| abstract |
A photoelectric conversion element having an electrically conductive support, a photoconductor layer including an electrolyte, a charge transfer layer including an electrolyte, and a counter electrode, in which the photoconductor layer has semiconductor fine particles carrying a metal complex dye represented by the following Formula (1), and a dye-sensitized solar cell; and a metal complex dye and a dye solution, each of which is used in the photoelectric conversion element and the dye-sensitized solar cell, n ML1L2(X) n1 .CI mY Formula (1)n in the formula, M represents a metal ion, L1 represents a tridentate ligand having a group L V represented by the following Formula (LV-1) or (LV-2); L2 represents a bidentate or tridentate ligand including at least one of aromatic ring groups having a specific sp 2 carbon atom to which a substituent is bonded; X represents a monodentate ligand; n1 represents 0 or 1; CI represents a required counterion; and mY represents an integer of 0 to 3, nn —R V1 ═R V2 —R V31 Formula (LV-1)n n —C≡C—R V32 Formula (LV-2)n in the formulae, R V1 and R V2 each independently represent a nitrogen atom or CR V4 , R V4 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, R V31 represents a fused polycyclic aromatic ring group or a fused polycyclic heterocyclic group, and R V32 represents a fused polycyclic aromatic ring group or a heteroaryl group. |