TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Method: The thick-film paste composition is applied pattern-wise onto the insulating film. Preferred Composition: The thick-film paste further comprises titanium. Preferred Components: The nickel component is a nickel alloy. The nickel component comprises nickel powder and/or nickel flake. The silver component comprises silver powder and/or silver flake. The conductive metal portion comprises: 10-99.9 wt.% of a silver component and 0.1-90 wt.% of a nickel component; 50-99.9 wt.% of silver and 0.1-50 wt.% of nickel; 70-99.9 wt.% of silver and 0.1-30 wt.% of nickel; or 10-80 wt.% of silver, 5-85 wt.% of nickel, and 0.1-10 wt.% of a metal including aluminum and/or chromium. The lead-tellurium-oxide frit component comprises 1-10 wt.% of the solids portion of the thick-film paste. The lead-tellurium-oxide further comprises lithium. The lead-tellurium-oxide frit component comprises particles having a particle size of less than or equal to 2 microns. The electrode further comprises: lithium; and an element including cobalt, iron, silicon, molybdenum, niobium, tantalum, manganese, vanadium, antimony and/or boron. EXAMPLE - Silver powder (44.72 g) was placed in a glass jar, and lead oxide-tellurium dioxide-lithium superoxide (PTOL) powder (1.04 g) was added. The powder mixture was tumble-mixed for 15 minutes. Then separately 50-51% of ethoxy ethyl cellulose resin dissolved in Texanol (RTM: 2,2,4-Trimethyl-1,3-pentanediol monoisobutyrate) (0.6776 g), 48-50% of ethoxy ethyl cellulose resin dissolved in Texanol (RTM: 2,2,4-Trimethyl-1,3-pentanediol monoisobutyrate) (0.2612 g), amine oleate surfactant (0.52 g), 50 wt.% of Foralyn (RTM: Hydrogenated rosin ester) dissolved in Texanol (RTM: 2,2,4-Trimethyl-1,3-pentanediol monoisobutyrate) (1.3002 g), hydrogenated castor oil derivative (0.261 g) and dibasic ester-3 (1.8206 g) were mixed in a plastic jar using a planetary centrifugal mixer for 1 minute at 2000 rpm, to get organic medium. The prepared silver-PTOL powder mixture was added to the organic medium and mixed using planetary centrifugal mixer for 1 minute at 2000 rpm. The dispersed mixture was then blended with triple roll mill to obtain silver thick paste. Nickel powder (44.72 g) was placed in a glass jar, and PTOL powder (1.04 g) was added. The powder mixture was tumble-mixed for 15 minutes. The prepared nickel-PTOL powder mixture was added to the organic medium and mixed using planetary centrifugal mixer for 1 minute at 2000 rpm. The dispersed mixture was then blended with triple roll mill to obtain nickel thick paste. The silver paste (75 wt.%) and nickel paste (25 wt.%) were mixed using planetary mixture for 1 minute at 2000 rpm to obtain thick-film paste.