TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ELECTRONICS - Preferred Device: The electronic or optical device comprises a flexible photovoltaic device comprising at least one photovoltaic cell and the laminate. The photovoltaic cell has a light incident side. The laminate is located on the light incident side of the photovoltaic cell in such a way that the photovoltaic cell is protected from mechanical damage, water vapor and oxygen gas by the laminate. Each of the photovoltaic cell of the flexible photovoltaic device is a chalcogenide-based photovoltaic cell.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - POLYMERS - Preferred Components: The first organic polymer layer comprises a second silane-containing polyolefin layer, the second silane-containing polyolefin layer being in direct adhering operative contact to the first face of the glass layer, the organic polymer-glass laminate thus comprising, sequentially, the second silane-containing polyolefin layer, glass layer, and first silane-containing polyolefin layer. Each direct adhering operative contact to the glass layer by the first and second silane-containing polyolefin layers is done by an adhering strength of greater than or equal to 2 Newton's per millimeter, the adhering strength being measured using a 180 degrees peel test conducted at a loading rate of 2 inches (51 millimeters) per minute with the organic polymer-glass laminate being at a relative humidity of 50?% and a temperature of 24 degrees C. The first organic polymer layer comprises a protecting layer or reinforcing layer, the protecting layer or reinforcing layer comprising a material other than a silane-containing polyolefin. The organic polymer-glass laminate further comprises a second organic polymer layer, the second organic polymer layer comprising a protecting layer or reinforcing layer and being in direct adhering operative contact to the first organic polymer layer or first silane-containing polyolefin layer. The protecting layer comprises a fluoropolymer, silicone, poly(ethylene terephthalate), poly(ethylene naphthalate), polycarbonate, cyclic block copolymer polyolefin, amorphous polyolefin, polymethylmethacrylate, aliphatic thermoplastic polyurethane, and/or aliphatic polyimide. The organic polymer-glass laminate further comprises a third organic polymer layer, the third organic polymer layer comprising a protecting layer or reinforcing layer and being in direct adhering operative contact to the first silane-containing polyolefin layer and the second organic polymer layer comprising a protecting layer or reinforcing layer and being in direct adhering operative contact to the first organic polymer layer. The organic polymer-glass laminate has a total thickness of 75-1500 mu m. The first organic polymer layer is a second silane-containing polyolefin layer and having a thickness of 75-375 mu m and the first silane-containing polyolefin layer has a thickness of 25-75 mu m. EXAMPLE - A 4-layer organic polymer-glass laminate was prepared as follows: a layer (100 mu m) of silane-containing polyolefin (SC-PO-1) (comprising alkoxysilane Z6030 (1 wt.%)) was applied to each face of a 2 mils (50 mu m) thick Corning 0211 (RTM: glass sheet), then thick layer (50 mu m) of the poly(ethylene-co-tetrafluoroethylene) (ETFE-1) was applied to one of the layers of SC-PO-1 to give a 4-layer sandwich structure. Prior to applying the layers, the layers were protected by removable cover sheets consisting of standard white laser printer paper, which removable cover sheets are removed (i.e. pulled out) just prior to lamination. The 4-layer sandwich structure was laminated by degassing it for 5 minutes, heating the degassed sandwich structure to 150 degrees C, subjecting the resulting heated sandwich structure to a reduced pressure of 50 kPa (gauge pressure) for 2 minutes, and then returning the resulting depressurized sandwich structure to 101 kPa for 10 minutes, and allowing the resulting 4-layer organic polymer-glass laminate (having a total thickness of 12 mils (300 mu m)) to cool to room temperature. After 48 hours at room temperature, the 4-layer organic polymer-glass laminate passes (did not crack) a simulated hail impact test conducted by dropping a steel ball having a diameter of 17 mm onto it from a height of greater than 2 feet.