Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology Master’s Educational Program Energy Science and Technology Title Application of Few-layer WS2 Flakes in Photovoltaics and Electronics Author: Andrii Omelianovych Certified by: Keith J. Stevenson, Professor of Skoltech Accepted by: Mats Hanson, Dean of Education, Skoltech Moscow May 2015 Copyright 2015 Andrii Omelianovych. All rights reserved. The author hereby grants to Skoltech permission to reproduce and to distribute publicly paper and electronic copies of this thesis document in whole and in part in any medium now known or hereafter created.