TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Composition: The conductive paste further comprises an organic vehicle. Preferred Components: The dispersing agent is present at 0.5-10 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the conductive powder and the metallic glass. The metallic glass: comprises an amorphous alloy comprising copper, titanium, nickel, zirconium, iron, magnesium, calcium, cobalt, palladium, platinum, gold, cerium, lanthanum, yttrium, gadolinium, beryllium, tantalum, gallium, aluminum, hafnium, niobium, lead, platinum, silver, phosphorus, boron, silicon, carbon, tin, molybdenum, tungsten, manganese, erbium, chromium, praseodymium and/or thulium; and has a glass transition temperature that is lower than a eutectic point of silicon and the conductive powder. The conductive powder and the metallic glass have a eutectic point that is lower than a eutectic point of silicon and the conductive powder. The metallic glass is a liquid at a sintering temperature of the conductive powder. The conductive powder comprises silver, aluminum, copper and/or nickel. The conductive powder, metallic glass or glass frit, and the organic vehicle are present 30-98 wt.%, 1-50 wt.% and 1-50 wt.%, respectively, and the dispersing agent is present at 0.5-10 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the conductive powder and the metallic glass.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INSTRUMENTATION AND TESTING - Preferred Components: The solar cell further comprises: a buffer layer contacting the semiconductor layer and the electrode, where the buffer layer comprises a metallic glass; a first eutectic layer that is disposed between the electrode and the buffer layer, where the first eutectic layer is a product of the conductive powder and the metallic glass; and a second eutectic layer that is disposed between the semiconductor layer and the buffer layer, where the second eutectic layer is a product of the semiconductor material and the metallic glass.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The dispersing agent is substituted benzene compounds of formula (II) or (III).p = 3-10. EXAMPLE - Typical composition comprised of: silver powder (82 wt.%); metallic glass (Cu43Zr43Al7Ag7) (4 wt.%), organic vehicle (14 wt.%); and polyoxy ethylene 1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutylphenyl ether carboxylic acid (0.5 parts by weight).