;
• forming a charge transfer layer over the charge generation layer;
• and
• forming an outmost protective layer over the charge transfer layer;
• wherein the outmost protective layer comprises the product of the hydrolysis and condensation of the aromatic silicon-containing compound having the formula (I):
• Ar—[X-L-SiRn(OR′)3-n]m (I)
• wherein:
• Ar represents an aromatic group;
• X represents a divalent or trivalent group;
• L represents a divalent linking group;
• R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group;
• R′ represents an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms;
• n is an integer of from 0 to 2;
• and
• m is an integer of from 1 to 5.