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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2007
Tamotsu Horiuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Hidetoshi Miura, Tokyo, JP;
Tamotsu Horiuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Hidetoshi Miura, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi PaperMillsLtd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed are an organic dye having a specific structure, a photoelectric conversion material containing the dye, a semiconductor electrode formed of a substrate having an electrically conductive surface, a semiconductor layer coated on the electrically conductive surface and the above dye adsorbed on the surface, and a photoelectric conversion device to which the above dye is applied. The present invention uses the above dye and can therefore provide a photoelectric conversion device excellent in photoelectric conversion efficiency, and the photoelectric conversion device is suitable for use in a solar cell or the like.