APPLIED PHOTOPHYSICS  AND  PHOTOCHEMISTRY  LABORATORY  (Short title APPLA)

 

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH TOPICS

 

  1. Colloids and Surfaces:  Structure and dynamics of micelles, microemulsions and lipid vesicles. Self-organization of surfactants and lipids in solution and in thin films.  Interaction of proteins with lipid bilayers.  Growth of organic or inorganic particles in organized molecular assemblies.  Water-soluble polymers.
  2. Photophysics:  Photophysical studies of aromatic molecules, organometallic complexes, semiconductors and conjugated polymers.  Fluorescence probing of organized molecular assemblies, gels and macromolecules. Light emission and amplification. Photoluminescence and Electroluminescence. Photovoltaics.
  3. Materials: Sol-gel chemistry. Semiconductor nanoparticles. Organic-inorganic nanocomposite gels.  Bulk materials and thin films. Organic light-emitting diodes.  New materials for light emission and amplification.  3rd generation photovoltaics.  Materials for photocatalysis.
  4. Photocatalysis:   Heterogeneous photocatalysis for water and air purification.  Photocatalytic alcohol reforming for hydrogen production. Photoelectrochemical production of electricity and hydrogen. 
  5. Solar cells:   Dye-sensitized solar cells.  Hybrid organic-inorganic solar cells.  Photofuelcells.

PUBLISHED WORKS AND CITATIONS

 

No of published works in international journals:  208

Citations (source: Web of Science, Aug.2011):  5.665 (h-index 38)

 

LIST  OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

 

1.  Dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical solar cells based on nanocomposite organic-inorganic materials: Elias Stathatos,  Panagiotis Lianos, Vasko Jovanovski and Boris Orel, J.Photochem.Photobiol.  A. Chemistry 169 (2005) 57-61

2.  Dinuclear versus tetranuclear cluster formation in zinc(II) nitrate/di-2-pyridyl ketone chemistry: synthetic, structural and spectroscopic studies: Eugenia  Katsoulakou, Vlasoula Bekiari, Catherine P. Raptopoulou, Aris Terzis, Panagiotis Lianos, Evy Manessi-Zoupa   and  Spyros P. Perlepes,    Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Mol. & Biomol.Spectroscopy,  61(2005)1627-1638.

3.  Dye-sensitized solar cells with electrolyte based on a trimethoxysilane derivatized ionic liquid:  Vasko Jovanovski,   Elias Stathatos,  Boris  Orel,  Panagiotis  Lianos, Thin Solid Films  511-512(2006)634-637. 

4.  Electroluminescence from a volatile europium complex: Elias Stathatos, Lefkia Panayiotidou, Panagiotis Lianos and Anastasios D. Keramidas,  Thin Solid Films,  496/2(2006)489-493.

5.  Intrinsic photoluminescence from gels containing amine or amide chemical groups:  Vlasoula  Bekiari  and Panagiotis Lianos,  J.Nanoscience and  Nanotechnology,  6(2006)372-376.

6.  A Novel Polysilsesquioxane-I2/I3- ionic electrolyte for dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical cells:  Vasko Jovanovski, Boris Orel, Robi Jese, Angela Surca Vuk, Gregor Mali, Joze Grdadolnik, Adolf Jesih, Elias Stathatos and Panagiotis  Lianos, J.Phys.Chem. Β,  109(2005)14387-14395. 

7.  Positevely charged polysilsesquioxane/iodide ionic liquid as a quasi solid state redox electrolyte for dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical cells : Infrared, 29Si NMR  and electrical studies:  Vasko Jovanovski, Boris Orel, Robi Jese, Gregor Mali, Elias Stathatos and Panagiotis  Lianos,  Intern.J.Photoenergy  (2006) Art.23703.

8.  Enhanced photoluminescence from films made by titaniun isopropoxide, Eu3+ ions and thenoyltrifluoroacetone blend: Elias Stathatos and Panagiotis Lianos, Chem.Phys.Letters   417(2006)406-409.

9.  Ureasil gels as highly efficient adsorbent for water purification: Vlasoula Bekiari and Panagiotis  Lianos, Chemistry of Materials,  18(2006) 4142-4146.

10. Dinuclear lanthanide(III) complexes from the use of di-2-pyridyl ketone : Preparation, structural characterization and spectroscopic studies: Katerina A. Thiakou, Vlasoula Bekiari, Catherine P. Raptopoulou,  Vassilis Psycharis, Panagiotis Lianos  and  Spyros P. Perlepes,  Polyehedron   25(2006)2869-2879.

11. Pure versus metal-ion-doped nanocrystalline titania for photocatalysis: Panagiotis Bouras, Elias Stathatos and Panagiotis Lianos,  Applied  Catalysis  B. Environmental     73(2007)51-59.

12. Photophysical behavior of terpyridine-lanthanide-ion complexes  incorporated in a  Poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide)  hydrogel:  Vlasoula  Bekiari and  Panagiotis  Lianos, Langmuir,  22(2006)8602-8606.

13. Study of the conditions affecting dye adsorption on titania films and of their effect on dye photodegradation rates:  Nikoleta  Strataki,  Vlasoula Bekiari  and   Panagiotis  Lianos,   Journal of Hazardous  Materials   146(2007)514-519.  

14. Highly efficient photoluminescent films made by mixing, Aminopropyltriethoxysilane, Eu3+ ions and Thenoyltrifluoroacetone: Elias  Stathatos and Panagiotis  Lianos,  Applied  Physics  Letters 90(2007)061110  and   Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology    February 19, 2007

15. Dye-sensitized solar cells based on nanocrystalline titania electrodes made at various sintering temperatures :  Elias  Stathatos and Panagiotis  Lianos, J.Nanoscience and Nanotechnology,  7(2007)555-559.

16. Increase of the efficiency of  Quasi-Solid State Dye-sensitized Solar Cells  by a synergy between titania nanocrystallites of two distinct nanoparticle sizes:  Elias  Stathatos and Panagiotis  Lianos,   Advanced Materials,  19(2007)3338-3341.

17. Use of Ureasil gels to extract ions from aqueous solutions:  Vlasoula  Bekiari and Panagiotis  Lianos,  Journal of Hazardous  Materials,  147(2007)184-187. 

18. Lecithin Organogels Used as Bioactive Compounds Carriers.  A Microdomain Properties Investigation: Spyridon  Avramiotis,  Vassiliki  Papadimitriou,  Elina  Hatzara,  Vlasoula  Bekiari,  Panagiotis  Lianos  and  Aris  Xenakis,  Langmuir 23(2007)4438-4447

19. Effect  of aggregation of dyes adsorbed on nanocrystalline titania  films on the efficiency of photodegradation:  Nikoleta  Strataki,  Vlasoula Bekiari,  Elias  Stathatos and Panagiotis  Lianos,  J.Photochem.Photobiol., 191(2007)13-18.

20. Dye-sensitized solar cells made by using a polysilsesquioxane polymeric ionic fluid as redox electrolyte:  Elias Stathatos, Vasko Jovanovski,  Boris  Orel,  Ivan Jerman  and Panagiotis  Lianos,    J.Phys.Chem. C, 111(2007)6528-6532.

21. Structure and photophysical behavior of 2,2’-bipyrimidine/lanthanide ion complexes in various  environments:  Vlasoula Bekiari, Katerina A.Thiakou, Catherine P. Raptopoulou, Spyros P. Perlepes  and Panagiotis  Lianos, J.Luminescence, 128(2008)481-488.

22. Hydrogen production by photocatalytic alcohol reforming employing highly efficient nanocrystalline titania films:   Nikoleta  Strataki,  Vlasoula  Bekiari,  Dimitris  I. Kondarides   and   Panagiotis  Lianos,  Appl.Catal.B. Environmental, 77(2007)184-189.

23.   Use of poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide-co-sodium acrylate) hydrogel to extract cationic dyes and metals from water:  Vlasoula  Bekiari,    Maria  Sotiropoulou, Georgios Bokias and  Panagiotis  Lianos,  Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects,  312(2008)214-218. 

24.   Photoluminescence and Electroluminescence by Gallium(III) complexes  of  N-Salicylidene-o-aminophenol and its Derivatives: Adamadia Kagkelari, Vlasoula Bekiari, Elias, Stathatos, Giannis S. Papaefstathiou, Catherine P. Raptopoulou, Theodoros F. Zafiropoulos and Panagiotis  Lianos, J.Luminescence, 129(2009)578-583.

25. Optimization of parameters for hydrogen production by photocatalytic alcohol reforming in the presence of Pt/TiO2 nanocrystalline thin films:  Nikoleta Strataki   and   Panagiotis  Lianos, J.Adv.Oxid.Technol.  11(2008)111-115.

26. Gas-phase photocatalytic degradation of 2,4,6-Trichloroanisole  in the presence of a nanocrystalline Titania film.  Applications to the treatment of cork stoppers:  Panagiotis  Vlachos,  Elias  Stathatos,  Gerasimos  Lyberatos  and  Panagiotis  Lianos, Catalyis  Communications, 9(2008)1987-1990.

27. Nanocrystalline Titania films as Photocatalyst for Hydrogen production. Background and Prospects:  P.Lianos,  Advanced  Science  Letters,  1(2008)128–131.

28. Synergy effect in the combined photodegradation of an azo dye by titanium dioxide photocatalysis and Photo-Fenton oxidation:  Panagiotis  Bouras  and Panagiotis  Lianos   Catalysis  Letters  123(2008)220-225.

29. Adsorption of dyes on Sahara desert sand: Canan Varlikli,  Vlasoula Bekiari, Mahmut Kus, Numan Boduroglu, Ilker Oner, Panagiotis  Lianos,  Gerasimos Lyberatos,  Siddik Icli,   J.Hazardous Materials, 170(2009)27-34.

30. Ehhancement of the photodegradation of methylene blue by combined Titania photocatalyst and Photo-Fenton:   Panagiotis  Bouras,  Panagiotis  Lianos and Dionysios Dionysiou,  Journal of Advanced Oxidation Technologies,  11(2008)463-467.

31. Photodegradation of the herbicide Azimsulfuron using nanocrystalline Titania films as photocatalyst and low intensity Black Light Radiation or Simulated Solar radiation as excitation source:  Katerina Pelentridou,  Elias Stathatos, Eleni Karasali, Panagiotis Lianos,  Journal of Hazardous Materials,  163(2009)756-760. 

32. Hydrogen and Electricity generation by photoelectrochemical decomposition of ethanol over nanocrystalline Titania: Maria Antoniadou, Panagiotis Bouras, Nikoleta Strataki and Panagiotis Lianos, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 33(2008)5045-5051.

33. Photoelectrochemical oxidation of organic substances and electricity generation in the presence of nanocrystalline titania photocatalyst:   Maria Antoniadou and Panagiotis  Lianos, J.Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 10(2010)6240-6244. 

34. Photocatalytic degradation of a water soluble herbicide by pure and noble-metal deposited TiO2 nanocrystalline films: Katerina Pelentridou, Elias Stathatos, Eleni Karassali, Dionysios D.Dionysiou and Panagiotis Lianos, International Journal of Photoenergy   (2008)  doi:10.1155/2008/978329

35. A new precursor for the preparation of nanocrystalline TiO2 films and their photocatalytic properties:  Katerina Pelentridou, Elias Stathatos, Panagiotis Lianos and Vassilios Drakopoulos, J.Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 10(2010)6093-6098

36. Photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical hydrogen production by photodegradation of organic substances: Panagiotis  Lianos, Nikoleta Strataki and Maria Antoniadou,  Pure and Applied Chemistry, 81(2009)1441-1448.

37. Near Ultraviolet and Visible light photoelectrochemical degradation of organic substances producing electricity and hydrogen: Maria Antoniadou  and  Panagiotis  Lianos,  J. of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 204(2009)69-74.

38. Photooxidation products of ethanol during photoelectrochemical operation using a nanocrystalline titania anode and a two compartment chemically biased cell:  Maria Antoniadou, Dimitris  I. Kondarides  and  Panagiotis  Lianos, Catalysis Letters, 129(2009)344-349.

39.  Effect of the conditions of platinum deposition on titania nanocrystalline films on the efficiency of photocatalytic oxidation of ethanol and production of hydrogen: Nikoleta Strataki, Nikolaos Boukos, Fotis Paloukis, Stylianos G. Neophytides and  Panagiotis Lianos, Photochem.Photobiol.Sci.  8(2009)639-643.

40. Photoelectrochemical oxidation of organic substances over nanocrystalline Titania. Optimization of the photoelectrochemical cell:  Maria Antoniadou and Panagiotis Lianos, Catalysis Today, 144(2009)166-171.

41. Initial use of 1-hydroxybenzotriazole in the chemistry of group 12 metals: An 1D zinc (II) coordination polymer and a mononuclear cadmium(II) complex containing the deprotonated ligand in a novel monodentate ligation mode:  Athanassios D. Katsenis, Nikolia Lalioti, Vlasoula Bekiari, Panagiotis Lianos, Catherine P. Raptopoulou, Aris Terzis, Spyros P. Perlepes, Giannis S. Papaefstathiou,  Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 12(2009)92-96.

42. An efficient  photoelectrochemical cell functioning in the presence of organic wastes: Maria Antoniadou, Dimitris Ι. Kondarides, Diamantoula  Labou, Stylianos Neophytides and Panagiotis Lianos,  Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 94(2010)592-597.

43. Cost-effective dye-sensitized solar cells based on commercial nanocrystalline titania and a ureasil gel electrolyte: Maria Antoniadou and Panagiotis Lianos, European Physics Journal-Applied Physics, in press. 

44. A round robin study of flexible large area roll-to-roll processed polymer solar cell modules: Frederik C. Krebs, Suren A. Gevorgyan, Bobak Gholamkhass,  Steven Holdcroft, Cody Schlenker, Mark E. Thompson,  Barry C. Thompson,  Dana Olson, David S. Ginley,  Sean E. Shaheen, Husam N. Alshareef, John W. Murphy, W. Justin Youngblood,  Nathan C. Heston, John R. Reynolds, Shijun Jia, Darin Laird, Sachetan M. Tuladhar, Justin G. A. Dane, Pedro Atienzar, Jenny Nelson, Jan M. Kroon,  Martijn M. Wienk, René A. J. Janssen, Kristofer Tvingstedt, Fengling Zhang,  Mattias Andersson, Olle Inganäs, Monica Lira-Cantu, Rémi de Bettignies, Stéphane Guillerez, Tom Aernouts, David Cheyns, Laurence Lutsen, Birger Zimmermann, Uli Würfel, Michael Niggemann, Hans-Frieder Schleiermacher, Paul Liska, Michael Grätzel, Panagiotis Lianos, Eugene A. Katz, Wolfgang Lohwasser and Bertrand Jannon,  Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells  93(2009)1968-1977.

45. Study of  hybrid solar cells made of multilayer nanocrystalline titania and poly(3-octylthiophene) or poly-(3-(2-methylhex-2-yl)-oxy-carbonyldithiophene): Maria Antoniadou, Elias Stathatos, Nikolaos Boukos, Andreas Stefopoulos, Joannis Kallitsis,  Frederik C. Krebs  and Panagiotis  Lianos, Nanotechnology  20(2009) Art.No.495201

46. Visible-light photocatalytic hydrogen production from ethanol-water mixtures using a Pt-CdS-TiO2 photocatalyst:  Nikoleta Strataki, Maria Antoniadou, V.Dracopoulos and  Panagiotis Lianos, Catalysis Today  151(2010)53-57.

47. TiO2-based advanced oxidation nanotechnologies for water purification and reuse:  Hyeok Choi, Souhail R.Al-Abed, Dionysios D.Dionysiou, Elias Stathatos and Panagiotis Lianos,  Sustainability Science and Engineering   2(2010)229-254.

48. Solar Light-Responsive Pt/CdS/TiO2 Photocatalysts for Hydrogen Production and Simultaneous Degradation of Inorganic or Organic Sacrificial Agents in Wastewater: Vasileia M. Daskalaki, Maria Antoniadou, Gianluca Li Puma,  Dimitris I. Kondarides, and Panagiotis Lianos,  Environmental Science and Technology  44 (2010) 7200-7205

49. Production of electricity by photoelectrochemical oxidation of ethanol in a PhotoFuelCell:   Maria Antoniadou and Panagiotis Lianos, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 99 (2010)307-313.

50. Solid-state Dye-sensitized Solar Cells made of multilayer nanocrystalline Titania and Poly(3-hexylthiophene): Nikolaos Balis, Vassilios Dracopoulos, Maria Antoniadou and Panagiotis Lianos, J.Photochem.Photobiol. A: Chemistry, 214(2010)69-73.

51. Poly(sodium acrylate) hydrogels as potential pH-sensitive sorbents for removal of model organic and inorganic pollutants from water:  Vlasoula Bekiari and Panagiotis Lianos, Global Nest Journal, 12(2010)262-269.

52. Aldol condensation products during photocatalytic oxidation of ethanol in a photoelectrochemical cell: Paraskevi Panagiotopoulou, Maria Antoniadou, Dimitris I. Kondarides and Panagiotis Lianos, Appl.Catal. B: Environ., 100(2010)124-132.

53. A Photoactivated Fuel Cell used as an Apparatus that Consumes Organic Wastes to Produce Electricity:   Maria Antoniadou  and Panagiotis Lianos, Photochemical and Photobiological Science  10(2011)431-435.  

54. Enhanced photon harvesting in Silicon multicrystalline solar cells by new lanthanide complexes as light concentrators: Giannis Katsagounos, Elias Stathatos, Nikos B.Arabatzis, Anastasios D.Keramidas and Panagiotis Lianos, J.Luminescence 131 (2011) 1776–1781.

55. A quasi solid-state dye-sensitized solar cell made of polypyrrole counter electrodes: Theodoros Makris, Vassilios Dracopoulos, Thomas Stergiopoulos and Panagiotis Lianos,   Electrochimica Acta  56(2011)2004-2008.

56. Production of electricity and hydrogen by photocatalytic degradation of organic wastes in a Photoelectrochemical cell. The concept of the Photo-Fuel-Cell.  A review of a re-emerging research field: Panagiotis Lianos,  J.Hazardous Materials, 185(2011)575-590.

57. A solid state hybrid solar cell made of nc-TiO2, CdS quantum dots and  P3HT with 2-amino-1-methylbenzimidazole as interface modifier: Nikolaos Balis, Vassilios Dracopoulos, Elias Stathatos, Nikolaos Boukos and Panagiotis Lianos, J.Phys.Chem.C  115(2011)10911

58. Photocatalysis and photoelectrocatalysis using (CdS-ZnS)/TiO2 combined photocatalysts: Maria Antoniadou, Vasileia M. Daskalaki, Nikolaos Balis, Dimitris I. Kondarides, Christos Kordulis and  Panagiotis Lianos, in press, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2011.07.013

 

 

 

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