Photoelectric conversion element and method of producing the same

Abstract

The present invention provides a photoelectric conversion element having a high power generation efficiency, raising no problem of corrosion, and being applicable to a substrate having a low heat resistance, as well as a method of producing the same. It is a photoelectric conversion element formed in such a manner that a reference electrode serving as a negative electrode and a counter electrode serving as a positive electrode are arranged to oppose each other. The reference electrode is constructed by forming a photocatalyst film (8) dyed with a photosensitizing dye via a transparent conductive film (2) on one surface of a transparent substrate (1). The counter electrode is constructed by disposing, on one surface of a substrate (4) for the counter electrode, a brush-shaped carbon nanotube film (5) oriented substantially perpendicularly to the substrate surface via a conductive adhesive agent layer (7) that covers the surface.

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