Patent ID: 8658455

Claim:
A method of continuously producing Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) via a roll-to-roll process, comprising the steps of: providing a first flexible substrate in transit; forming a titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) layer upon the first flexible substrate while the first flexible substrate is in transit; sintering the TiO 2 layer while the first substrate is in transit; dyeing the TiO 2 layer while the first flexible substrate is in transit in a dye tank; loading electrolyte upon the dyed TiO 2 layer to form an electrolyte layer while the first flexible substrate is in transit; and attaching a second flexible substrate to the first flexible substrate while the first flexible substrate is in transit, wherein dyeing the TiO 2 layer comprises spraying a dye solution, upon the TiO 2 layer, from a first plurality of nozzles arrayed in the dye tank around the first flexible substrate in transit while the first flexible substrate is in transit.