Patent ID: 8051549

Claim:
A method for producing a plasma display panel, the plasma display panel having: a front panel including a dielectric layer for covering a display electrode formed on a substrate, and a protective layer formed on the dielectric layer; and a rear panel opposing to the front panel for forming a discharge space between the front panel and the rear panel, and including an address electrode formed along a direction intersecting with the display electrode, and a barrier rib for partitioning the discharge space, wherein a protective layer forming step of forming the protective layer of the front panel comprises: a base film forming step of forming a base film on the dielectric layer by vapor deposition; a paste film forming step of forming a metal oxide paste film by applying a metal oxide paste containing metal oxide particles, an organic component, and a diluting solvent on the base film; an exposing and developing step of exposing and developing the paste film to make the paste film remain in a predetermined pattern shape on the base film; and a metal oxide particle adhering step of making the metal oxide particles attached onto the base film by removing the organic component by firing the paste film remaining on the base film, wherein a content of the metal oxide particles in the metal oxide paste is 1.5% by volume or less, and the organic component includes a photopolymerization initiator, a water-soluble cellulose derivative, and a photopolymerization monomer.