DYE FOR DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL, SEMICONDUCTOR ELECTRODE, AND DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL

The dye for a dye-sensitized solar cell, which dye is a compound classified into melocyanine dyes and has a structure in which an electron donor unit and an electron acceptor unit are connected with conjugated double bonds, provided by this invention, has excellent photoelectric conversion efficiency and excellent durability, and according to this invention, there can be provided a semiconductor electrode sensitized by the dye and a dye-sensitized solar cell using the semiconductor electrode.