NOVELTY - A photovoltaic (PV) cell module (20) comprises substrate (24) having front face (26) and rear face (28) spaced from front face of substrate, cover sheet (30) having front face (32) and rear face (34) spaced from front face of cover sheet, greater than or equal to 1 PV cell (36) disposed between substrate and cover sheet and having front face (38) and rear face (40) spaced from front face of PV cell, greater than or equal to 1 tabbing ribbon disposed on rear face of PV cell, and greater than or equal to 1 polymeric strip disposed between substrate and PV cell adjacent to tabbing ribbon.    USE - A photovoltaic cell module for converting light to electricity.    ADVANTAGE - Cracking of PV cells is prevented, efficiency of PV cell module is improved, and manufacturing cost of PV cell module is reduced.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A photovoltaic (PV) cell module (20) comprises substrate (24) having front face (26) and rear face (28) spaced from front face of substrate, cover sheet (30) having front face (32) and rear face (34) spaced from front face of cover sheet, greater than or equal to 1 PV cell (36) disposed between substrate and cover sheet and having front face (38) and rear face (40) spaced from front face of PV cell, greater than or equal to 1 tabbing ribbon disposed on rear face of PV cell, greater than or equal to 1 polymeric strip disposed between substrate and PV cell adjacent to tabbing ribbon for protecting tabbing ribbon from front face of substrate and formed from 1st polymeric composition, and tie layer formed from 2nd polymeric composition different from 1st polymeric composition of polymeric strip and disposed between substrate and cover sheet and around PV cell for coupling rear face of cover sheet to front face of substrate and for coupling front face of PV cell to rear face of cover sheet. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method of forming PV cell module which involves applying 1st polymeric composition on front face of substrate and/or rear face of PV cell to form greater than or equal to 1 polymeric strip on front face of substrate and/or rear face of PV cell in uncured state, optionally curing greater than or equal to 1 polymeric strip, applying 2nd polymeric composition different than 1st polymeric composition on rear face of cover sheet to form tie layer in uncured state, optionally curing tie layer, disposing PV cell on tie layer such that rear face of PV cell is disposed opposite the cover sheet, and combining substrate and cover sheet to form PV cell module such that tie layer is sandwiched between cover sheet and substrate and greater than or equal to 1 polymeric strip is disposed adjacent to tabbing ribbon.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a broken cross-sectional side view of the PV cell module.    PV cell module (20)    Substrate (24)    Front face of substrate (26)    Rear face of substrate (28)    Cover sheet (30)    Front face of cover sheet (32)    Rear face of cover sheet (34)    PV cell (36)    Front face of PV cell (38)    Rear face of PV cell (40)