Abstract: The invention relates to an element, and a method for making the element, of a photovoltaic solar cell with an elongated, rod-like, wire-like, thread-like, or band-like electrode, which is provided on its surface with at least one photovoltaically active coating and is characterized in that the electrode consists of an electrically conductive material, in particular of impure silicon having a poly-crystalline, or a mono-crystalline structure and the coating consists of a mono-crystalline or poly-crystalline photovoltaically active material on the surface of the electrode, said material preferably being silicon having a certain doping (p- or n-doping), which, for instance, is applied continuously by means of a drawing plate or die.