Abstract: A photovoltaic solar cell with a front face designed for coupling light, including at least one cutout (4) extending from the front face to the rear face in the semiconductor substrate (1) of a base doping type, at least one metal feedthrough structure (10), wherein the feedthrough structure (10) is guided in the cutout (4) from the front face to the rear face of the semiconductor substrate and is connected in an electrically conductive manner to the metal front face contact structure (9), which is connected in an electrically conductive manner to an emitter region (2) of the opposite doping to the base doping type, formed on the front face, and at least one rear face contact structure (7), which is connected to the feedthrough structure (10) in an electrically conductive manner and is arranged on the electrically insulating insulation layer (6) on the rear face and covers the isolation layer at least in the regions surrounding the recess (4), and therefore the rear face contact structure (7) is electrically

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a photovoltaic solar cell having a front side designed for coupling in light, comprising the following method steps: A Producing a plurality of cutouts in a semiconductor substrate of a base doping type, B Producing one or more emitter regions of an emitter doping type at least at the front side of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the emitter doping type is opposite to the base doping type, C Applying an electrically insulating insulation layer and D Producing metallic feed through structures in the cutouts, at least one metallic base contact structure at the rear side of the solar cell, which is formed in an electrically conductive manner with the semiconductor substrate in a base doping region, at least one metallic front-side contact structure at the front side of the solar cell, which is formed in an electrically conductive manner with the emitter region at the front side of the semiconductor substrate, and at least one rear-side contact structure at the

Abstract: A method for producing a metal contact structure of a photovoltaic solar cell, including: applying an electrically non-conductive insulating layer to a semiconductor substrate, applying a metal contact layer to the insulating layer, and generating a plurality of local electrically conductive connections between the semiconductor substrate and the contact layer right through the insulating layer. The metal contact layer is formed using two pastes containing metal particles: the first paste containing metal particles is applied to local regions, and the second paste containing metal particles is applied covering at least the regions covered with the first paste and partial regions located therebetween.

Abstract: A photovoltaic solar cell for converting incident electromagnetic radiation into electrical energy, including at least one base region of a base-doping type, designed in a silicon substrate; at least one emitter region of an emitter-doping type that is of an opposite doping type to the base-doping type; at least one metallic base-contacting structure connected, in an electrically conductive manner, to the base region, and at least one metallic emitter-contacting structure connected, in an electrically conductive manner, to the emitter region, the base region and emitter region being arranged in such a manner that a pn-junction is formed at least in some regions between said base and emitter regions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a photovoltaic solar cell having a front side designed for coupling in light, comprising the following method steps: A Producing a plurality of cutouts in a semiconductor substrate of a base doping type, B Producing one or more emitter regions of an emitter doping type at least at the front side of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the emitter doping type is opposite to the base doping type, C Applying an electrically insulating insulation layer and D Producing metallic feed through structures in the cutouts, at least one metallic base contact structure at the rear side of the solar cell, which is formed in an electrically conductive manner with the semiconductor substrate in a base doping region, at least one metallic front-side contact structure at the front side of the solar cell, which is formed in an electrically conductive manner with the emitter region at the front side of the semiconductor substrate, and at least one rear-side contact structure at the

Abstract: A method for producing a metal contact structure of a photovoltaic solar cell, including: applying an electrically non-conductive insulating layer to a semiconductor substrate, applying a metal contact layer to the insulating layer, and generating a plurality of local electrically conductive connections between the semiconductor substrate and the contact layer right through the insulating layer. The metal contact layer is formed using two pastes containing metal particles: the first paste containing metal particles is applied to local regions, and the second paste containing metal particles is applied covering at least the regions covered with the first paste and partial regions located therebetween.