Abstract: Compositions and methods for constructing a photovoltaic (PV) module bound by multiple layers of encapsulant as well as a custom lamination protocol. Various embodiments described herein include a PV apparatus comprising transparent polycarbonate (PC) plates containing a silicon solar power cell bound with a novel multilayer encapsulation polymers encompassing each side of the solar power cell, where the multilayer encapsulation polymers are in contact with the PC plate surface and the solar power cell surface. The multilayer encapsulant comprises an encapsulation polymer first layer and a second layer, where the first layer is a first thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) layer that is in contact with a second layer comprising an additional encapsulation polymer.