Publications
2011
Journal Papers
Kymakis, E. M.M., Stratakis, E., Koudoumas, E. Fotakis, C., Plasmonic Organic Photovoltaic Devices on Transparent Carbon Nanotube Sheets, (2011) IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 58(3) pp. 860 – 864.
Spyropoulos G.D., Stylianakis, M.M., Stratakis, E., Kymakis, E. Plasmonic organic photovoltaics doped with metal nanoparticles, (2011) Photonics and Nanostructures - Fundamentals and Applications, 9 (2) pp. 184-189
Kymakis, E., Stratakis, E., Stylianakis, M.M. Koudoumas, E. Fotakis, C., Spin coated graphene films as the transparent electrode in organic photovoltaic devices, (2011), Thin Solid Films doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2011.04.208
Stratakis E., Papadopoulou E.L., Eda G., Yamaguchi H., Kymakis E., Fotakis C., Chhowalla M., Deposition of vertically oriented few-layer graphene sheets from solution, in preparation.
Stylianakis M.M., Spyropoulos G.D, Stratakis E., Kymakis E., Graphene oxide – polymer photovoltaic devices, in preparation.
Paci, B., Spyropoulos G.D., Generosi A, Bailo D., Albertini V.R., Stratakis E., Kymakis E., Enhanced structural stability and performance durability of bulk heterojunction photovoltaic devices incorporating metallic nanoparticles (2011), Advanced Funtional Materials, accepted.
Conference Presentations
[INVITED] E. Kymakis, “Organic photovoltaic devices” 1st International Conference on Bioinspired Materials for Solar Energy Utilization, Chania, Greece, Sep 2011
M.M. Stylianakis, G.D. Spyropoulos, E. Stratakis, E. Koudoumas, S.H. Anastasiadis, E. Kymakis, "Graphene oxide in organic photovoltaics", 4th International Symposium on Flexible Organic Electronics, Thessaloniki, Greece, July 2011
2010
Journal Papers
Stylianakis, M.M., Mikroyannidis, J.A., Kymakis, E. A facile, covalent modification of single-wall carbon nanotubes by thiophene for use in organic photovoltaic cells (2010) Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 94 (2), pp. 267-274.
Stratakis, E., Giorgi, R., Barberoglou, M., Dikonimos, Th., Salernitano, E., Lisi, N., Kymakis, E. Three-dimensional carbon nanowall field emission arrays (2010) Applied Physics Letters, 96 (4), art. no. 043110
E. Kymakis "Photovoltaic Devices Based on Carbon Nanotubes and Related Structures ,Carbon Nanotubes & Related Structures Editors D. Guldi and N. Martin Wiley – VCH, ISBN: 978-3-527-32406-4 (2010)
Conference Presentations
E. Kymakis, E. Stratakis, E. Koudoumas, C. Fotakis, ,"Incorporation of metallic nanoparticles in organic photovoltaic devices using carbon nanotubes transparent electrodes" X International Conference on Nanostructured Materials, Rome, Italy, October 2010
E. Kymakis, E. Stratakis, E. Koudoumas, C. Fotakis ," Thin transparent graphene films for organic photovoltaic devices" 3rd International Symposium on Transparent Conductive Materials , Crete, Greece, October 2010
E. Kymakis "Incoproration of metallic nanoparticles into polymer/fullerene photovoltaic cells", 1st COINAPO Topical Meeting, Zaragoza, Spain, October 2010
E. Kymakis, E. Stratakis, G.D. Spyropoulos, E. Koudoumas, C. Fotakis "Strategies for performance improvement of organic photovoltaic devices" 4th International Conference on Micro-Nanoelectronics, Nanotechnologies, Athens, December 2010
2009
Journal Papers
Stratakis, E., Kymakis, E., Spanakis, E., Tzanetakis, P., Koudoumas, E. Polymer-nanotube composite mats with improved field emission performance and stability (2009) Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 11 (4), pp. 703-709.
Kymakis, E., Kalykakis, S., Papazoglou, T.M. Performance analysis of a grid connected photovoltaic park on the island of Crete (2009) Energy Conversion and Management, 50 (3), pp. 433-438.
Vernardou, D., Vlachou, K., Spanakis, E., Stratakis, E., Katsarakis, N., Kymakis, E., Koudoumas, E. Influence of solution chemistry on the properties of hydrothermally grown TiO2 for advanced applications (2009) Catalysis Today, 144 (1-2), pp. 172-176.
Conference Presentations
Kymakis, E. Stratakis, S. Ioannou, E. Koudoumas, "Plasmonic nanoparticles for enhanced performance of organic photovoltaics", Emerging trends & novel materials in photonics, Delphi, Greece, October 2009.
2008
Journal Papers
Kymakis, E., Kornilios, N., Koudoumas, E. Carbon nanotube doping of P3HT : PCBM photovoltaic devices (2008) Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 41 (16), art. no. 165110.
Kymakis, E., Koudoumas E. , P3HT/PCBM/SWNTs photovoltaic devices, Proc.SPIE Vol.6999, 69991N-1 – 69999N-6 (2008).
Kymakis, E., Kalykakis, S., Papazoglou, T.M. A Photovoltaic’s park performance on the island of Crete (2008) Energija, Journal of Energy, 57, pp. 300-311
E. Kymakis, E. Koudoumas, P3HT/PCBM/SWNTs photovoltaic devices, Proc.SPIE Vol.6999, 69991N-1 – 69999N-6 (2008).
Conference Presentations
E. Kymakis, S. Kalykakis, T.M. Papazoglou "Performance analysis of a photovoltaic park on the island of Crete", DESMEE, Nicosia Cyprus, Sep 2008.
E.Kymakis, P. Servati, E. Koudoumas, G.A.J. Amaratunga, "Carbon nanotubes and nanohors for organic photovoltaics", SPIE Europe Photonics, Strasbourg April 2008
2007
Journal Papers
Vaddiraju, S., Mathai, M., Kymakis, E., Papadimitrakopoulos, F.Radical salt-doped hole transporters in organic photovoltaic devices (2007) Chemistry of Materials, 19 (16), pp. 4049-4055
Vernardou, D., Kenanakis, G., Couris, S., Koudoumas, E., Kymakis, E., Katsarakis, N. pH effect on the morphology of ZnO nanostructures grown with aqueous chemical growth (2007) Thin Solid Films, 515 pp. 8764-8767. S. Vaddiraju, M.Mathai, E. Kymakis, F. Papadimitrakopoulos, , Efficient photovoltaic devices based on blends of C60 and radical salt doped hole transporters, Proc.SPIE Vol.6656, 66561B-66567B (2007).
Kymakis, E., Stratakis, E., Koudoumas, E. Integration of carbon nanotubes as hole transport electrode in polymer/fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells (2007) Thin Solid Films, 515 (24 SPEC. ISS.), pp. 8598-8600.
Vaddiraju S. , Mathai, M., Kymakis, E, Papadimitrakopoulos F. , Efficient photovoltaic devices based on blends of C60 and radical salt doped hole transporters, Proc.SPIE Vol.6656, 66561B-66567B (2007).
Kymakis, E., Servati, P., Tzanetakis, P., Koudoumas, E., Kornilios, N., Rompogiannakis, I., Franghiadakis, Y., Amaratunga, G.A.J. Effective mobility and photocurrent in carbon nanotube-polymer composite photovoltaic cells (2007) Nanotechnology, 18 (43), art. no. 435702.
2006
Journal Papers
Kymakis, E., Koudoumas, E., Franghiadakis, I., Amaratunga, G.A.J. Post-fabrication annealing effects in polymer-nanotube photovoltaic cells (2006) Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 39 (6), art. no. 010, pp. 1058-1062.
Kymakis, E., Amaratunga, G.A.J. Electrical properties of single-wall carbon nanotube-polymer composite films (2006) Journal of Applied Physics, 99 (8), art. no. 084302.
Kymakis, E., Koudoumas, E., Franghiadakis, I. Bi-layer photovoltaic devices with PPQ as the electron acceptor layer (2006) Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 90 (12), pp. 1705-1714.
Kymakis, E., Klapsis, G., Koudoumas, E., Stratakis, E., Kornilios, N., Vidakis, N., Franghiadakis, Y. Carbon nanotube/PEDOT:PSS electrodes for organic photovoltaics (2006) EPJ Applied Physics, 36 (3), pp. 257-259.
Kymakis, E."The Impact of Carbon Nanotubes on Solar Energy Conversion" Kymakis, Nanotechnology Law & Business (2006) 3, 405.
Conference Presentations
S.Vaddiraju, M.K. Mathai, E. Kymakis, F.Papadimitrakopoulos," Radical Salt-Doped Hole Transporters In Organic Photovoltaic Devices", MRS Fall Meeting Boston, USA, November 2006.
E. Kymakis, E. Stratakis, E. Koudoumas, Y. Franghiadakis,"Transparent conductive electrodes based on carbon nanotubes-PEDOT:PSS blends for use in organic photovoltaics",1st International Symposium on Transparent Conducting Oxides, Hersonnisos, Greece , October 2006.
E. Kymakis, G. Klapsis, E. Koudoumas, Y. Franghiadakis, " Integration of Carbon Nanotubes in Organic Photovoltaic Devices" European Conference on Hybrid and Organic Solar Cells, Paris, France, June 2006.
2005 AND EARLIER
Journal Papers
Kymakis, E., Amaratunga, G.A.J. Single-wall carbon nanotube/conjugated polymer photovoltaic devices (2002) Applied Physics Letters, 80 (1), p. 112.
Kymakis, E, Amaratunga G.A.J., Alexandrou, I, Chhowalla M., Milne, W.I. Photovoltaic response in poly(3-octylthiophene) Metal-Semiconductor-Metal diodes Proc.SPIE Vol.4108, 112-116 (2001).
Alexandrou, I., Kymakis, E., Amaratunga, G.A.J. Polymer-nanotube composites: Burying nanotubes improves their field emission properties (2002) Applied Physics Letters, 80 (8), p. 1435.
Kymakis, E., Alexandou, I., Amaratunga, G.A.J. Single-walled carbon nanotube-polymer composites: Electrical, optical and structural investigation (2002) Synthetic Metals, 127 (1-3), pp. 59-62.
Kymakis, E., Alexandrou, I., Amaratunga, G.A.J. High open-circuit voltage photovoltaic devices from carbon-nanotube-polymer composites (2003) Journal of Applied Physics, 93 (3), pp. 1764-1768.
Kymakis, E., Amaratunga, G.A.J. Photovoltaic cells based on dye-sensitisation of single-wall carbon nanotubes in a polymer matrix (2003) Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 80 (4), pp. 465-472.
Kymakis, E., Amaratunga, G.A.J. Optical properties of polymer-nanotube composites (2004) Synthetic Metals, 142 (1-3), pp. 161-167.
Bhattacharyya, S., Kymakis, E., Amaratunga, G.A.J. Photovoltaic properties of dye functionalized single-wall carbon nanotube/conjugated polymer devices (2004) Chemistry of Materials, 16 (23), pp. 4819-4823.
Kymakis, E., Amaratunga, G.A.J. Carbon nanotubes as electron acceptors in polymeric photovoltaics (2005) Reviews on Advanced Materials Science, 10 (4), pp. 300-305
E. Kymakis and G.A.J Amaratunga "Solar Cells Based on Composites of Donor Conjugated Polymers and Carbon Nanotubes ", Organic Photovoltaics: Mechanism, Materials, and Devices Editors S.Sun and N.S Sariciftci. Dekker/CRC Press, US. ISBN: 082475963X (2005).
Conference Presentations
[INVITED] E.Kymakis "Photovoltaic Devices Based on Dye-Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes" 229th American Chemical Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, USA, March 2005
E.Kymakis, E.Koudoumas, I. Franghiadakis, G.A.J. Amaratunga " Photovoltaic cells based on dispersed polymer-carbon nanotube heterojunctions" 2nd International Conference on Nanomaterials & Nanotechnologies, Hersonnisos, Crete, Greece, June 2005.
E. Kymakis, G.A.J. Amaratunga "Dye sensitization of carbon nanotubes and their incorporation in polymeric solar cells" 3rd World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, May 2003, Osaka, Japan
[INVITED] E. Kymakis, I. Alexandrou, G.A.J. Amaratunga. "Solar cells based on conjugated polymer / single wall carbon nanotube bulk heterojunctions" European Workshop on Carbon Nanotubes: Present and Future, Amalfi, Italy, May 2002.
S. Bhattacharyya , E. Kymakis, G.A.J. Amaratunga "Photovoltaic properties of dye functionalised single-wall carbon nanotube /conjugated polymer devices" , 2nd European Conference on Organic Electronics and Related Phenomena, London, UK, Sep 2003.
E. Kymakis, I. Alexandrou, G.A.J. Amaratunga "Photovovoltaic devices based on dispersed polymer nanotube heterojunctions" 18th Photovoltaic Conference in Europe, Rome, Italy, October 2002.
E. Kymakis, G.A.J. Amaratunga "High open-circuit voltage from carbon nanotube polymer composites" MRS Spring Meeting San Francisco, USA, April 2002.
I.Alexandrou, E. Kymakis,, C. Ducati, G.A.J. Amaratunga "Field Emission Behaviour of Carbon Nanotube-polymer Composites" 1st Conference on Organic Electronics and Related Phenomena, Potsdam , Germany, November 2001.
E. Kymakis, C. Gurkan, G.A.J Amaratunga, W.I. Milne "Photovoltaic Cells Based on Dye-Sensitisation of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes in a Polymer Matrix", 17th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference Munich, Germany, Oct 2001.
E. Kymakis, G.A.J. Amaratunga, W.I. Milne "Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Composites: Electrical, optical, structural investigation and incorporation in photovoltaic devices." EMRS Spring Meeting Strasbourg, France, June 2001.
E.Kymakis, G.A.J. Amaratunga "Carbon nanotube functionalization" Chelsea Meeting on Amorphous & Organic Semiconductors, Cambridge, U.K, May 2001.
E. Kymakis, G. Vardulakis, A.J. Flewitt, G.A.J Amaratunga, W.I. Milne "Tetrahedral amorphous carbon as the p layer of a hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) solar cell" 11th European Conference on Diamond, Porto, Portugal, September 2000.
E. Kymakis, G.A.J. Amaratunga, W.I. Milne "Photovoltaic response in poly (3-octylthiophene), poly (phenylquinoxaline) heterojunctions" 45th SPIE Annual Meeting, San Diego, USA, August 2000.
