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International Journal of Photoenergy
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 568904, 5 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/568904
Research Article

Effect of Annealing Temperature on CuInSe2/ZnS Thin-Film Solar Cells Fabricated by Using Electron Beam Evaporation

H. Abdullah and S. Habibi

Department of Electrical, Electronics, and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

Received 17 October 2012; Accepted 10 December 2012

Academic Editor: Sudhakar Shet

Copyright © 2013 H. Abdullah and S. Habibi. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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