Fujifilm Corporation

Tatsuya Susuki

Katsumi Kobayashi

Yukio Tani

Keizo Kimura

Hirotaka Satou

A dye, having a structure represented by formula (1A): 

Dye, photoelectric conversion element using the same, photoelectrochemical cell, and method of producing dye

A photoelectric conversion element having a laminate structure including, provided on an electrically conductive support, a photoconductor layer having a layer of dye-adsorbed semiconductor fine particles, a charge transfer layer, and a counter electrode, wherein the dye is a metal complex dye represented by the following formula (1):MLLZ&#x2003;&#x2003;(1)wherein, in formula (1), Mrepresents a metal atom; Zrepresents a monodentate ligand; Lrepresents a specific tridentate ligand; and Lrepresents a specific bidentate ligand.

Photoelectric conversion element, photoelectrochemical cell, and metal complex dye used therein

A metal complex dye, containing a ligand LL1 having a structure represented by Formula (I): wherein Rand Rrepresent a specific substituent; Land Lrepresent a group composed of at least one kind of group selected from the group consisting of an ethenylene group, an ethynylene group and an arylene group, and conjugate with Ror R, and the bipyridine; the ethenylene group and the arylene group may be substituted or unsubstituted; Rand Rrepresent a substituent; n1 and n2 represent an integer of 0 to 3; Aand Arepresent an acidic group or a salt thereof; and n3 and n4 represent an integer of 0 to 3.

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Odawara, Japan

Tatsuya Susuki