Patent ID: 8617777

Claim:
An electrophotographic photosensitive member comprising a support and a photosensitive layer formed on the support, wherein the photosensitive layer contains a charge-generating material and a boron complex, wherein the charge-generating material is an oxytitanium phthalocyanine or a gallium phthalocyanine, and wherein the boron complex is a compound represented by any of the following general formulas (2) to (5): where R 8 to R 30 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a nitro group, a hydroxyl group, an alkyl group, an alkoxyl group, a phenyl group or a tolyl group; and R 8 to R 30 may combine with another adjacent group among R 8 to R 30 to form a divalent group represented by â€”CHâ•CHâ€”CHâ•CHâ€”.