TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ELECTRICAL POWER AND ENERGY - Preferred Pallet: In the pallet, the magnetic elements are magnetic strips. The magnetic elements are rectangular in top profile and have a constant polarity along their lengths. The each of the spaced-apart substantially parallel magnetic elements has a bottom surface facing the magnetic sheet and a top surface opposite the bottom surface. The spaced-apart substantially parallel magnetic elements are arranged so that the top surfaces of adjacent magnetic elements are of opposite polarities. The magnetic sheet is a ferromagnetic sheet. The magnetic sheet has a thickness between 2 mils and 50 mils. The planar pallet body comprises raised fixtures configured to hold a non-magnetic substrate in place. It further comprises a non-magnetic layer having a first surface to support a non-magnetic substrate. The non-magnetic layer further comprises raised features on a surface opposite the first surface, where the raised features interlock with the spaced-apart substantially parallel magnetic elements. The non-magnetic layer comprises a high friction polymeric material. The non-magnetic layer comprises silicone or polyurethane. It further comprises a magnetic field exerting a force of at least 0.5 N. The planar pallet body comprises an underside having recesses configured to position the pallet on a conveyor assembly. The planar pallet body is rectangular, having a major dimension and a minor dimension. The spaced-apart substantially parallel magnetic elements are magnetic strips aligned with the major dimension of the planar pallet body. The spaced-apart substantially parallel magnetic elements are magnetic strips having a width of about 0.5 inches and a height of about 0.3 inches. The substantially parallel magnetic elements are secured to the magnetic sheet only by magnetic force. It also comprises: a platform, a first magnetic layer disposed on the platform and a second magnetic layer disposed on the first layer. The first magnetic layer is a ferromagnetic layer. The second magnetic layer comprises spaced-apart substantially parallel permanent magnets. Preferred Method: Fabricating a thin film photovoltaic cell module further comprises positioning a polymeric sheet on the glass plate prior to placing the thin film photovoltaic cells on the glass plate. The thin film photovoltaic cells are placed perpendicular to the parallel magnetic elements. Each thin film photovoltaic cell is placed so that it overlays at least five parallel magnetic strips. It further comprises placing a second glass plate on the thin film photovoltaic cells so that the thin film photovoltaic cells are sandwich by a glass plate substrate and a glass plate substrate. The polymeric sheet is located between the photovoltaic cells and the second glass plate. The thin film photovoltaic cells comprise a top transparent conductive layer, an absorber layer, a bottom contact layer and a metal substrate. The thin film photovoltaic cells are placed with the top transparent layer between the glass plate and the metal substrate. The absorber layer comprises a CIGS layer. The absorber layer comprises a CIS layer.