Patent ID: 8668846

Claim:
A dye-sensitized photoelectric conversion element, comprising: a pair of electrodes arranged opposite to each other, a semiconductor layer including a semiconductor supporting a sensitizing dye; and an electrolyte layer, wherein at least the semiconductor layer and the electrolyte layer are provided between the pair of electrodes, and the sensitizing dye contains a compound represented by the following Formula (1), in Formula (1), Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted group of one of an arylene group and heterocyclic group, R 1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted group of one of an alkyl group, alkenyl group, alkynyl group, aryl group, and heterocyclic group, R 1 and Ar may form a ring-shaped structure by bonding with each other, R 2 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, or a substituted or unsubstituted group of one of an alkyl group, alkenyl group, alkynyl group, alkoxy group, aryl group, amino group and heterocyclic group, R 3 represents a hydrogen atom, or a substituted or unsubstituted group of one of an alkyl group, alkenyl group, alkynyl group, aryl group, and heterocyclic group, R 4 represents an X-substituted group of one of an alkyl group, alkenyl group, alkynyl group, alkoxy group, alkylthio group, alkylseleno group, amino group, aryl group, and heterocyclic group and R 4 may be further substituted with a substituent other than X, X represents an acidic group, n is an integer of 1 or more, m is 2 or 3, and a carbon-carbon double bond may be a cis form or a trans form.