PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL, METAL COMPLEX DYE, DYE SOLUTION, DYE-ABSORBED ELECTRODE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL

摘要

A photoelectric conversion element including an electrically conductive support, a photoconductor layer containing an electrolyte, a charge transfer layer containing an electrolyte, and a counter electrode, wherein the photoconductor layer contains semiconductor fine particles carrying a metal complex dye represented by Formula (I); a metal complex dye, a dye solution, a dye-adsorbed electrode, a dye-sensitized solar cell, and a method for producing dye-sensitized solar cell:        M(LD)(LA)·(CI)     Formula(I)wherein, in the formula, M represents a metal ion; LD represents a tridentate ligand represented by formulas (DL-1) to (DL-4); LA represents a specific tridentate ligand; and CI represents a counter ion to neutralize an electric charge:Y¹ and Y² represent an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a substituted or unsubstituted nitrogen atom, or a substituted or unsubstituted phosphorus atom; the rings AD and BD represent a hydrocarbon ring or a hetero ring; L represents a linking group represented by the following formulas (L-1) to (L-4); and Ra and Rb each independently represent a substituent,X represents a nitrogen atom or a carbon atom; the ring CD represents a nitrogen-containing hetero ring; T represents -O-, -S-, -NR^L2- or -PR^L3-; R^L1 to R^L3 represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent; and Alk represents an alkylene group.