Patent ID: 8383304

Claim:
An image bearing member comprising: an electroconductive substrate; and a photosensitive layer provided overlying the electroconductive substrate, comprising a charge generation material comprising a gallium phthalocyanine compound represented by the following chemical structure I, wherein X represents a substituted or non-substituted alkyl group, a substituted or non-substituted alkenyl group, a substituted or non-substituted alkynyl group, a substituted or non-substituted aralkyl group, a substituted or non-substituted cycloalkyl group, a substituted or non-substituted aryl group, or a hydrogen atom, substitution groups thereof are an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, an alkyl group, a halogen atom, a nitro group, an amino group, an aryl group, a carboxylic group, and a cyano group, R1 to R16 independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, an alkyl group, a halogen atom, a nitro group, or an aryl group, and n represents an integer of from 1 to 3 but excluding a combination in which n is 1 and X is methyl group.