PHOTOCHEMICAL CELL COMPRISING SEMICONDUCTOR MICROPARTICLES SENSITIZED BY BINUCLEAR RUTHENIUM COMPLEX DYE, AND COMPRISING ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION THAT CONTAINS TETRAARYL BORATE COMPOUND OR ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION THAT CONTAINS MULTIPLE TYPES OF ONIUM SALT

• Main Authors: IWASA, TAKAFUMI, AOKI, SOH, KAKUTA, YOSHIHISA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; Japanese
• Published: 09.08.2012
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

The present invention relates to a photochemical cell comprising: a photoelectric conversion element that includes semiconductor microparticles sensitized by a binuclear ruthenium complex dye; and an electrolyte solution containing a tetraaryl borate compound, or an electrolyte solution containing multiple types of onium salt. La présente invention concerne une cellule photochimique comprenant : un élément de conversion photoélectrique contenant des microparticules semi-conductrices sensibilisées par un colorant de complexe de ruthénium binucléaire ; et une solution d'électrolyte contenant un composé de borate de tétraaryle ou une solution d'électrolyte contenant de multiples types de sels d'onium.