Patent ID: 7851012

Claim:
A method for the manufacture of a solar cell electrode comprising: applying to a solar cell substrate a paste comprising a silver powder, a glass frit, a resin binder and a metal resinate; and then firing the paste, wherein the metal resinate is expressed by the following general formula (I), Me(XR) n (I) Me is selected from the group consisting of manganese, titanium, bismuth, palladium, platinum, zirconia, boron, barium, aluminum, copper, gold, indium, iron, nickel, ruthenium, rhodium, silicon, silver and tin, X is selected from the group consisting of —S—, —O(CO)— and —SO 3 —, R is selected from the group consisting of linear, branched and cyclic hydrocarbons having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and n is 1, 2 or 3.