There is disclosed a photoelectric conversion device comprising a
substrate 1 serving as a lower electrode; first conductivity-type
crystalline semiconductor particles 3 deposited on the substrate; second
conductivity-type semiconductor layers 4 formed on the crystalline
semiconductor particles 3; an insulator layer 2 formed among the
crystalline semiconductor particles; and an upper electrode layer 5
formed on the second conductivity-type semiconductor layers 4, wherein
the second conductivity-type semiconductor layers 4 each have a smaller
thickness at or below an equator of each of the crystalline semiconductor
particles than at a zenith region thereof, and the second
conductivity-type semiconductor layers 4 include an impurity element with
a concentration gradient decreasing with proximity to the crystalline
semiconductor particles.