ORGANIC DYE, PHOTOELECTRIC TRANSDUCING MATERIAL, SEMICONDUCTOR ELECTRODE, AND PHOTOELECTRIC TRANSDUCING DEVICE

Disclosed are an organic dye having a specific structure, a photoelectric conversion material containing the dye, a semiconductor electrode formed of a substrate having an electrically conductive surface, a semiconductor layer coated on the electrically conductive surface and the above dye adsorbed on the surface, and a photoelectric conversion device to which the above dye is applied. [0002] The present invention uses the above dye and can therefore provide a photoelectric conversion device excellent in photoelectric conversion efficiency, and the photoelectric conversion device is suitable for use in a solar cell or the like.