| abstract |
An electrochromic element including a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode with gap, an electrolyte layer between the first and second electrodes, and a layer including a compound represented by General Formula (1) where the layer is on or above the first electrode,n nwhere R 1 to R 4 are each a monovalent organic group wherein no hydrogen atom is at a benzyl site where the monovalent group may include a polymerizable functional group; and R 5 to R 28 are each a hydrogen atom, alkyl or alkoxy group where R 25 and R 28 , or R 26 and R 27 may be bonded to form a structure represented by General Formula (2),n nwhere R 29 and R 30 are each an alkyl, alkoxy or aryl group, and R 29 and R 30 may be bonded via a common bond to form a cyclic structure when R 29 and R 30 are aryl groups. |