Patent ID: 8651912

Claim:
A method for manufacturing an organic EL element including an element substrate, a pair of electrodes comprised of an anode and a cathode and provided over the element substrate, and an organic layer formed between the electrodes and including a light emitting layer that emits light in response to application of a voltage, comprising: a lower electrode formation step of forming a lower one of the pair of electrodes on the element substrate; a transfer substrate fabrication step of forming a transfer layer by performing a film-forming treatment of forming a film on a donor substrate by using at least one film-forming solution including a stacking material forming the organic layer, thereby fabricating a transfer substrate; an opposing arrangement step of arranging the transfer substrate and the element substrate so as to face each other with spacers interposed therebetween, such that a surface of the transfer substrate, which has the transfer layer formed thereon, faces the element substrate having the lower electrode formed thereon; a depressurization step of holding the transfer substrate and the element substrate, which face each other, under vacuum conditions; and a transfer step of heating the transfer substrate under the vacuum conditions by a heat source to transfer the transfer layer to the element substrate, wherein, in the transfer substrate fabrication step, a low boiling-point material is used as a solvent of the film-forming solution.