Toner supply roller, developing apparatus, electrophotographic image forming apparatus and process cartridge

Abstract

An electrophotographic roller includes: a conductive substrate; and a foamed layer on an outer circumferential surface of the substrate, in which the foamed layer is a surface layer of the electrophotographic roller, the foamed layer has a skeleton including a binder resin, and at least one conductive particle in the binder resin, the foamed layer has a communication structure having at least one gap opening, and extending in a thickness direction of the foamed layer, at least a portion of an inner wall of the gap includes the skeleton, at least a portion of the at least one conductive particle is exposed at the inner wall, a thickness of the foamed layer is 2.0 mm or more, and in the observation of the cross section of the foamed layer by a scanning electron microscope, the ratio of number of pixels of a specific brightness falls within a specific range.