Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development

Education

Degree: PhD
Year: 1994
Institution: Institute of Materials Science NCSR Demokritos
Discipline: Physics

Degree: M.S
Year: 1991
Institution: Institute of Materials Science NCSR Demokritos
Discipline: Physics

Degree: B.S.
Year: 1985
Institution: University of Ioannina
Discipline: Physics

Yiannis Deligiannakis

Department of Physics

Contact Information

Tel.: +30-26510 08662
e-mail: Webpage: http://nanomaterials.physics.uoi.gr/

Research topics (related to the Institute)

Nanomaterials engineering (industrial scale Flame Spray Pyrolysis); Energy materials (Photocatalytic, Termoplasmonic); Environmental applications of materials; Catalysis; Organic-Inorganic Nanohybrids.

Research summary

Dr.Deligiannakis’ current research interests include
(i) development of novel nanomaterials using Advanced Flame Spray Pyrolysis technology with focus on semiconductor nanocatalysts, novel suboxic nanophases, nanoplasmonics, antioxidant nanomaterials
(ii) Photo catalysis technology, fuel-cells, H2 production, O2-reduction, CO2 reduction, water splitting& Artificial Photosynthesis.
(iii) Environmental applications of nanomaterials ,humic-nano hybrids, toxic-metal remediation (Pd, Cd, Cr, with specific expertise on Arsenic) and toxic –organics photocatalytic degradation.
(iv) Study of their physicochemical properties by spectroscopic methods with expertise on Electron Paramagnetic Resonance to study the dynamics of electrons, holes, lattice-defects in nano- photo-active and redox-catalytic systems

Professional background

11.2011 – 11.2013	Visiting Professor Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, ETH Zurich
3.2014 - today	Professor, Dept. of Physics, UoI
10.2010- 6.2014	Professor, Dept. of Environment , Un. Patras
4.2006- 9.2010	Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Environment , Un. Patras
3.2001- 3.2006	Assist. Prof, Dept. of Environment , UοΙ
6.1997 - 2.2001	Research Associate, Section Bioenergetics, Nuclear Research Centre CEA Saclay, Paris France
11.1994 - 5. 1997	Post-Doctoral fellow (EU Marie-Curie fellowship), Section Bioenergetics, Nuclear Research Centre CEA Saclay, Paris France

Recent relevant publications/patents

Number of publications, 180 (11-2020), Number of citations: >4000 (Scopus 11-2020) h = 37 (Scopus 4-4-2020)

Georgiou, Y., Rapti, S., Mavrogiorgou, A., E.Manos, Louloudi, M., Deligiannakis, Y.*, A Hybrid Silk@Zirconium MOF Material as Highly Efficient As^III-spong, Scientific Reports 10(1),9358, 1, 2020

Georgiou, Y., Papadas, I.T., Mouzourakis, E., Armatas, G.S., Deligiannakis, Y.* Mesoporous spinel CoFe2O4 as an efficient adsorbent for arsenite removal from water: High efficiency: Via control of the particle assemblage configuration, Environmental Science: Nano, 6(4), pp. 1156-1167, 2019

Solakidou, M., Giannakas, A., Georgiou, Y., Louloudi, M., Deligiannakis, Y.*Efficient photocatalytic water-splitting by ternary CdS/Pt-N-TiO2CdS/Pt-N,F-TiO2: Interplay CdS photo corrosion TiO2-dopping, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 254, pp. 194-205 2019

Stathi, P., Solakidou, M., Louloudi, M., Deligiannakis, Y.*From homogeneous to heterogenized molecular catalysts for H2 production by formic acid dehydrogenation: Mechanistic aspects, role of additives, and co-catalysts REVIEW Energies 13(3),733, 2020

Henning, D.F., Merkl, P., Moularas, C., Deligiannakis, Y.Sotiriou, G.A.*, Luminescent CeO2 :Eu3+ nanocrystals for robust in situ H 2 O 2 real-time detection in bacterial cell cultures Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 132, pp. 286-293 2019

Solakidou, M., Theodorakopoulos, M., Deligiannakis, Y., Louloudi, M., Double-ligand Fe, Ru catalysts: A novel route for enhanced H2 production from Formic Acid dehydrogenation: Mechanistic aspects, role of additives, and co-catalysts, Intern. J. Hydrogen Energy 45, pp. 17367-17377, 2020

Sotiriou, G.A., Blattmann, C.O., Deligiannakis, Y.* Nanoantioxidant-driven plasmon enhanced proton-coupled electron transfer, Nanoscale 8(2), pp. 796-803 (COVER-PAGE) 2016

PATENTNr	TITLE of INVENTION	IPC
WORLD-EUROPEAN PATENTS https://register.epo.org/application?number=EP14761300 /EP2842627
WO2015028529 EP2842627	VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOACTIVE NANOPARTICLES AND METHODS FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF	B01J35/02 C01G23/07
WO2014060080 EP2722369	HYBRID NANOANTIOXIDANT MATERIALS	C09C1/30
GREEK PATENTS
https://www.obi.gr/obi/Default.aspx?tabid=124
1008854	ΦΩΤΟΚΑΤΑΛΥΤΙΚΑ ΑΝΑΓΕΝΝΩΜΕΝΟ ΣΥΝΘΕΤΟ ΠΡΟΣΡΟΦΗΤΙΚΟ ΥΛΙΚΟ ΑΠΟ ΕΞΑΝΘΡΑΚΩΜΑ ΧΡΗΣΙΜΟΠΟΙΗΜΕΝΩΝ ΕΛΑΣΤΙΚΩΝ ΟΧΗΜΑΤΩΝ-N,F-TIO2 ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΡΟΦΗΣΗ-ΑΠΟΔΟΜΗΣΗ ΦΑΙΝΟΛΗΣ	C02F 1/28
1008850	ΥΛΙΚΟ ΑΠΟ ΕΞΑΝΘΡΑΚΩΜΑ ΑΝΑΚΥΚΛΩΜΕΝΩΝ ΕΛΑΣΤΙΚΩΝ ΟΧΗΜΑΤΩΝ ΒΕΛΤΙΣΤΟΠΟΙΗΜΕΝΟ ΓΙΑ ΔΕΣΜΕΥΣΗ ΑΡΣΕΝΙΚΟΥ	C09C 1/48
1008352	ΥΒΡΙΔΙΚΟ ΥΛΙΚΟ ΜΕ ΒΑΚΤΗΡΙΟΚΤΟΝΟ ΔΡΑΣΗ	C09C 1/30
1007843	ΠΡΟΣΡΟΦΗΤΙΚΟ ΥΛΙΚΟ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΑΠΟΜΑΚΡΥΝΣΗ ΦΩΣΦΟΡΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΜΜΩΝΙΑΣ	B01J 20/10

Recent Research projects / grants (last 5 years)

STATE FUNDED PROJECTS (Y.D. Coordinator)

2019-2022 ΕΛΙΔΕΚ«Development of Photocatalytic Nanoheterostructures with Optimised Conduction Band for ArtificialPhotosynthesis, CO2 Reduction H2O Oxidation, Nartphoto [188kE]»

2019-2020 ΕΛΙΔΕΚ«Development of Reducing Suboxicnanophotocatalysts by Flame Spray Pyrolysis,[55ke]»

2012-2015 ΤHALIS “Development of Hybrid Meso and Nano prousMateraisl for Environmental and Catalytic Applications, [600kE]”

PROJECTS FUNDED BY PRIVATE COMPANIES

2019-2021 L’OREAL France «Development of sunlight photoactive materials [110kE]»

2017-2019 L’OREAL France «Development of water stable sunlight nanofiltering materials [140kE]»

2018-2019 TITAN «Development of nanocementby Flame Spray Pyrolysis[100kE]»

2016-2018 L’OREAL France «Development of hybrid materials controlled color and refractive index [120kE]»

2016-2017 IKERAL S.A. “Ceramic-Pyrolytic Carbon Composites, [30kE] ”