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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
May. 21, 2010
Takashi Sekiguchi, Suita, JP;
Hiroyuki Nishide, Tokyo, JP;
Michio Suzuka, Shijonawate, JP;
Takeyuki Yamaki, Nara, JP;
Kenichi Oyaizu, Tokyo, JP;
Fumiaki Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Satoko Kambe, Hirakata, JP;
Takashi Sekiguchi, Suita, JP;
Hiroyuki Nishide, Tokyo, JP;
Michio Suzuka, Shijonawate, JP;
Takeyuki Yamaki, Nara, JP;
Kenichi Oyaizu, Tokyo, JP;
Fumiaki Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Shingo Kambe, Hirakata, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Waseda University, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a light-absorbing material capable of providing high photoelectric conversion efficiency when applied to a photoelectric conversion element. The light-absorbing material of the present invention has a structure represented by Formula (1) below:X—Y  (1)(wherein X represents a light-absorbing site, and Y represents a radical site that becomes a radical when in an oxidized state and/or when in a reduced state, and is capable of repeated oxidation-reduction).