Patent ID: 8450035

Claim:
An electrophotographic photosensitive body having a conductive support and a photosensitive layer formed on said conductive support, wherein a polycarbonate resin comprising a structural unit (1) represented by the following formula: wherein R 1 -R 30 respectively represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent selected from the group consisting of fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, an alkyl group having 1-17 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6-12 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1-5 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2-12 carbon atoms and an aralkyl group having 7-17 carbon atoms, and at least one structural unit derived from a bisphenol selected from the group consisting of 1,1′-biphenyl-4,4′-diol, 1,1-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethane, 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane, 2,2-bis(4-hydroxy-3-methylphenyl)propane, 1,1-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)cyclohexane and 1,1-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1-phenylethane, and having an intrinsic viscosity of 0.3 to 2 dl/g is used as a binder resin for the photosensitive layer.