Method for manufacturing sealed monolithic electrochromic systems, and sealed monolithic electrochromic system
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1. A method for manufacturing a sealed monolithic electrochromic system, which method comprises the following method steps:
- application of electrolyte to a pattern of a porous structure located on a substrate, which structure constitutes at least one monolithic electrochemical cell and comprises a working electrode, an insulating layer and a counterelectrode application of a sealing material surrounding said porous structure to form at least one sealed monolithic electrochemical system comprising a front plane consisting of said substrate and the porous structure and a rear plane consisting of the sealing material characterized in that the following method steps are performed after said application of electrolyte;
said front plane and rear plane are heated and pressed together, sealing along the edge of the pattern of the porous structure being permitted by virtue of a plastic layer forming part of the sealing material being melted and joined together with said front plane.
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Method for manufacturing sealed monolithic electrochromic systems, which method comprises the following method steps:
application of electrolyte to a pattern of a porous structure located on a substrate, which structure constitutes a monolithic electrochemical cell and comprises a working electrode, an insulating layer and a counterelectrode
application of a sealing material surrounding said porous structure to form a laminate comprising a front plane consisting of said substrate and the porous structure and a rear plane consisting of the sealing material.
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1. A method for manufacturing a sealed monolithic electrochromic system, which method comprises the following method steps:
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application of electrolyte to a pattern of a porous structure located on a substrate, which structure constitutes at least one monolithic electrochemical cell and comprises a working electrode, an insulating layer and a counterelectrode application of a sealing material surrounding said porous structure to form at least one sealed monolithic electrochemical system comprising a front plane consisting of said substrate and the porous structure and a rear plane consisting of the sealing material characterized in that the following method steps are performed after said application of electrolyte;
said front plane and rear plane are heated and pressed together, sealing along the edge of the pattern of the porous structure being permitted by virtue of a plastic layer forming part of the sealing material being melted and joined together with said front plane. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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- 16. A sealed monolithic electrochromic system comprising a substrate supporting a pattern, located on said substrate, of a porous structure which comprises a working electrode, an insulating layer and a counterelectrode, electrolyte absorbed in said substrate for forming at least one electrochemical cell and contacts for said electrodes for interconnection with at least one electric circuit and a sealing material located on said substrate and covering said porous structure, characterized in that the sealing material comprises an adhesion ply 19A of plastic which is applied to said substrate and porous structure 19 and a laminate 19B, 19C comprising at least an adhesion layer 19B and a barrier layer 19C, in which the adhesion layer 19B is placed over said adhesion ply 19A, and in that said substrate, porous structure and sealing material are joined together to form a sealed monolithic electrochromic system by melting the substrate, the adhesion ply 19A and the adhesion layer 19B together.
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18. A method for producing a tight connection between a front plane consisting of an at least partly transparent substrate with a pattern of a porous structure constituting at least one monolithic electrochromic electrode and a rear plane comprising at least one ply of plastic which is intended to bear against the front plane, characterized in that
said plane is subjected to an underpressure allowing evacuation of moisture and gases from the porous structure, said planes are heated and pressed together, sealing along the edge of the pattern of the porous structure being permitted.
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