Patent ID: 8535863

Claim:
A photoreceptor comprising: an electroconductive substrate; a photosensitive layer located overlying the electroconductive substrate; and a crosslinked outermost layer located overlying the photosensitive layer and including a crosslinked material and a carbazole compound having no crosslinkable group and having the following formula (1): wherein each of R1 to R9 represents a hydrogen atom, a nitro group, a cyano group, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group which optionally has a substituent, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group, an amino group, a substituted or unsubstituted dialkylamino group, or a substituted or unsubstituted diarylamino group, wherein each of combinations R3 and R4, R4 and R5, R6 and R7, and R7 and R8 optionally shares bond connectivity to form a ring.