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Nikos Kopidakis - Senior Scientist

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phone: 303-384-6222
email: Nikos_Kopidakis@nrel.gov
At NREL since 2001

Dr. Nikos Kopidakis's research interests include dye-sensitized nanocrystalline TiO2 solar cells, organic solar cells, and charge transport in disordered semiconductors. His personal interests range from yoga to skiing, cycling, and alpinism.

Work Experience

2004–present: Scientist II, Center for Basic Sciences, NREL, Golden, CO. Charge transport and recombination in organic semiconductors and solar cells.
2001–2004: Research Associate, Center for Basic Sciences, NREL.
1998–1999 Research Associate, Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

Education

1998 Ph.D., Amorphous Semiconductor Physics, University of Crete, Greece
1992 B.S., Physics, University of Crete, Greece

Selected Publications

  1. K.D. Benkstein, N. Kopidakis, J. van de Lagemaat and A.J. Frank, "The Influence of the Percolation Network Geometry on Electron Transport in Dye-Sensitized Titanium Dioxide Solar Cells ," J. Phys. Chem. B 107, 7759 (2003).
  2. N. Kopidakis, K. D. Benkstein, J. van de Lagemaat and A. J. Frank, "Diffusion-limited recombination of photocarriers in dye-sensitized TiO2 solar cells," J. Phys. Chem. B. 107, 11307 (2003).
  3. N. Kopidakis, K. D. Benkstein, J. van de Lagemaat, and A. J. Frank, "Transport limited recombination in dye sensitized nanocrystalline TiO2 solar cells," Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., in press.
  4. K.D. Benkstein, N. Kopidakis, J. van de Lagemaat and A.J. Frank, "Influence of percolation network geometry on electron transport in nanoparticle networks," Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., in press.
  5. A.J. Frank, N. Kopidakis and J. van de Lagemaat, "Electrons in nanostructured TiO2 solar cells, transport recombination and electronic properties," Coord. Chem. Rev.248, 1165 (2004)
  6. J. van de Lagemaat, N. Kopidakis, N.R. Neale, and A.J. Frank, "Effect of nonideal statistics on electron diffusion in sensitized nanocrystalline TiO2," Phys. Rev.B. 71, 035304 (2005).

NREL Publications

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Other Team Members

Arthur J. Nozik

Xin Ai

Matthew C. Beard

Helen E. Chappell

Smita Dayal

Randy J. Ellingson

Andrew J. Ferguson

Arthur J. Frank

Brian A. Gregg

Adam Halverson

Hugh W. Hillhouse

Barbara Hughes

Justin Johnson

Allison Kanarr

Jae-Hun Kim

Jin Young Kim

Nikos Kopidakis

Ziqi Liang

Olga I. Micic

Aaron Midgett

Anthony J. Morfa

Nathan R. Neale

Matthew T. Rawls

Thomas H. Reilly III

Garry Rumbles

Donald C. Selmarten

Octavi Escala Semonin

Qing Song

Jao van de Lagemaat

Michael Woodhouse

Kai Zhu