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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2002
Shinji Murai, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyasu Sumino, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Mikoshiba, Yamato, JP;
Shuji Hayase, Kitakyushu, JP;
Shinji Murai, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyasu Sumino, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Mikoshiba, Yamato, JP;
Shuji Hayase, Kitakyushu, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a dye-sensitized solar cell comprising a gel electrolyte that contains a gelling agent and an electrolyte, wherein the gelling agent contains at least one kind of a polymer selected from the group consisting of a first polymer in which polysulfonic acid is crosslinked by a metal ion having a valency of not less than two, a second polymer in which polycarboxylic acid is crosslinked by a metal ion having a valency of not less than two, a third polymer in which a quaternary ammonium salt of polysulfonic acid is crosslinked by a metal ion having a valency of not less than two and a fourth polymer in which a quaternary ammonium salt of polycarboxylic acid is crosslinked by a metal ion having a valency of not less than two.