LIGHT-ABSORBING MATERIAL AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT

摘要

Provided is a light-absorbing material which can exhibit high photoelectric conversion efficiency when used in a photoelectric conversion element. The light-absorbing material has a structure represented by the following formula (1): X-Y. In formula (1), X represents a light-absorbing moiety, and Y represents a radical moiety which can be converted into a radical when the radical moiety is in an oxidized state and/or a reduced state and which can be oxidized and reduced repeatedly, wherein X and/or Y has a functional group having a chemical interaction with a conductive material.