METAL COMPLEX DYE, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, AND PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELL

• Main Authors: USU TATSUYA, KIMURA KEIZO, OMORI KOSHI, KOBAYASHI KATSU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 23.02.2012
• Subjects: ACYCLIC, CARBOCYCLIC OR HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS CONTAININGELEMENTS OTHER THAN CARBON, HYDROGEN, HALOGEN, OXYGEN, NITROGEN,SULFUR, SELENIUM OR TELLURIUM; ADHESIVES; BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CHEMISTRY; DYES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; LAKES; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; MORDANTS; NATURAL RESINS; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; ORGANIC DYES OR CLOSELY-RELATED COMPOUNDS FOR PRODUCING DYES; PAINTS; POLISHES; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a metal complex dye having high conversion efficiency and being excellent in durability, a photoelectric conversion element and a photoelectrochemical cell.SOLUTION: The metal complex dye has a structure of following formula (1): M(LL)(LL)(X)CI (1) [in formula (1), M represents a metal atom, X represents a ligand of a specific one seat or two seats, CI represents a counter ion when the counter ion is required for neutralizing a charge of CI, m1 is 1, m2 is 0 or 1, m3 is an integer of 1-3, LLrepresents a three-seat ligand of a specific structure, LLrepresents a two-seat ligand of a specific structure, and a specific substituent is present on LLor LL].