NOVELTY - Fabrication of an electric contact for a solar cell (100) comprises providing a solar cell substrate (110) with a surface including an antireflective coating (116); forming a burn through layer (128) on the antireflective coating including depositing a metal oxide precursor; forming a contact layer (120) comprising silver over the burn through layer; and annealing the contact layer to the surface of the solar cell substrate through the burn through layer and antireflective coating.    USE - Method of fabricating an electric contact for a solar cell (i.e. silicon solar cell) or electronic device (claimed). Uses include but are not limited to printed circuit boards, touch-screen display devices, organic LEDs, cell phone displays, other photovoltaic devices, optical devices, flexible electronics, and other electronic and micro-electronic devices.    ADVANTAGE - An enhanced fire-through contact through the islands/layer for solar cell is enhanced, as burn-through is provided by the use of solution-based chemical precursors to oxides in the place of actual glass fits. Substituting oxide fits with the dissolved organic and inorganic metal salts provides the additional advantage of the salts, upon thermal decomposition, forming small nanosized oxide particles, which are more reactive than the microsized glass frit particles, thus achieving etching of silicon nitride (Si3N4) at lower temperatures and minimizing the presence of the insulating oxide phase (rather than 800-1000 degrees C as in the case of paste with glass fits). Using liquid chemical precursors in the contact ink has versatility in the delivery/deposition methods and, thus, the control over the physical properties of the deposited oxide layers. Solutions of chemical precursors to oxides can be applied in a thin active layer or a pattern of a uniform and controlled thickness, e.g. submicron uniform layers of the oxides can be easily achieved using liquid precursors, while the large size of the frit particles prevents this possibility. The precursor reacts at the interface controlling interface properties directly while not adversely affecting conductivity of the bulk of the metallization. Having oxide at the interface with the substrate (rather than dispersed as frits as in pastes) eliminates the need for the etchant to flow toward the substrate in the process to obtain a conductive path or contact. This allows for much simpler formulations, reducing the amount of or even eliminating some typical oxide constituents that are included to control physical properties of the glass fits, such as softening temperature, and leaving only the functional fire through components of the glass. Reducing the amount of extra dielectric phases may in turn improve bulk conductivity and reduce contact resistance. Enhanced electric connectivity between metal contact layer and solar cell substrate is achieved.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a solar cell (100).    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a perspective view of a solar cell with contacts provided using a burn through agent layer deposited or printed in a pattern of spaced apart islands.    Solar cell (100)    Solar cell substrate (110)    Antireflective coating (116)    Contact layer (120)    Burn through layer (128)