The invention relates to a method for producing a
photovoltaic solar cell having a front side designed for
coupling in light, comprising the following method steps: A Producing a plurality of cutouts in a
semiconductor substrate of a base
doping type, B Producing one or more emitter regions of an emitter
doping type at least at the front side of the
semiconductor substrate, wherein the emitter
doping type is opposite to the base doping type, C Applying an electrically insulating
insulation layer and D Producing metallic feed through structures in the cutouts, at least one metallic base contact structure at the rear side of the
solar cell, which is formed in an
electrically conductive manner with the
semiconductor substrate in a base doping region, at least one metallic front-side contact structure at the front side of the
solar cell, which is formed in an
electrically conductive manner with the emitter region at the front side of the semiconductor substrate, and at least one rear-side contact structure at the rear side of the
solar cell, which is formed in a manner electrically conductively connected to the feed through contact structure. The invention is characterized in that in method step B and / or a further method step in addition a feed through emitter region of the emitter doping type extending from the front side to the rear side is formed in each case in the semiconductor substrate on the walls of the cutouts, in that in method step C the
insulation layer is applied in a manner covering the rear side of the semiconductor substrate, if appropriate further intervening intermediate
layers, in that in method step D the rear-side contact structure is applied to the
insulation layer, if appropriate to further intermediate
layers, in such a way that the rear-side contact structure extends to regions of the semiconductor substrate having base doping and, in these regions, on account of the intervening insulation layer, an electrical insulation is formed between rear-side contact structure and semiconductor substrate, and the base contact structure is applied to the insulation layer, if appropriate to further intermediate
layers, in such a way that the base contact structure penetrates through the insulation layer at least in regions, such that an
electrically conductive connection is produced between base contact structure and semiconductor substrate. The invention furthermore relates to a
photovoltaic solar cell.