Method for manufacturing wiring board

A method for manufacturing a wiring board including an insulating substrate, and a wiring layer disposed on a surface of the insulating substrate and having a predetermined wiring pattern, the method comprising:

• preparing a substrate with seed-layer including an electrically conductive underlayer on the surface of the insulating substrate and a seed layer on a surface of the underlayer, the seed layer having a predetermined pattern corresponding to the wiring pattern and containing metal;
• forming a diffusion layer in which an element forming the underlayer and an element forming the seed layer are mutually diffused, between the underlayer and the seed layer, by irradiating the seed layer with a laser beam;
• forming a metal layer on a surface of the seed layer by disposing a solid electrolyte membrane between an anode and the seed layer as a cathode, pressing the solid electrolyte membrane against at least the seed layer, and applying voltage between the anode and the underlayer to reduce metal ions contained in the solid electrolyte membrane;
• forming the wiring layer by removing, from the insulating substrate, an exposed portion of the underlayer that is not located under the seed layer;
• and
• wherein
• the seed layer contains metallic nanoparticles,
• in preparing the substrate with seed-layer, ink in which the metallic nanoparticles are dispersed in a dispersion medium is applied onto the underlayer in the predetermined pattern and the applied ink is then dried so as to form the seed layer, and
• the ink is dried until an amount of the dispersion medium remaining in the seed layer is reduced to 0.1 mass % or less relative to the seed layer.