TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The element: has an average particle diameter of 1-800 nm, preferably 20-60 nm; and comprises silver, nickel, cobalt, zinc, tin, gold, platinum, palladium, lead, copper, silicon, beryllium, manganese, germanium, gallium, lithium, magnesium and/or their alloys. The metal precursor includes a functional group chemically bonded with the element, where the functional group including at least one of acetate, alkoxide, acetylacetonate, (meth)acrylate, carbonylate, carbonate, halide, hydroxide, nitrate, sulfate, phosphate, citrate and/or their hydrates. The metallic glass has a glass transition temperature of less than or equal to 800 degrees C, preferably 50-800 degrees C. The metallic glass includes at least one alloy of copper, titanium, nickel, zirconium, iron, magnesium, calcium, cobalt, palladium, platinum, gold, cerium, lanthanum, yttrium, gadolinium, beryllium, tantalum, gallium, aluminum, hafnium, niobium, lead, silver, phosphorus, boron, silicon, carbon, tin, zinc, molybdenum, tungsten, manganese, erbium, chromium, praseodymium and/or thulium. The metallic glass includes an aluminum-based metallic glass, a copper-based metallic glass, a titanium-based metallic glass, a nickel-based metallic glass, a zirconium-based metallic glass, an iron-based metallic glass, a cerium-based metallic glass, a strontium-based metallic glass, a gold-based metallic glass, a ytterbium-based metallic glass, a zinc-based metallic glass, a calcium-based metallic glass, a magnesium-based metallic glass, and a platinum-based metallic glass, where each of which includes a main component of aluminum, copper, titanium, nickel, zirconium, iron, cerium, strontium, gold, ytterbium, zinc, calcium, magnesium, and platinum, respectively, and further includes nickel, yttrium, cobalt, lanthanum, zirconium, iron, titanium, calcium, beryllium, magnesium, sodium, molybdenum, tungsten, tin, zinc, potassium, lithium, phosphorus, palladium, platinum, rubidium, chromium, strontium, cerium, praseodymium, promethium, samarium, lutetium, neodymium, niobium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, thorium, scandium, barium, ytterbium, europium, hafnium, arsenic, plutonium, gallium, germanium, antimony, silicon, cadmium, indium, manganese, niobium, osmium, vanadium, aluminum, copper, silver and mercury. The conductive powder includes at least one of silver, aluminum, copper and/or nickel. The conductive powder, the metallic glass, and the metal precursor are present in an amount of 30-99 wt.%, 0.1-20 wt.%, 0.1-20 wt.%, respectively, and a remaining balance of the conductive paste is the organic vehicle. Preferred Method: The element is separated from the metal precursor by pyrolysis, and at a temperature of 50-1000 degrees C. The metallic glass and the element form a solid solution at a temperature of less than or equal to 850 degrees C, preferably 200-350 degrees C.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INSTRUMENTATION AND TESTING - Preferred Components: The solar cell further comprises an oxide layer (111) between the semiconductor substrate and the electrode, where the oxide layer has a thickness of less than or equal to 20 nm. EXAMPLE - No suitable example given.