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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2008
Kazukuni Nishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiko Itami, Tokyo, JP;
Fumitaka Mochizuki, Tokyo, JP;
Hideya Miwa, Tokyo, JP;
Hidekazu Kawasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Kazukuni Nishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiko Itami, Tokyo, JP;
Fumitaka Mochizuki, Tokyo, JP;
Hideya Miwa, Tokyo, JP;
Hidekazu Kawasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A photoelectric conversion element having a pair of electrodes, and a semiconductor layer comprising a semiconductor carrying a dye and an electrolyte layer is disclosed. The dye is represented by Formulas 1 or 2; in Formula 1, Arand Arare each an arylene or heterocyclic group, or a composite group of an arylene group and a heterocyclic group, each of which may have a substituent, Aris an aryl or heterocyclic group or a composite group of an arylene group and a heterocyclic group, each of which may have a substituent, Ar, Arand Armay form a ring by bonding with each other, Xand Xare each a straight chain residue having an acidic group which may have a mono-valent substituent, and one to eight saturated or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 5 to 30 carbon atoms are bonded to Ar, Arand Ar; in the formula, Ar, Ar, Ar, Arand Arare each an arylene or heterocyclic group, or a composite group of an arylene group and a heterocyclic group, each of which may have a substituent, Ar, Ar, Ar, Arand Armay form a ring by bonding with together, at least two of X, X, Xand Xare each an alkyl or alkenyl group having an acidic group which may have a mono-valent substituent and the remainders are each a hydrogen atom, and one to eight saturated or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 5 to 30 carbon atoms are bonded to Ar, Ar, Ar, Arand Ar.