In a method for the manufacture of a solar cell from a silicon substrate to the front and back surfaces are firstly applied a first antireflection coating with an optical refractive index n between 3.6 and 3.9. To the latter is applied a second antireflection with an optical refractive index n between 1.94 and 2.1. The antireflection coatings are separated down to the underlying silicon substrate in order to introduce metal contacts to the silicon substrate into the antireflection coatings.