Patent ID: 8658887

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a photoelectric conversion device comprising: providing a substrate with a transparent electrode layer; and forming at least one photoelectric conversion unit and a back electrode layer on the transparent electrode layer, arranged in this order from a light incident side, wherein the substrate provided with the transparent electrode layer comprises a transparent insulating substrate and the transparent electrode layer directly deposited on a photoelectric conversion unit-side of the transparent insulating substrate, wherein the transparent electrode layer is composed of a double layer structure wherein first and second transparent conductive films, each consisting essentially of zinc oxide and containing a dopant, are deposited from a substrate side; the first transparent conductive film has an average film thickness of 10 to 500 nm, and the second transparent conductive film has an average film thickness of 300 to 1500 nm; the average film thickness of the second transparent conductive film is larger than the average film thickness of the first transparent conductive film; and an average height difference of an unevenness on a surface of the second transparent conductive film is 10 to 300 nm, and the average height difference of the unevenness on the surface thereof is larger than that of the first transparent conductive film, wherein forming the transparent electrode layer further comprises: depositing the first transparent conductive film by a sputtering method; and depositing the second transparent conductive film by a low-pressure CVD method.