Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp.

Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

Yuto Okazaki

Wataru Yamada

Keisuke Kusano

Masahiro Iwasaki

Ryosuke Fujii

Taisuke Fukui

Tomoya Sasaki

Yoshiteru Yamada

Hiroko Kobayashi

Takeshi Iwanaga

Hirohito Yoneyama

Kenta Shingu

Akihiro Kawasaki

Kosuke Narita

Kohei Hashimoto

Takahiro Nakamura

Shingo Suda

An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive base body and a multilayered photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive base body and including a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer, wherein the charge transport layer is an uppermost surface layer and contains a charge transport material, a polyester resin, and a compound (T) represented by Formula (T) below, the polyester resin includes a polyester resin (1) including at least one selected from the group consisting of a diol unit (P1) represented by Formula (P1), a diol unit (P2) represented by Formula (P2), a diol unit (P3) represented by Formula (P3), a diol unit (P5) represented by Formula (P5), and a diol unit (P6) represented by Formula (P6), the polyester resin (1) further includes a unit including a biphenyl skeleton, and end groups of the polyester resin (1) do not include fluorine atoms.

Electrophotographic photoreceptor, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus includes an electrophotographic photoreceptor that has a photosensitive layer constituting a surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor, a charging device that charges the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor, an electrostatic charge image forming device that forms an electrostatic charge image on the charged surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor, a developing device that accommodates a developer containing a toner which contains toner particles and an external additive, and develops the electrostatic charge image formed on the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor by the developer as a toner image, a transfer device that transfers the toner image formed on the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor to a surface of a recording medium, and a cleaning device that includes a cleaning blade coming into contact with the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor and cleaning at least residual toner particles on the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor.

Image forming apparatus and process cartridge

An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a conductive support and a photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive support. A top surface layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member includes fluorine-containing resin particles, a fluorine-containing dispersant, and two or more charge transporting materials. When the charge transporting materials are listed in order of decreasing HOMO energy levels, a difference in HOMO energy level between each adjacent two of the charge The ratio A of the amount of each of the charge transporting materials to the total amount of the charge transporting materials satisfies the condition 1 below,[(100/)&#x2212;(100/&#xd7;0.3)]&#x2264;&#x2264;[(100/)+(100/&#xd7;0.3)]&#x2003;&#x2003;Condition 1

Electrophotographic photosensitive member, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus

A fluorine-containing resin particle contains 0 or more and 30 or less carboxyl groups per 10carbon atoms and 0 ppm or more and 3 ppm or less of a basic compound.

Fluorine-containing resin particle, composition, layer-shaped article, electrophotographic photoreceptor, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus

An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer on the conductive substrate. The outermost surface layer of the electrophotographic photoreceptor contains fluorine-containing resin particles, a fluorine graft polymer, and an acidic compound having an acid dissociation constant (pKa) of 3 or less in water at 25&#xb0; C. The amount of the acidic compound relative to the outermost surface layer is 100 ppm or more and 10000 ppm or less.

An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer on the conductive substrate. The electrophotographic photoreceptor has an outermost surface layer that contains fluorine-containing resin particles and a fluorine-containing graft polymer. The fluorine-containing resin particles contain 0 or more and 30 or less carboxy groups per 10carbon atoms. The outermost surface layer has a dielectric constant of 3.75 or more and 3.90 or less. The contact angle of pure water on the outermost surface layer is 90&#xb0; or more.

An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer on the conductive substrate. The electrophotographic photoreceptor has an outermost surface layer that contains fluorine-containing resin particles and an antioxidant. The fluorine-containing resin particles contain 0 or more and 30 or less carboxy groups per 10carbon atoms. A decrease in weight of the antioxidant when heated at 150&#xb0; C. for 10 minutes in an air atmosphere is 40 mass % or less.

An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate. An outermost surface layer of the electrophotographic photoreceptor contains a fluorine-containing resin particle and a fluorine-based graft polymer having a fluorinated alkyl group. A ratio of an amount of a fluorine-based graft polymer separated from the fluorine-containing resin particle to a total amount of the fluorine-based graft polymer in the outermost surface layer is 15% or less.

A dispersant attached polytetrafluoroethylene particle on whose surface a dispersant having a fluorine atom is attached has a content of perfluorooctanoic acid of from 0 ppb to 25 ppb with respect to the polytetrafluoroethylene particle, and a composition contains a polytetrafluoroethylene particle and a dispersant having a fluorine atom in which a content of perfluorooctanoic acid is from 0 ppb to 25 ppb with respect to the polytetrafluoroethylene particle.

Dispersant attached polytetrafluoroethylene particle, composition, layered material, electrophotographic photoreceptor, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus

An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate. An outermost surface layer of the electrophotographic photoreceptor contains fluorine-containing resin particles and a fluorine-containing graft polymer having a fluorinated alkyl group. In an infrared absorption spectrum of the fluorine-containing graft polymer, a ratio of a peak area in a wavenumber range of from 1,020 cmto 1,308 cmto a peak area in a wavenumber range of from 1,673 cmto 1,779 cmis 2.7 or more and 4.8 or less.

Electrophotographic photoreceptor, process cartridge, and image-forming apparatus

An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate. An outermost surface layer of the electrophotographic photoreceptor contains fluorine-containing resin particles and a fluorine-containing graft polymer having a structural unit represented by general formula (FA), a structural unit represented by general formula (FB), and a structural unit represented by general formula (FC): where R, R, R, and Reach independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; Xrepresents an alkylene chain, a halogen-substituted alkylene chain, &#x2014;S&#x2014;, &#x2014;O&#x2014;, &#x2014;NH&#x2014;, or a single bond; Yrepresents an alkylene chain, a halogen-substituted alkylene chain, &#x2014;(CH(OH))&#x2014;, or a single bond; Qrepresents &#x2014;O&#x2014; or &#x2014;NH&#x2014;; fl, fm, and fn each independently represent an integer of 1 or more; fp, fq, fr, and fs each independently represent an integer of 0 or 1 or more; ft represents an integer of 1 or more and 7 or less; fx represents an integer of 1 or more; Rand Reach independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; and fz represents an integer of 1 or more.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Yuto Okazaki