RESEARCH INTERESTS

2D materials, photocatalysis, hydrogen production, NOx removal, surface modification

ABOUT/BIOGRAPHY

Ilias Papailias successfully completed his studies in Chemical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens in 2008. His thesis entitled "Evaluation of the antioxidant activity of phenolic derivatives by fluorescence" was held at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of NCSR "Demokritos". This was followed by the fulfillment of his military service obligations, where he gained experience as a chemist. From 2011 to 2014 he worked in the private sector in areas of production and quality control. Since summer 2014, he is a member of Nanofunctional and Nanocomposite Materials Laboratory at the Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology of NCSR "Demokritos". He has worked in various projects such as "PhotoTiGRA" and "IKYDA 2015". Since summer 2018 he works on the "2D Photostructure" project titled "2D Photocatalytic Heterostructures for Air Pollutant Oxidation". In 2020 he completed his PhD entitled "Development of novel photocatalysts with pyrolysis techniques for environmental and energy applications".

PUBLICATIONS

Mavrikos, A., Papoulis, D., Todorova, N., Papailias, I., Trapalis, C., Panagiotaras, D., Chalkias, D.A., Stathatos, E., Gianni, E., Somalakidi, K., Sygkridou, D. and Komarneni, S., Synthesis of Zn/Cu metal ion modified natural palygorskite clay – TiO2 nanocomposites for the photocatalytic outdoor and indoor air purification Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, Volume 423, Article Number: 113568, 2022 [doi]

Papailias, I., Todorova, N., Giannakopoulou, T., Dvoranová, D., Brezová, V., Dimotikali, D. and Trapalis, C., Selective removal of organic and inorganic air pollutants by adjusting the g-C3N4/TiO2 ratio Catalysis Today, Volume 361, Pages: 37-42, 2021 [doi]

Todorova, N., Papailias, I., Giannakopoulou, T., Ioannidis, N., Boukos, N., Dallas, P., Edelmannová, M., Reli, M., Kočí, K. and Trapalis, C., Photocatalytic h2evolution, co2reduction, and noxoxidation by highly exfoliated g-c3n4 Catalysts, Volume 10, Pages: 1-27, Article Number: 1147, 2020 [doi]

Papailias, I., Todorova, N., Giannakopoulou, T., Ioannidis, N., Dallas, P., Dimotikali, D. and Trapalis, C., Novel torus shaped g-C3N4 photocatalysts Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Volume 268, Article Number: 118733, 2020 [doi]

Papailias, I., Todorova, N., Giannakopoulou, T., Ioannidis, N., Boukos, N., Athanasekou, C.P., Dimotikali, D. and Trapalis, C., Chemical vs thermal exfoliation of g-C3N4 for NOx removal under visible light irradiation Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Volume 239, Pages: 16-26, 2018 [doi]

Papailias, I., Todorova, N., Giannakopoulou, T., Karapati, S., Boukos, N., Dimotikali, D. and Trapalis, C., Enhanced NO 2 abatement by alkaline-earth modified g-C 3 N 4 nanocomposites for efficient air purification Applied Surface Science, Volume 430, Pages: 225-233, 2018 [doi]

Dvoranová, D., Mazúr, M., Papailias, I., Giannakopoulou, T., Trapalis, C. and Brezová, V., EPR investigations of G-C3 N4/TiO2 nanocomposites Catalysts, Volume 8, Article Number: 47, 2018 [doi]

Papailias, I., Todorova, N., Giannakopoulou, T., Yu, J., Dimotikali, D. and Trapalis, C., Photocatalytic activity of modified g-C3N4/TiO2 nanocomposites for NOx removal Catalysis Today, Volume 280, Pages: 37-44, 2017 [doi]

Karapati, S., Giannakopoulou, T., Todorova, N., Boukos, N., Papailias, I., Dimotikali, D. and Trapalis, C., Novel ‘Pickering’ modified TiO2 photocatalysts with high De-NOx efficiency Catalysis Today, Volume 287, Pages: 45-51, 2017 [doi]

Giannakopoulou, T., Papailias, I., Todorova, N., Boukos, N., Liu, Y., Yu, J. and Trapalis, C., Tailoring the energy band gap and edges’ potentials of g-C3N4/TiO2composite photocatalysts for NOxremoval Chemical Engineering Journal, Volume 310, Pages: 571-580, 2017 [doi]

Papailias, I., Giannakopoulou, T., Todorova, N., Demotikali, D., Vaimakis, T. and Trapalis, C., Effect of processing temperature on structure and photocatalytic properties of g-C 3 N 4 Applied Surface Science, Volume 358, Pages: 278-286, 2015 [doi]

Papailias, I., Giannouri, M., Trapalis, A., Todorova, N., Giannakopoulou, T., Boukos, N. and Lekakou, C., Decoration of crumpled rGO sheets with Ag nanoparticles by spray pyrolysis Applied Surface Science, Volume 358, Pages: 84-90, 2015 [doi]

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