TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - CERAMICS AND GLASS - Preferred Components: The cap or coating comprises a ceramic material including metal oxides or glass.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The surface modifying material comprises salts and ceramic particles. The metal oxides comprise silicon, zinc, zirconium, aluminum, titanium, ruthenium, tin, cerium, lead, strontium, sodium, calcium, bismuth, boron, lithium phosphorus and/or silver. The salt comprises phosphate, nitrate, sulfate, or carboxylate.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - METALLURGY - Preferred Components: The metallic composition comprises metal precursor, and is free of metallic nanoparticles. The metal precursor comprises anion which etches the passivation layer. The metal is silver, copper, gold, palladium, platinum, nickel, cobalt, zinc, molybdenum, tungsten, ruthenium, titanium or their alloys.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The metallic nanoparticles comprise continuous or non-continuous cap or coating. The cap or coating comprises organic cap or coating. The cap or coating comprises sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate, tetra-n-octyl-ammonium bromide or alkane thiolate. The UV-curable material is acrylates, methacrylates, vinyl ethers or epoxies. Preferred Method: The formation of photovoltaic conductive feature involves heating surface modifying material under conditions effective to etch passivation layer. The heating of the surface modifying material occurs prior to step of depositing the composition, or occurs simultaneously with the step of heating the composition at not greater than 1000 degrees C.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - POLYMERS - Preferred Components: The cap or coating comprises a polymer including intrinsically conductive polymer, sulfonated perfluorohydrocarbon polymer, polystyrene, polystyrene/methacrylate or polyvinylpyrolidone (PVP). The salt comprises a cationic polymer consisting of polyethyleneimine, polyallylchloride or ammonium salt of PVP.