PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE DYE, AND COMPOUND
申请人:Tanabe Junji
公开号:US20130186468A1
公开(公告)日:2013-07-25
The photoelectric conversion device described herein includes a working electrode having a dye-supported metal oxide electrode in which a dye is supported on a metal oxide layer. The dye includes a structure represented by general formula (I)
wherein A is a structure having a maximum absorption wavelength λmax of 350 to 500 nm in a methanol solution; B is a cyanine skeleton having a maximum absorption wavelength λmax of 500 to 700 nm in a methanol solution; Z
1
is any one divalent linking group selected from —CONR—, —NRCO—, —SO
2
NR—, and —NRSO
2
—; R in Z
1
is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or an arylalkyl group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms; Y
1
and Y
2
are each independently an alkylene group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or a single bond, and may be the same or different; r is 1 or 2; m and n are each independently an integer of 0 to 2; and (m+n) is 1 or more.