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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Shuntaro Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohito Ishida, Shizuoka, JP;
Nobuhiro Nakamura, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroyuki Watanabe, Shizuoka, JP;
Tatsuya Yamaai, Kanagawa, JP;
Masatada Hirota, Shizuoka, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a support and a photosensitive layer on the support, in which a surface layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member contains a particle, the surface layer has a particle partially exposed from the surface layer among the particle contained in the surface layer, the particle has a volume average particle diameter of 50.0 nm or more and 350.0 nm or less; in a cross-section of the surface layer, the number of the particle partially exposed from the surface layer is 80% by number or more based on a total number of the particle contained in the surface layer; and a total volume of an exposed portion of the particle partially exposed from the surface layer is 30% by volume or more and 80% by volume or less based on an entire volume of the particle contained in the surface layer.