Patent ID: 8022293

Claim:
A photoelectric conversion device, comprising oxide semiconductor particles sensitized with a methine dye represented by the Formula (1): in the Formula (1), m is an integer of 1 to 4; n1 is an integer of 1 to 7; p1 is an integer of 1 to 4; X1 represents an optionally substituted aromatic residue; an optionally substituted aliphatic hydrocarbon residue; a cyano group; a phosphoric acid group; a sulfonic acid group; or a substituted carbonyl group selected from the group consisting a carboxyl group, a carbonamide group, an alkoxycarbonyl group and an acyl group; L1 is a group selected from the group consisting of the groups represented by the following Formulas: A1 and A2 each independently represent an optionally substituted aromatic residue, a hydroxyl group, a phosphoric acid group, a cyano group, a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an optionally substituted aliphatic hydrocarbon residue, a carboxyl group, a carbonamide group, an alkoxycarbonyl group or an acyl group; in the case where n1 is 2 or larger, and A1 and A2 are present in plural, each of A1 and each of A2 may be the same or different from each other, and wherein a ring may be formed by A1 and A2, by A1 and A1, or by A2 and A2, the resultant ring may optionally have a substituent; X1 and A2 closest to X1 (A2 binding to the same carbon atom as the carbon atom which X1 is bound to) may form a ring; in the 4 a1 rings, at least any one of the 4 a1 rings is substituted with the vinyl group enclosed by ( )m, and these a1 rings each independently may optionally have, as other substituents, 1 or 2 or more groups selected from the group consisting of a halogen atom, an amide group, a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, a nitro group, an alkoxyl group, an acyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted amino group, an optionally substituted aliphatic hydrocarbon residue and an optionally substituted aromatic residue and in the case where a plurality of said other substituents are present, these substituents may form a ring which may optionally have a substituent, by mutually binding themselves or with the adjacent ring a1 or L1.