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A photovoltaic conversion device has a substrate 1 as a lower electrode having a first region 31 and a second region 32 adjacent to the first region, a lot of semiconductor particles 20 joined to the first region 31, an insulator 4 formed between the semiconductor particles 20 on the substrate 1 in the first region 31 and on the substrate 1 in the second region 32, a transparent conductive layer 5 as an upper electrode formed so as to cover the upper part of the semiconductor particles 20 in the first region 31 and the insulator 4 in the first region 31, and a collecting electrode formed of a finger electrode 15 arranged on the transparent conductive layer 5 in the first region 31 and a bus bar electrode 16 which is arranged in the second region 32 and connected to the finger electrode 15. By making the thickness of the insulator 4 in the second region 32 larger than that of the insulator 4 in the first region, even if generated photocurrents concentrate on the bus bar electrode 16, insulating properties between the substrate 1 and the transparent conductive layer 5 can be ensured stably, thereby to achieve high photovoltaic conversion efficiency.

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