Patent ID: 9614117
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: H01L,Y02E

Claim:
1. A method for manufacturing a solar cell, comprising: the step of applying a paste-like electrode agent containing a conductive material onto an antireflection film formed on a light-receiving surface side of a semiconductor substrate having at least a pn junction, and the electrode firing step including local heat treatment of irradiating a laser beam only to the electrode agent-applied portion to heat the portion such that at least a part of the conductive material is fired, wherein the local heat treatment has not yet achieved fire-through the antireflective film, and overall heat treatment of heating the overall semiconductor substrate at a temperature below 800° C., wherein the overall heat treatment is carried out so that the electrode agent-applied portion is fired to some extent and fired through the antireflective film, wherein the electrode agent-applied portion is completely fired and the conductive material penetrates through the antireflective film to form an electrode in ohmic contact with the semiconductor substrate by the local heat treatment and the overall heat treatment.