Patent ID: 7405356

Claim:
A sealed monolithic solar cell system comprising: a pattern of a porous structure located on a substrate, wherein said structure constitutes at least one monolithic electrochemical cell and comprises a photo electrode, an insulating layer, and a counterelectrode, and an electrolyte applied to said pattern of the porous structure and absorbed in said porous structure for forming at least one solar cell, wherein a photosensitive dye is disposed on the photo electrode of the porous structure, wherein a sealing material surrounds said porous structure to form at least one sealed monolithic solar cell photoelectrochemical system comprising a front plane consisting of said substrate and the porous structure and a rear plane consisting of the sealing material, and wherein said front plane and rear plane are heated and pressed together and sealed along an edge of the pattern of the porous structure by virtue of a plastic layer forming part of the sealing material being melted and joined together with said front plane.