Solar cell and method for manufacturing the same

1. A solar cell, comprising:

a substrate of a first conductivity type, the substrate having a via hole;

an emitter disposed at the substrate and the via hole, and having a second conductivity type that is opposite the first conductivity type;

an anti-reflection layer disposed on a first surface of the substrate and inside the via hole, the anti-reflection layer including a first portion disposed on the first surface of the substrate and a second portion disposed inside the via hole;

a first electrode disposed on the first surface of the substrate and in the via hole and the first electrode directly contacted to the emitter between the first surface and a second surface of the substrate in the via hole;

a first electrode bus bar disposed on the second surface of the substrate and in the via hole; and

a second electrode disposed on the second surface of the substrate and connected to the substrate,

wherein the first electrode and the first electrode bus bar are disposed between the first surface and the second surface of the substrate in the via hole,

the second portion of the anti-reflection layer is entirely disposed near a contact point between the first electrode and the first electrode bus bar and nowhere else,

materials of the second portion of the anti-reflection layer equals materials of the first portion of the anti-reflection layer, and

an upper side surface of the first electrode bus bar disposed besides the contact point contacts with the second portion of the anti-reflection layer and a lower side surface which is not the upper side surface of the first electrode bus bar contacts with the emitter inside the via hole.

2. The solar cell of claim 1 , wherein a position of an end part of the second portion of the anti-reflection layer disposed inside the via hole is lower than a position of an end part of the first electrode extending from the first surface to the inside of the via hole.

3. The solar cell of claim 1 , wherein the anti-reflection layer comprises at least one layer.

4. The solar cell of claim 3 , wherein the anti-reflection layer includes at least one of silicon nitride, silicon oxide, aluminum oxide, titanium oxide, and silicon oxynitride.

5. The solar cell of claim 3 , wherein the anti-reflection layer includes a plurality of layers, and

wherein a number of layers of the second portion of the anti-reflection layer existing inside the via hole at a position that is closer to the first surface of the substrate is greater than a number of layers of the second portion of the anti-reflection layer existing inside the via hole at a position that is farther from the first surface of the substrate.

6. The solar cell of claim 1 , further comprising a second bus bar disposed on the second surface of the substrate and connected to the second electrode.

7. The solar cell of claim 1 , wherein, inside the via hole, the first electrode bus bar contacts the second portion of the anti-reflection layer that is inside the via hole.

8. The solar cell of claim 1 , wherein a portion of the first electrode bus bar that is disposed in the via hole covers the second portion of the anti-reflection layer existing inside the via hole.

9. The solar cell of claim 1 , wherein the second portion of the anti-reflection layer existing inside the via hole contacts a portion of the first electrode that is in the via hole, a portion of the first electrode bus bar that is in the via hole, and a portion of the emitter layer that is in the via hole.

10. The solar cell of claim 1 , wherein the first electrode includes a glass frit that contains lead and at least one of the first electrode bus bar and the second electrode includes a glass frit that does not contain lead.

11. The solar cell of claim 1 , wherein the first electrode includes a different material from a material of the first electrode bus bar.