Method for manufacturing electrically-conductive paste

A method for manufacturing an electrically-conductive paste, the method comprising:

• bringing carbon nanotubes (hereinafter, referred to as “CNT”) and a solvent into contact with each other so that a wetting rate represented by a formula (1) below is 25 to 125%;
• kneading, by using a planetary stirring machine, a mixture containing the CNT and the solvent, to obtain a kneaded product in a paste state, the mixture being obtained by impregnating the CNT with the solvent;
• and
• performing dispersion processing on a dilution obtained by mixing a solvent into the kneaded product obtained, wherein
• the wetting rate (%)=A/B×100 (1),
• where A is a concentration of the CNT, when the solvent has penetrated to a maximum extent, and is calculated by a formula below,
• A (%)=1 g of the CNT/(1 g of the CNT+a maximum penetration weight [g] of the solvent per 1 g of the CNT)×100, and
• B is a concentration of the CNT in the mixture, and is calculated by a formula below,
• B (%)=a weight of the CNT[g]/a weight of the mixture [g]×100.