Patent ID: 7060406

Claim:
A light-receiving member comprising a conductive substrate, and formed superposingly thereon a photosensitive layer and a surface protective layer in order; wherein a buffer layer is formed between the photosensitive layer and the surface protective layer; a first change layer is formed in the interface between the photosensitive layer and the buffer layer, the first change layer having a composition changing from the composition of the photosensitive layer to the composition of the buffer layer; a second change layer is formed between the buffer layer and the surface protective layer, the second change layer having a composition changing from the composition of the buffer layer to the composition of the surface protective layer; and an interface is not present between the photosensitive layer and the surface protective layer, said light-receiving member having a surface roughness Ra of from 15 nm to 100 nm, and wherein said conductive substrate has a surface roughness Ra smaller than 6 nm.