/Electrophotographic Photoreceptor, Process Cartridge, And Image Forming Apparatus
Abstract

An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a charge transport layer, the charge transport layer contains a polyester resin (1) having a dicarboxylic acid unit (A) represented by Formula (A) and a diol unit (B) represented by Formula (B), and a charge transport material, and in a case where a value A is a weight-average molecular weight Mw of the polyester resin (1) contained in the charge transport layer divided by 10,000 (A=Mw/10,000), a value of a ratio M1/M2 of a mass M1 of the charge transport material contained in the charge transport layer to a mass M2 of the charge transport layer is defined as Cs, and an average thickness of the charge transport layer is defined as Ds (μm), expressions of 5≤A≤40, 0.28≤Cs≤0.55, 27≤Ds≤50, and 2.5≤(A×Ds)/(Cs×100)≤70.0 are satisfied.

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An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a charge transport layer, the charge transport layer contains a polyester resin (1) having a dicarboxylic acid unit (A) represented by Formula (A) and a diol unit (B) represented by Formula (B), and a charge transport material, and in a case where a value A is a weight-average molecular weight Mw of the polyester resin (1) contained in the charge transport layer divided by 10,000 (A=Mw/10,000), a value of a ratio M1/M2 of a mass M1 of the charge transport material contained in the charge transport layer to a mass M2 of the charge transport layer is defined as Cs, and an average thickness of the charge transport layer is defined as Ds (μm), expressions of 5≤A≤40, 0.28≤Cs≤0.55, 27≤Ds≤50, and 2.5≤(A×Ds)/(Cs×100)≤70.0 are satisfied.
Timeline
Filed
03/19/2026
Published
07/23/2026
Granted
Not Available
IPC Codes(4)
G03G 5/047:characterised by the charge-generation layers or charge-transporting layers
G03G 5/05:Organic bonding materials; Methods for coating a substrate with a photoconductive layer; Inert supplements for use in photoconductive layers
G03G 5/06:characterised by the photoconductive material being organic