Patent ID: 8319094

Claim:
A solar cell pre-lamination assembly comprising a bi-layer film or sheet and a solar cell component formed of one or a plurality of electronically interconnected solar cells, wherein, the solar cell component has a light-receiving side that faces a light source and a back side that is opposite from the light source; the bi-layer film or sheet consists of a first surface sub-layer and a second surface sub-layer; the first surface sub-layer consists essentially of a terionomer; the second surface sub-layer consists essentially of a high melting point polymer comprising an ionomer; the terionomer is an acid terpolymer that is about 5% to about 90% neutralized with one or more metal ions, based on the total carboxylic acid content of the acid terpolymer, and comprises repeat units derived from an α-olefin, about 5 to about 15 wt % of an α,β-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid having 3 to 8 carbons, and about 15 to about 40 wt % of an α,β-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid ester having 4 to 12 carbons, based on the total weight of the acid terpolymer; and the high melting point polymer has a melting point of at least about 80° C.