Patent ID: 8455170

Claim:
A method for producing an electrophotographic photosensitive member, comprising: a step of forming a conductive layer having a volume resistivity of not less than 1.0×10 8 Ω·cm but not more than 5.0×10 12 Ω·cm on a support; and a step of forming a photosensitive layer on the conductive layer, wherein the step of forming the conductive layer comprises: (i) preparing a coating liquid for a conductive layer using a solvent, a binder material, and a metal oxide particle that satisfies the following relation (i): 45 ≦A×ρ×D≦ 65 (i) wherein A denotes a surface area of the metal oxide particle per unit mass [m 2 /g], D denotes a number average particle diameter of the metal oxide particle [μm], and ρ denotes a density of the metal oxide particle [g/cm 3 ]; and (ii) forming the conductive layer using the coating liquid for a conductive layer, and the metal oxide particle is a titanium oxide particle coated with tin oxide doped with phosphorus.