US Patent 10203617 Electrophotographic photosensitive member, process cartridge and electrophotographic apparatus

Provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member which can simultaneously achieve less occurrence of leakage and the definition of an output image even when being an electrophotographic photosensitive member where a layer containing a metal oxide particle is adopted as an electroconductive layer, and which includes a support, an electroconductive layer and a photosensitive layer in this order, wherein the electroconductive layer contains a binder material and a particle represented by general formula (1):TiO2.00−XNY  (1)wherein Ti represents a titanium atom, O represents an oxygen atom, N represents a nitrogen atom and 0.00<Y<X≤0.60 is satisfied.