| abstract |
The present invention provides a charging member which can maintain excellent wear resistance even though being used repeatedly. In the charging member having a surface layer, the surface layer is a surface layer constituted by at least one selected from silsesquioxanes having structures represented by a compound (1), a compound (2), a compound (3), a compound (4), a compound (5) and a compound (6), and a polysiloxane having a first unit represented by SiO 0.5 R 1 (OR 2 ) (OR 3 ), a second unit represented by Si0 1 . 0 R 4 (OR 5 ) and a third unit represented by SiO 1.5 R 6 , wherein the silsesquioxane is contained in the polysiloxane. |