Patent ID: 8513520

Claim:
A photoelectric conversion device in which a metal complex dye represented by following Formula (1) or a salt thereof is carried on a thin film of oxide semiconductor fine particles disposed on a substrate: wherein, m 1 represents an integer of 1 to 2, n 1 represents an integer of 1 to 3; X 1 represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; Y 1 and Y 2 each independently represent a thiocyanate group (—SCN) or an isothiocyanate group (—NCS); M 1 and M 2 represent a hydrogen atom; R 1 and R 2 represent a hydrogen atom; R 3 and R 4 each independently represent a straight alkyl group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms; with the proviso that when m 1 is 2 and R 3 and R 4 each exist in a plural number, then each R 3 and R 4 may be the same or different from each other.