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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014

Filed:

Mar. 01, 2007
Applicants:

Koichiro Shigaki, Tokyo, JP;

Masayoshi Kaneko, Tokyo, JP;

Takayuki Hoshi, Tokyo, JP;

Teruhisa Inoue, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Koichiro Shigaki, Tokyo, JP;

Masayoshi Kaneko, Tokyo, JP;

Takayuki Hoshi, Tokyo, JP;

Teruhisa Inoue, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Disclosed is a photoelectric conversion device wherein a methine dye represented by the formula (1) below is supported by a thin film of oxide semiconductor particles arranged on a substrate. Also disclosed is a solar cell manufactured by using such a photoelectric conversion device. (In the formula (1), n represents an integer of 0-5; m represents an integer of 0-5; R-Rindependently represent a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted aromatic residue, an optionally substituted aliphatic hydrocarbon residue or the like; X and Y independently represent a hydrogen atom; an optionally substituted aromatic residue, an optionally substituted aliphatic hydrocarbon residue or the like; Z represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or the like; A, A, A, Aand Aindependently represent a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted aromatic residue, an optionally substituted aliphatic hydrocarbon residue or the like; and rings a, b and c may be substituted.).


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