| abstract |
The invention aims at developing an expensive photoelectric transducer exhibiting a high conversion efficiency and solar batteries, and relates to a photoelectric transducer comprising a thin film made of semiconductor fine particles sensitized by making a specific azo dye of the general formula (1) supported thereon, and solar batteries made by using the photoelectric transducer wherein Ar1 is an aromatic group to which at least one member selected from the group consisting of carboxyl, hydroxyl, phosphoric acid groups, phosphoric ester groups and mercapto is bonded either directly or via a connecting group; and Ar2 is an aromatic group substituted with at least one electron-donating group. |