Patent ID: 7524718

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a photoelectric transducer that includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a first conductivity-type semiconductor layer positioned between the first and second electrodes, a second conductivity-type semiconductor layer positioned between the first and second electrodes, an I type semiconductor layer positioned between the first and second conductivity-type semiconductor layers, the I type semiconductor layer including a plurality of I type semiconductor films, the method comprising: forming a first liquid-repellant film on the first conductivity- type semiconductor layer; forming a plurality of first liquid silicon material regions on the first liquid-repellant film by an ink jet method, each of the plurality of first liquid silicon material regions being formed such that it does not contact any other first liquid silicon material region on the first liquid-repellant film; and converting the plurality of first liquid silicon material regions into a plurality of first I type semiconductor films by carrying out heat treatment or photoirradiation treatment to the precursor film, so that each of the plurality of first I type semiconductor films having a thickness greater than 1 μm.