ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC SENSITIVE BODY

PURPOSE:To provide the photosensitive body which has an excellent electrostatic charge characteristic, sensitivity characteristic and image formability, good photosensitiveness, lessens the fluctuation in the sensitivity and electrostatic charge characteristic in spite of repetitive use and has less photofatigue and high light resistance by incorporating a specific compd. into a photosensitive layer. CONSTITUTION:The photosensitive layer contg. the azo compd. having at least one azo group bonded to the residual coupler group expressed by formula I in the molecule is provided. In the formula, X denotes the atom group necessary for constituting an arom. hydrocarbon ring or arom. heterocycle by condensing with a benzene ring; Y denotes the group of n=0 to 4 selected from a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, etc.; Z denotes an alkyl group, arom. heterocyclic group, etc. The photosensitive body which has the excellent electrostatic charge characteristic, sensitivity characteristic and image formability, the good photosensitiveness, lessens the fluctuation in the sensitivity and electrostatic charge characteristic in spite of repetitive use and has the less photofatigue and high light resistance is obtd. in this way.