Patent ID: 8859174

Claim:
An electrophotographic photosensitive member, comprising: a support, a photosensitive layer provided on the support; wherein the electrophotographic photosensitive member comprises a surface layer comprising a urea compound, the urea compound is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the following formula (1), a compound represented by the following formula (2), and a compound represented by the following formula (3); and wherein, in the formulas (1) to (3), R 1 to R 4 , R 11 to R 16 , and R 21 to R 28 each independently represents an alkyl group, Ar 32 , Ar 42 to Ar 43 , and Ar 52 to Ar 54 each independently represents an unsubstituted or substituted arylene group, Ar 31 , Ar 33 , Ar 41 , Ar 44 , Ar 51 , and Ar 55 each independently represents an unsubstituted or substituted aryl group, a substituent group of the substituted arylene group is an alkyl group, an alkoxy-substituted alkyl group, a halogen-substituted alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkoxy-substituted alkoxy group, a halogen-substituted alkoxy group, or a halogen atom, a substituent group of the substituted aryl group is a cyano group, a dialkylamino group, a hydroxy group, an alkyl group, an alkoxy-substituted alkyl group, a halogen-substituted alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkoxy-substituted alkoxy group, a halogen-substituted alkoxy group, a nitro group, or a halogen atom.