| abstract |
A photoelectric conversion element has a laminated structure, and a photosensitive body having a semiconductor particle layer onto which a dye is adsorbed, a charge transfer body and a counter electrode are arranged on a conductive supporting body. The photoelectric conversion element is characterized in that a metal complex dye represented by formula (1) is used as the dye. In the formula ML1L2X (1), M represents a transition metal selected from among ruthenium, osmium, iron, rhenium and technetium; X represents NCS-, Cl-, Br-, I-, CN-, NCO-, H2O or NCN2 -; L1 represents a specific tridentate ligand; and L2 represents a specific bidentate ligand. |