ArgumentException with clarification similar to  "'\u001f', hexadecimal value 0x1F, is an invalid character." is thrown when trying to export document containing characters which are not supported in XML document - such as some control characters like 0x00, 0x1F, 0x1B, etc. Such characters are described in the XML specification here: https://www.w3.org/TR/xml/#charsets.
Although the escaped strings are not supported (see related 181318), the library could prevent the exception and export the document successfully by skipping such characters.
Workaround: remove such characters before the export. Check the following StackOverflow answer for some ideas on code for replacing the characters: http://stackoverflow.com/a/14323524/259206

When a cell value contains commas or new lines, they are not escaped on export to CSV and single value is exported as multiple values.

Workaround: Escape the value manually. For example, use the following extension method to set string cell values:
internal static class CellExporterExtensions
{
    public static void SetValue(this ICellExporter cell, string value, SpreadDocumentFormat format)
    {
        if (format == SpreadDocumentFormat.Csv)
        {
            if (value.Contains(","))
            {
                // escape all quotes with double quotes
                value = value.Replace("\"", "\"\"");

            }

            // enclose all values within quotes
            value = string.Format("\"{0}\"", value);
        }

        cell.SetValue(value);
    }
}

Available in LIB version: 2017.1.403