TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ELECTRICAL POWER AND ENERGY - Preferred Electrode: An electrode (10) consists of a transparent base material (11), a transparent conductive film (12) formed on the surface(s) of the transparent base material, and the semiconductor film formed on the surface of the transparent base-material side and opposite side of transparent conductive film. The transparent base material is a plastic film. The semiconductor film is formed by applying supporting material to the surface of transparent conductive film and drying. Further, a solution containing a dye is applied on the surface of semiconductor coating film, and dried. Preferred Cell: A photoelectric cell consists of the electrode and a counter electrode provided in a position which opposes the semiconductor film of the electrode. An electrolyte material is filled between the electrodes.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Compound: A semiconductor film (13) formed using the coating material further consists of a dye which is a compound having ester substituent of formula: -COOR1.R1=H or alkyl.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - POLYMERS - Preferred Resin: The emulsion resin is styrene-butadiene copolymer, acrylonitrile-butadiene copolymer, polybutadiene, acrylic resin, acryl-styrene copolymer, polyvinyl acetate, ethylene-vinylacetate copolymer, fluororesin, and/or urethane resin. EXAMPLE - Water (3 ml) was mixed with zinc oxide particles (1 g) having a particle diameter of 20 nm and styrene-butadiene copolymer emulsion (0.1 ml), to obtain a coating material. The coating material was applied on a fluorine-doped tin oxide film of a glass substrate, and dried at 150 degrees C for 15 minutes to obtain a coating film of thickness 16.1 mu m. The obtained laminate was immersed in dye solution for 3 hours, and air-dried to obtain an electrode. The coating material provided a semiconductor film having excellent binding capacity and dye adsorptivity. The electrode had high photoelectric-cell characteristics.