Patent ID: 9046797
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A process for producing an electrophotographic photosensitive member; the process comprising: the step of forming a conductive layer, having a volume resistivity of from 1.0×10 the step of forming a photosensitive layer on the conductive layer, wherein; the step of forming the conductive layer comprises: the step of preparing a coating liquid for the conductive layer by use of a solvent, a binder material and a metal oxide particle, and the step of forming the conductive layer by use of the coating liquid for the conductive layer; the metal oxide particle (P) and the binder material (B) in the coating liquid for the conductive layer are in a mass ratio (P/B) of from 1.5/1.0 to 3.5/1.0; the metal oxide particle is a titanium oxide particle coated with tin oxide doped with phosphorus or a titanium oxide particle coated with tin oxide doped with tungsten; and where powder resistivity of the metal oxide particle is represented by x (Ω·cm) and powder resistivity of the titanium oxide particle as a core particle constituting the metal oxide particle is represented by y (Ω·cm), the y and the x satisfy the following relations (i) and (ii):