RESEARCH INTERESTS Membranes, gas/ liquid separations, ionic liquids, nanocomposites, photocatalysis PUBLICATIONS Balis, N., Zaky, A.A., Athanasekou, C., Silva, A.M., Sakellis, E., Vasilopoulou, M., Stergiopoulos, T., Kontos, A.G. and Falaras, P., Investigating the role of reduced graphene oxide as a universal additive in planar perovskite solar cells Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, Volume 386, Article Number: 112141, 2020 [doi] Theodosis-Nobelos, P., Papagiouvanis, G., Pantelidou, M., Kourounakis, P.N., Athanasekou, C. and Rekka, E.A., Design, synthesis and study of nitrogen monoxide donors as potent hypolipidaemic and anti-inflammatory agents Molecules, Volume 25, Article Number: 19, 2020 [doi] Zaky, A.A., Balis, N., Gkini, K., Athanasekou, C., Kaltzoglou, A., Stergiopoulos, T. and Falaras, P., Dye Engineered Perovskite Solar Cells under Accelerated Thermal Stress and Prolonged Light Exposure ChemistrySelect, Volume 5, Pages: 4454-4462, 2020 [doi] Ibrahim, I., Belessiotis, G.V., Arfanis, M.K., Athanasekou, C., Philippopoulos, A.I., Mitsopoulou, C.A., Romanos, G.E. and Falaras, P., Surfactant effects on the synthesis of redox bifunctional v2o5 photocatalysts Materials, Volume 13, Pages: 1-13, Article Number: 4665, 2020 [doi] Ibrahim, I., Kaltzoglou, A., Athanasekou, C., Katsaros, F., Devlin, E., Kontos, A.G., Ioannidis, N., Perraki, M., Tsakiridis, P., Sygellou, L., Antoniadou, M. and Falaras, P., Magnetically separable TiO2/CoFe2O4/Ag nanocomposites for the photocatalytic reduction of hexavalent chromium pollutant under UV and artificial solar light Chemical Engineering Journal, Volume 381, Article Number: 122730, 2020 [doi] Ibrahim, I., Athanasekou, C., Manolis, G., Kaltzoglou, A., Nasikas, N.K., Katsaros, F., Devlin, E., Kontos, A.G. and Falaras, P., Photocatalysis as an advanced reduction process (ARP): The reduction of 4-nitrophenol using titania nanotubes-ferrite nanocomposites Journal of Hazardous Materials, Volume 372, Pages: 37-44, 2019 [doi] Athanasekou, C., Sapalidis, A., Katris, I., Savopoulou, E., Beltsios, K., Tsoufis, T., Kaltzoglou, A., Falaras, P., Bounos, G., Antoniou, M., Boutikos, P. and Romanos, G.E., Mixed Matrix PVDF/Graphene and Composite-Skin PVDF/Graphene Oxide Membranes Applied in Membrane Distillation Polymer Engineering and Science, Volume 59, Pages: E262-E278, 2019 [doi] Arfanis, M.K., Athanasekou, C.P., Sakellis, E., Boukos, N., Ioannidis, N., Likodimos, V., Sygellou, L., Bouroushian, M., Kontos, A.G. and Falaras, P., Photocatalytic properties of copper—Modified core-shell titania nanocomposites Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, Volume 370, Pages: 145-155, 2019 [doi] Balis, E., Sapalidis, A., Pilatos, G., Kouvelos, E., Athanasekou, C., Veziri, C., Boutikos, P., Beltsios, K.G. and Romanos, G., Enhancement of vapor flux and salt rejection efficiency induced by low cost-high purity MWCNTs in upscaled PVDF and PVDF-HFP hollow fiber modules for membrane distillation Separation and Purification Technology, Volume 224, Pages: 163-179, 2019 [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] Athanasekou, C.P., Likodimos, V. and Falaras, P., Recent developments of TiO2 photocatalysis involving advanced oxidation and reduction reactions in water Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Volume 6, Pages: 7386-7394, 2018 [doi] Kueh, B., Kapsi, M., Veziri, C.M., Athanasekou, C., Pilatos, G., Reddy, K.S.K., Raj, A. and Karanikolos, G.N., Asphaltene-Derived Activated Carbon and Carbon Nanotube Membranes for CO2 Separation Energy and Fuels, Volume 32, Pages: 11718-11730, 2018 [doi] VIEW ALL