Patent ID: 8088540

Claim:
A photoreceptor for electrophotography, which comprises a conductive support and a photosensitive layer formed on the support, the photosensitive layer comprising an aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acid metal complex represented by formula (1): wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 may be the same or different and each represent hydrogen, a linear or branched alkyl group having 1-8 carbon atoms, or a linear or branched alkenyl group having 2-8 carbon atoms, provided that R1 and R2, or R2 and R3, or R3 and R4 may be bonded to each other to form a ring; M represents a metal; X represents a cation; m is an integer of 1-3; n is an integer of 1 or 2; and p is an integer of 0-3;and one or more charge-transporting agents each having an arylaminophenyl group in the molecule.