Patent ID: 8735720

Claim:
A photoelectric conversion device comprising a methine dye represented by the following Formula (2) supported on a thin film of oxide semiconductor fine particles provided on a substrate: (wherein, in Formula (2), m represents an integer between 1 and 3; R 1 to R 4 each independently represent a linear unsubstituted C 4 -C 8 alkyl, one of X and Y represents a carboxyl group, and the other is a cyano group, or X and Y bind together to form a ring structure represented by a formula selected from the group consisting of the following Formulas (2005), (2007) and (2012): (wherein, in Formulas (2005), (2007), and (2012), the symbol * indicates a carbon atom where X binds to Y in Formula (2)); Z('s) represents a sulfur atom, A 1 , A 4 ('s), and A 5 ('s) each independently represent a hydrogen atom, or an aliphatic hydrocarbon residue that may have a substituent, when m is 2 or greater and plural A 4 's and plural A 5 's exist, each of the A 4 's and A 5 's may be identical to or different from one another.