DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL, AND SEAL MEMBER TO BE USED FOR THE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL

摘要

A dye-sensitized solar cell of a polymer resin type is provided, which is excellent in sealability. A counter electrode substrate provided with an electrically conductive transparent electrode layer and a working electrode substrate provided with an electrically conductive transparent electrode layer are opposed to each other with the electrode layers facing inward. A space defined between the substrates is sealed with a seal member disposed along peripheries of inner surfaces of the substrates. An electrolyte solution is filled in the sealed space. The substrates are each made of a polymer resin material. Inorganic layers are provided between the substrates and the electrode layers. The seal member is composed of a material obtained by curing a photopolymerizable composition essentially comprising a specific hydrogenated elastomer derivative. The inorganic layers each have a portion coated with a (meth)acryloxyalkylsilane silane coupling agent in contact with the seal member.