NOVELTY - Bonding a first piece of glass and a second piece glass of a photovoltaic cell module involves: providing a photovoltaic cell between a first piece of glass having a planar surface; and second piece of glass having a second planar surface; providing solder to at least one solder contact area disposed on at least one of the first or second pieces of glass, where the solder comprises gold; heating the solder to about the melting or working point of the solder; and bonding the two pieces.    USE - For bonding a first piece of glass and a second piece glass of a photovoltaic cell module (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The solders provide bonds or seals of glass pieces of photovoltaic cell modules which have increased longevity and decreased susceptibility to degradation from the elements, such as moisture and prolonged exposure to sunlight, as compared to existing methods used to bond or seal pieces of glass of photovoltaic cell modules. The bonded and/or sealed photovoltaic solar cell modules can withstand intense elements (e.g. rain, sun) for long periods of time. The photovoltaic solar cell modules withstand at least 100 hours in a humid environment, for e.g. damp heat at 85 degrees C/85% relative humidity, or even a highly accelerated stress test environment. The modules last at least greater than or equal to 1000 hour.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Bonding a first piece of glass and a second piece glass of a photovoltaic cell module involves: providing the first piece of glass having a planar surface; providing the second piece of glass having a second planar surface; providing a photovoltaic cell between the first piece of glass and the second piece of glass; providing solder to at least one solder contact area disposed on at least one of the first or second pieces of glass, where the solder comprises gold; heating the solder to about the melting or working point of the solder; and bonding the first piece of glass and the second piece glass thereby sealing the photovoltaic cell module from moisture. The method is performed in an inert environment. The solder comprises tin, and/or indium. The gold is present in the solder at an amount of 0.1-1%. The solder comprises tin (Sn) (9.9%)/indium (In) (49.9%)/gold (Au) (0.2%); or Sn (49.25%)/In (49.25%)/Au (0.5%). The solder further comprises glass comprising lead oxide (PbO), zinc oxide (ZnO), boronoxide (B2O3), bismuth oxide (Bi2O3), silver oxide (Ag2O), alumina (Al2O3), lithium oxide (Li3O), sodium oxide (NaO), and/or tin oxide (SnO). An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a photovoltaic cell module comprising: a first piece of glass; a second piece of glass; and a photovoltaic cell located between the first and second pieces of glass; a gap around the periphery and between the first and second pieces of glass filled with a solder, where the solder seals the photovoltaic cell module from moisture. The polymer encapsulating layer is located between the first piece of glass and the photovoltaic cell, and the polymer encapsulating layer comprises ethyl vinyl acetate. The photovoltaic cell module further comprises a brazing strip between the first piece of glass and the solder; and a brazing strip between the second piece of glass and the solder.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a photovoltaic cell module with the top and bottom pieces of glass sealed with the solder.