TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The front sheet comprises a fluoropolymer. The surface of the front sheet is textured with a Teflon (RTM: Polytetrafluoroethylene) woven cloth so as to scatter incident light and reduce reflective losses. The aluminum composite is aluminum-polyethylene-aluminum (APA). The insulating sheet comprises TEDLAR (RTM: Polyvinyl fluoride). The single ply roofing material is thermoplastic polyolefin, polyvinyl chloride, ethylene propylene diene monomer or modified bitumen.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INSTRUMENTATION AND TESTING - Preferred Method: In the method, many diodes (16) are soldered onto the PV cell circuitry prior to lamination. The back plane comprises holes configured to receive diode cups configured to house and isolate the diodes from the back plane. The method further comprises a second upper encapsulate layer comprising EVA and a second lower encapsulate layer comprising EVA. Preferred Components: The PV module further comprises: a second upper encapsulate layer comprising EVA, positioned between the first upper encapsulate layer and the PV cell layer and a second lower encapsulate layer comprising EVA positioned between the insulating sheet and the structural back plane; an interconnect (10) that electrically connects many crystalline silicone cells, where the PV cell layer defines a plane and the interconnect is in the same plane as the PV cell layer; bussing (210) that electrically connects to the interconnect, and comprising a strip that covers the bussing to prevent perforation between the layers; and many isolative cups aligned with and configured to house the Schottky barrier bypass diodes. The PV cell layer: comprises greater than or equal to 2 series connected in parallel, where each series comprises many cell strings; comprises a first and second series of eighty PV cells connected in parallel to create a full PV cell layer of 160 total cells; and further comprises Schottky barrier bypass diodes soldered onto the circuitry. The structural back plane is made of a material with a coefficient of thermal expansion that is different than the coefficient of thermal expansion of the crystalline silicone cells, and the interconnect is configured to accommodate thermal stresses within the plane while maintaining its electrical connection with many crystalline silicone cells. The back plane is configured to be directly adhered to a single ply roofing material without the use of additional racking. The backside of the back plane further comprises a single layer of single ply roofing material.