TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - CERAMICS AND GLASS - Preferred Component: The incident layer comprises glass sheets. The backing layer is glass sheets and ceramic plates.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Component: The neutralizing agents further include metal ion(s). The acid copolymer is neutralized to 10-40% with the metal ion(s) including sodium, lithium, magnesium, zinc, and two or more of their mixtures. The solar cell is multi-crystalline solar cells, thin film solar cells, compound semiconductor solar cells, amorphous silicon solar cells, or two or more of their combinations. The backing layer comprises metal sheets.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Component: The amines are diamines, triamines, and/or polyamines; and ethylene diamine, 1,3-diaminopropane, 1,2-diaminopropane, 1,4-diaminobutane, 1,2-diamino-2-methylpropane, 1,3-diaminopentane, 1,5-diaminopentane, 2,2-dimethyl, 1,3-propanediamine, 1,6-hexanediamine, 2-methyl-1,5 -pentanediamine, 1,7-diaminoheptane, 1,8-diaminooctane, 1,9-diaminononane, 1,10-diaminodecane, 1,12-diaminododecane, bis(4-aminocyclohexyl)methane, diethylenetriamine, beta , beta'-diaminodiethyl ether, beta , beta'-diaminodiethyl thioether, 4,9-dioxa-1,12-dodecanediamine, 4,7,10-trioxa-1,13-tridecanediamine, N-(2-aminoethyl)-1,3-propanediamine, 3,3'-diamino-N-methyldipropylamine, 3,3'-iminobispropylamine, spermidine, bis(hexamethylene)triamine, triethylenetetramine, N,N'-bis(3-aminopropyl)ethylenediamine, N,N'-bis(2-aminoethyl)-1,3-propanediamine, N,N'-bis(3-aminopropyl)-1,3-propanediamine, spermine, tris(2-aminoethyl)amine, tetraethylenepentamine, pentaethylenehexamine, phenylene diethyl amine, 1,3-diaminomethylxylene, 4,4'-methylenebis(2-methylcyclohexylamine), 1,2-diaminocyclohexane, 1,3-diaminocyclohexane, 1,4-diaminocyclohexane, bis(1,3-aminomethyl)cyclohexane, isophorone diamine, 1,8-diamino-p-menthane, piperazine, 4,4'-trimethylenedipiperidine, or two or more of their mixtures. The backing layer is polymeric sheets or polymeric films. The polymeric sheets comprise polycarbonates, acrylics, polyacrylates, cyclic polyolefins, polystyrenes, polyamides, polyesters, fluoropolymers, or two or more of their mixtures. The polymeric films comprise polyesters, polycarbonates, polyolefins, norbornene polymers, polystyrenes, styrene-acrylate copolymers, acrylonitrile-styrene copolymers, polysulfones, nylons, polyurethanes, acrylics, cellulose acetates, cellophanes, poly(vinyl chlorides), fluoropolymers, or two or more of their mixtures.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - POLYMERS - Preferred Component: The acid copolymer comprises 20-25 wt.% copolymerized units of the alpha , beta -ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, and is 5-50 wt.% neutralized. The film or sheet comprising amine-neutralized ionomer composition is in a monolayer form or multilayer form, and made of the amine-neutralized ionomer composition. It comprises two or more sub-layers. The sub-layer(s) is made of amine-neutralized ionomer composition and each of the other sub-layer(s) comprises a polymer material including acid copolymers, ionomers, poly(ethylene vinyl acetates), poly(vinyl acetals), polyurethanes, polyvinylchlorides, polyethylenes, polyolefin block elastomers, poly( alpha -olefin-co- alpha , beta -ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid ester) copolymers, silicone elastomers, epoxy resins, or two or more of their mixtures. The assembly further comprises a front encapsulant layer which is formed of the film or sheet containing amine-neutralized ionomer composition, and a back encapsulant layer which is formed of a polymeric material including acid copolymers, ionomers, poly(ethylene vinyl acetates), poly(vinyl acetals), polyurethanes, polyvinylchlorides, polyethylenes, polyolefin block elastomers, poly( alpha -olefin-co- alpha , beta -ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid ester) copolymers, silicone elastomers, and/or epoxy resins. The assembly further comprises an incident layer including polymeric sheets comprising polycarbonates, acrylics, polyacrylates, cyclic polyolefins, polystyrenes, polyamides, polyesters, fluoropolymers, or two or more of their mixtures; and polymeric films comprising polyesters, polycarbonate, polyolefins, norbornene polymers, polystyrene, styrene-acrylate copolymers, acrylonitrile-styrene copolymers, polysulfones, nylons, polyurethanes, acrylics, cellulose acetates, cellophane, poly(vinyl chlorides), fluoropolymers, or two or more of their mixtures. Preferred Dimension: The film or sheet comprising amine-neutralized ionomer composition has a total thickness of 2-20 mils. EXAMPLE - A series of 12x 12 inches solar cell laminate structure was assembled and laminated. The layers 1 and 2 were the incident layer and the front encapsulant layer, respectively, and layers 4 and 5 comprise the back encapsulant layer and the backing layer, respectively. The layer 3 was solar cell 1 including amorphous silicon photovoltaic device comprising stainless steel substrate with an amorphous silicon semiconductor layer. The incident layer was Starphire(RTM: low iron glass). The front encapsulant layer was 3.2 mm thick aluminum sheet that was 5052 alloyed with 2.5 wt.% magnesium. The back encapsulant layer was 20 mil thick embossed sheet made from an amine-neutralized ionomer. The backing layer was 1.5 mil thick corona surface treated Tedlar(RTM: polyvinyl fluoride) film.