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Nikos Kopidakis is affiliated with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on fields related to engineering, with particular emphasis on electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist's work covers multiple subfields including materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, polymers and plastics, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine. Their main topics of study include:

  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Solar cell performance optimization
  • Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques
  • Conducting polymers and applications

Kopidakis has published extensively in various scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications
  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • Solar RRL
  • 2022 IEEE 49th Photovoltaics Specialists Conference (PVSC)
  • IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

The list of recent papers includes:

  • Solar cell efficiency tables (version 57), 2020, Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications
  • Solar cell efficiency tables (Version 60), 2022, Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications
  • Solar cell efficiency tables (Version 64), 2024, Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications
  • Solar cell efficiency tables (version 56), 2020, Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications
  • Solar cell efficiency tables (Version 63), 2023, Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Nikos Kopidakis include:

  • Martin A. Green
  • Ewan D. Dunlop
  • Masahiro Yoshita
  • Xiaojing Hao
  • Tao Song

Best Publications

  • Solar cell efficiency tables (version 57)

    Martin Green;Ewan Dunlop;Jochen Hohl-Ebinger;Masahiro Yoshita

  • Inverted bulk-heterojunction organic photovoltaic device using a solution-derived ZnO underlayer

    M. S. White;D. C. Olson;S. E. Shaheen;N. Kopidakis

  • Electrons in nanostructured TiO2 solar cells: Transport, recombination and photovoltaic properties

    Arthur J. Frank;Nikos Kopidakis;Jao van de Lagemaat

  • Heterojunction Modification for Highly Efficient Organic–Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells

    Konrad Wojciechowski;Samuel D. Stranks;Antonio Abate;Golnaz Sadoughi

  • Endohedral fullerenes for organic photovoltaic devices

    Russel B. Ross;Claudia M. Cardona;Dirk M. Guldi;Shankara Gayathri Sankaranarayanan

  • Solar cell efficiency tables (Version 55)

    Martin A. Green;Ewan D. Dunlop;Jochen Hohl‐Ebinger;Masahiro Yoshita

  • Influence of the percolation network geometry on electron transport in dye-sensitized titanium dioxide solar cells

    K. D. Benkstein;N. Kopidakis;J. Van De Lagemaat;A. J. Frank

  • Narrowband light detection via internal quantum efficiency manipulation of organic photodiodes

    Ardalan Armin;Ross D. Jansen-van Vuuren;Nikos Kopidakis;Paul L. Burn

  • Photovoltaic Devices with a Low Band Gap Polymer and CdSe Nanostructures Exceeding 3% Efficiency

    Smita Dayal;Nikos Kopidakis;Dana C. Olson;David S. Ginley

  • Transport-Limited Recombination of Photocarriers in Dye-Sensitized Nanocrystalline TiO2 Solar Cells

    Nikos Kopidakis;Kurt D. Benkstein;Jao Van De Lagemaat;Arthur J. Frank

  • Solar cell efficiency tables (version 56)

    Martin A. Green;Ewan D. Dunlop;Jochen Hohl‐Ebinger;Masahiro Yoshita

  • Solar cell efficiency tables (Version 58)

    Martin A. Green;Ewan D. Dunlop;Jochen Hohl-Ebinger;Masahiro Yoshita

  • Ambipolar Diffusion of Photocarriers in Electrolyte-Filled, Nanoporous TiO2†

    N. Kopidakis;E.A. Schiff;N.G. Park;J. van de Lagemaat

  • Effect of a Coadsorbent on the Performance of Dye-Sensitized TiO2 Solar Cells: Shielding versus Band-Edge Movement

    Nathan R. Neale;Nikos Kopidakis;Jao Van De Lagemaat;Michael Grätzel

  • Photoinduced Degradation of Polymer and Polymer–Fullerene Active Layers: Experiment and Theory

    Matthew O. Reese;Alexandre M. Nardes;Benjamin L. Rupert;Ross E. Larsen

  • Effect of an adsorbent on recombination and band-edge movement in dye-sensitized TiO2 solar cells: evidence for surface passivation.

    Nikos Kopidakis;Nathan R. Neale;Arthur J. Frank

  • Pathways for the degradation of organic photovoltaic P3HT:PCBM based devices

    Matthew O. Reese;Anthony J. Morfa;Matthew S. White;Nikos Kopidakis

  • Solar cell efficiency tables (version 59)

    Martin A. Green;Ewan D. Dunlop;Jochen Hohl-Ebinger;Masahiro Yoshita

  • Effect of Polymer Processing on the Performance of Poly(3-hexylthiophene)/ZnO Nanorod Photovoltaic Devices

    Dana C. Olson;Yun Ju Lee;Matthew S. White;Nikos Kopidakis

  • Removal of Residual Diiodooctane Improves Photostability of High-Performance Organic Solar Cell Polymers

    Bertrand J. Tremolet de Villers;Kathryn A. O’Hara;David P. Ostrowski;Perry H. Biddle

  • Revealing the Dynamics of Charge Carriers in Polymer:Fullerene Blends Using Photoinduced Time-Resolved Microwave Conductivity

    Tom J. Savenije;Andrew J. Ferguson;Nikos Kopidakis;Garry Rumbles

Frequent Co-Authors

Garry Rumbles
Garry Rumbles National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Sean E. Shaheen
Sean E. Shaheen University of Colorado Boulder
Dana C. Olson
Dana C. Olson DNV (USA)
David S. Ginley
David S. Ginley National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Jeffrey L. Blackburn
Jeffrey L. Blackburn National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Jao van de Lagemaat
Jao van de Lagemaat National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Arthur J. Frank
Arthur J. Frank National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Matthew O. Reese
Matthew O. Reese National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Steven H. Strauss
Steven H. Strauss Colorado State University
Paul L. Burn
Paul L. Burn University of Queensland

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