Patent ID: 8395041

Claim:
A photoelectric conversion element comprising a conductive support, and provided thereon, a semiconductor layer, a charge transporting layer and an opposed electrode, the semiconductor layer comprising a semiconductor with a dye, wherein the dye is a compound represented by formula (1), wherein Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon ring or substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic ring; R 1 and R 2 represent a substituted or unsubstituted stilbenzyl group; R 3 and R 4 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted amino group or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group; Z represents a sulfur atom, an oxygen atom, a selenium atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylidene group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon ring or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic ring; Y represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenylene group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon ring or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic ring; and X represents a carboxylic acid group, a sulfonic acid group, a nitric acid group or a phosphoric acid group.