NOVELTY - The cadmium telluride or cadmium sulfide photovoltaic module comprises a front substrate, a photovoltaic structure attached to the front substrate, a membrane, a desiccant material located between the front substrate and a back substrate (2000), a gap between the membrane and the back substrate, a structural component, and a buss bar assembly. The photovoltaic structure comprises a photovoltaic cell. The membrane and the front substrate encapsulate the remaining portion of the photovoltaic structure. The membrane is applied to the photovoltaic structure using a method consisting of brushing.    USE - Used as a cadmium telluride or cadmium sulfide photovoltaic module.    ADVANTAGE - The cadmium telluride photovoltaic module can be economically, efficiently, rapidly and easily manufactured with improved performance and durability to weathering environments, increased safety, excellent mechanical strength and reliability and high throughput.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The cadmium telluride or cadmium sulfide photovoltaic module comprises a front substrate, a photovoltaic structure attached to the front substrate, a membrane, a desiccant material located between the front substrate and a back substrate (2000), a gap between the membrane and the back substrate, a structural component, and a buss bar assembly. The photovoltaic structure comprises a photovoltaic cell. The membrane and the front substrate encapsulate the remaining portion of the photovoltaic structure. The membrane is applied to the photovoltaic structure using a method consisting of brushing, spraying, precision spraying, stenciling, screening, vapor deposition, adhesion, printing, rolling and squeegeeing. The membrane comprises an elastomeric polymer material, a thermoplastic material, a desiccant, a retention tape, an undercoat membrane, an overcoat membrane (6200), and a membrane reinforcement material embedded within the membrane. The undercoat membrane is disposed adjacent to the photovoltaic structure. An anode central main buss and a cathode central main buss are positioned between the undercoat membrane and the overcoat membrane. The membrane reinforcement material consists of a mesh, a scrim, fibers, strips, bands, thin rods, a polymer, glass, fiber glass, polymer composite, and glass composite. The structural component spans the gap, comprises ribbing and foam, and is configured to provide distributed load dissipation through the photovoltaic module and to provide distributed thermal conduction between the front substrate and the back substrate. The photovoltaic structure comprises a first edge and a second edge. The membrane is configured to permit the buss bar assembly to connect to the photovoltaic structure at the first edge and the second edge. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a method for making a photovoltaic module.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The diagram shows a schematic exploded view of a dual coat membrane module.    Back substrate (2000)    Inner moisture vapor barrier seal (3100)    Outer liquid barrier edge seal (3200)    Connection seal (3300)    Overcoat membrane. (6200)