The skilled person is aware of suitable techniques for firing the applied conductive paste. An example firing curve is shown in
The semiconductor substrate of the electrode may be a silicon substrate. For example, it may be a single crystal semiconductor substrate, or a multi crystal semiconductor substrate. Alternative substrates include CdTe. The semiconductor may for example be a p-type semiconductor or an n-type semiconductor.
The semiconductor substrate may comprise an insulating layer on a surface thereof. Typically the conductive paste of the present invention is applied on top of the insulating layer to form the electrode. Typically, the insulating layer will be non-reflective. A suitable insulating layer is SiNx (e.g. SiN). Other suitable insulating layers include Si3N4, SiO2, Al2O3 and TiO2.