摘要 |
Provided is a photoelectric conversion element composed of a highly durable sensitizing dye, exhibiting high photoelectric conversion efficiency, and also a solar cell fitted with the photoelectric conversion element. A photoelectric conversion element comprising a substrate provided thereon a first electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer having a semiconductor and a sensitizing dye, a charge transporting layer and a second electrode, wherein the photoelectric conversion layer comprising a compound represented by Formula (1), Formula (1): R1—X—R2—B, wherein R1 represents C(R3)(R4)(R5), R3, R4, and R5 represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or an ethyl group, provided that R3, R4, and R5 are not simultaneously a hydrogen atom, X represents a substituted or non-substituted cyclohexane ring, a substituted or non-substituted benzene ring, or a substituted or non-substituted pyrimidine ring, R2 represents a methylene group, an ethylene group, or a single bond, B represents a carboxyl group, a sulfa group or a phosphono group.
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