Abstract: A paste composition with no bow of a silicon semiconductor substrate and no blisters and globules of aluminum in the aluminum electrode layer obtained after firing. In addition, adhesiveness of an aluminum electrode layer and the silicon semiconductor substrate is enhanced and the reaction of the aluminum electrode layer and moisture is suppressed. A solar cell element including electrodes is formed by using the composition. The paste composition is a paste used for forming an electrode on a silicon semiconductor substrate including an aluminum powder, an organic vehicle, and glass frit. The glass frit including at least one kind of a transition metal oxide selected from the group including a titanium oxide, a vanadium oxide, an iron oxide, a molybdenum oxide, a neodymium oxide, and a tungsten oxide. A solar cell element includes a back side electrode formed by using the above paste composition.

Abstract: Provided are a paste composition capable of avoiding deteriorations in a mechanical strength and an adhesion property of an electrode layer, of sufficiently attaining a desired BSF effect, and of suppressing deformation (bow) of the silicon semiconductor substrate even in a case where a silicon semiconductor substrate is rendered thin; and a solar cell element including an impurity layer, or an impurity layer and an electrode layer, which is (or are) formed by using the above-mentioned composition. The paste composition is used for forming a p+ layer (7) or an aluminum electrode layer (5) on a silicon semiconductor substrate (1) and includes an aluminum-coated compound powder.

Abstract: Provided are a paste composition capable of achieving a BSF effect which is equivalent to or greater than a conventionally achieved BSF effect even when used in either case where a thin back surface electrode layer is formed on a thick silicon semiconductor substrate or case where a thin back surface electrode layer is formed on a thin silicon semiconductor substrate and, when used in a case where a thin back surface electrode layer is formed on a thin silicon semiconductor substrate, not only capable of achieving a BSF effect which is equivalent to or greater than a conventionally achieved BSF effect, but also capable of more suppressing deformation of the silicon semiconductor substrate after being fired, than in a case where the conventional paste composition is used in order to form a thin back surface electrode layer; and a solar cell element comprising an electrode formed by using the paste composition.