Patent ID: 8247144

Claim:
A photoreceptor for electrophotography, which comprises a conductive support and a photosensitive layer formed on the support, the photosensitive layer containing a compound represented by the following general formula (1): wherein X is a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group, or an acyl group; Y is a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group, a halogenated hydrocarbon group, —COR 1 , —OR 2 , —COOR 3 , —CN, —CONH 2 , —NO 2 , —NR 4 R 5 , a halogen atom, —SO 4 R 6 , or —SO 3 R 7 , wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , and R 7 each are a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group; Z 1 is a substituent selected from S, a sulfinyl group, and a sulfonyl group; n is an integer of 4-12; and the plural X's, the plural Y's, and the plural Z 1 's each may be the same or different, and one or more charge-transporting agents each having an arylamino group in the molecule.