摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide: a new green photosensitizing dye which has good photoelectric conversion efficiency; a metal oxide semiconductor electrode obtained by adsorbing the photosensitizing dye on an oxide semiconductor; and a dye-sensitized solar cell using the oxide semiconductor electrode.SOLUTION: This invention relates to: a photosensitizing dye for a solar cell, which has a specific porphyrin skeleton to which a Zn2+ ion is coordinated as a central metal; a metal oxide semiconductor electrode 2 obtained by adsorbing the photosensitizing dye on a metal oxide semiconductor; and a dye-sensitized solar cell containing the metal oxide semiconductor electrode, a transparent electrode 1, an electrolyte 3, and a counter electrode 4. |