| abstract |
A photoelectric conversion element is provided which includes a semiconductor electrode ( 108 ) containing a semiconductor layer ( 103 ) and a dye, a counter electrode ( 109 ), and an electrolyte layer ( 104 ) disposed between the semiconductor electrode ( 108 ) and the counter electrode ( 109 ) and in which the dye contains a compound expressed by General Formula 1.n (where A in General Formula 1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group and may contain one or more atoms of oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, silicon, phosphorus, boron, or halogen and the aromatic group may be obtained by condensing a plurality of aromatic groups). |