Amine compound, electrophotographic photoconductor, image forming method, image forming apparatus, and process cartridge

An image forming apparatus, comprising:

• an electrophotographic photoconductor;
• a charging unit which charges a surface of the electrophotographic photoconductor;
• an exposure unit which exposes the charged surface of the electrophotographic photoconductor to form an electrostatic latent image;
• a developing unit which develops the electrostatic latent image using a toner to form a visible image;
• and
• a transfer unit which transfers the visible image to a recording medium,
• wherein the electrophotographic photoconductor is an electrophotographic photoconductor which comprises:
• an electrically conductive substrate;
• and
• a photoconductive layer on the electrically conductive substrate,
• wherein the photoconductive layer comprises an amine compound represented by Formula (I) below:
• wherein in Formula (I), R1 and R2 represent a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, which may be identical or different;
• m and n are an integer of 1 or 0;
• Ar1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group;
• Ar2 and Ar3 represent a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group;
• and Ar1 and Ar2 or Ar2 and Ar3 may bind to each other to form a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group including a nitrogen atom.