Paraskevi Panagiotopoulou

• Office: Κ2.119
• Tel.: +30 28210 37770  FAX: +30 28210 37858
• Email:ppanagiotopoulou<at>isc.tuc.gr
  
  
• Office Hours: Daily 9:00 - 15:00

• 2006: Ph.D.: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, Greece.
• 2006: MSc: Energy and Environment, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, Greece.  
• 2001: Diploma of Chemical Engineer, University of Patras, Greece.

Research activities are focused in the field of Heterogeneous Catalysis and, especially, in materials synthesis and characterization, catalyst development and evaluation, and investigation of reaction kinetics and mechanisms, with emphasis given in environmental and energy-related applications:

• Hydrogenation of carbon dioxide (CO₂) for methane (CH₄) production.
• Production of hydrogen for fuel cells, by reformation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, biogas, biomass-derived ethanol etc.
• Removal of carbon monoxide (CO) from hydrogen-rich reformate streams via selective methanation of CO.
• Development of Water-Gas Shift (WGS) catalysts for fuel processors used in proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell systems.

• “Development and pilot scale demonstration of an innovative, effective and eco-friendly process for the production of clean hydrogen and electrical power generation from biogas” (project code:T1EDK-00955) Co-financed by the European Union and Greek national funds through the Operational Program Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, under the call RESEARCH–CREATE–INNOVATE, 2021-2024.
• “Development and demonstration of complete process for the production of electrical energy from fuel cells through intermediate production of H₂ via LPG steam reforming” (project code:T1EDK-02442) Co-financed by the European Union and Greek national funds through the Operational Program Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, under the call RESEARCH–CREATE–INNOVATE, 2018-2021 (Coordinator)
• “Development and Pilot Plant Demonstration of Hydrogen Production from Solar Energy and Biomass (Waste) Compounds and Derivatives at Ambient Conditions Mediated by Nanostructured Photocatalysts”. E.ON Research Initiative, Contract No.: 2008/24_DCE-UoPatras (Feb2009 – Jan 2012).
• “Production of Energy Carriers from Biomass By-Products. Glycerol Reforming for the production of Hydrogen, Hydrocarbons and higher Alcohols”. Operational Program "Education and Lifelong Learning" of the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF)-Research Funding Program: Thales. Investing in knowledge society through the European Social Fund (2011-2015).

• Six articles were among 25 Hottest Articles of Journal of Catalysis (3 articles), Catalysis Today (1 article), Chemical Engineering Journal (1 article), Applied Catalysis A (1 article) for various periods.
• Top Cited Papers Award 2011-2012, Chemical Engineering Journal (1 article).
• One article was among the Most Cited Papers of Applied Catalysis Α for the period of 2019-2021

• M. Hatzisymeon, A. Petala, P. Panagiotopoulou “Carbon dioxide hydrogenation over supported Ni and Ru catalysts” Catalysis Letters, in press.
• A. Kokka, A. Katsoni, I.V. Yentekakis, P. Panagiotopoulou “Hydrogen production via steam reforming of propane over supported metal catalysts” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 45(29) (2020) 14849-14866.
• A. Kokka, T. Ramantani, A. Petala,  P. Panagiotopoulou “Effect of the nature of the support, operating and pretreatment conditions on the catalytic performance of supported Ni catalysts for the selective methanation of CO”, Catalysis Today 355 (2020) 832-843.
• G. Bampos, P. Bika, P. Panagiotopoulou, X.E. Verykios “Reactive adsorption of CO from low CO concentrations streams on the surface of Pd/CeO₂ catalysts”, Applied Catalysis A: General 588 (2019) 117305.
• P. Panagiotopoulou “Methanation of CO₂ over alkali-promoted Ru/TiO₂ catalysts: II. Effect of alkali additives on the reaction pathway”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 236 (2018) 162-170.
• A. Petala, P. Panagiotopoulou, “Methanation of CO2 over alkali-promoted Ru/TiO2 catalysts: I. Effect of alkali additives on catalytic activity and selectivity” Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 224 (2018) 919-927.
• P. Panagiotopoulou, “Hydrogenation of CO₂ over supported noble metal catalysts” Applied Catalysis A: General 542 (2017) 63-70.
• P. Panagiotopoulou, X.E. Verykios, “Mechanistic Study of the Selective Methanation of CO over Ru/TiO₂ Catalysts: Effect of Metal Crystallite Size on the Nature of Active Surface Species and Reaction Pathways” The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 121 (9) (2017) 5058–5068.
• M.Kourtelesis, P. Panagiotopoulou, X.E. Verykios “Influence of structural parameters on the reaction of low temperature ethanol steam reforming over Pt/Al₂O₃ catalysts” Catalysis Today 258 (2015) 247-255.
• M.J. Gilkey, P. Panagiotopoulou, A.V. Mironenko, G.R. Jenness, D.G. Vlachos, B. Xu “Mechanistic Insights into Metal Lewis Acid-Mediated Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation of Furfural to 2-Methylfuran”, ACS Catalysis 5 (2015) 3988-3994.

• [ENVE 229] Environmental Thermodynamics (4th Semester – Required)
• [ENVE 317] Reaction Engineering (Chemical and Biochemical Processes) (5th Semester – Required)
• [ENVE 340] Field Studies I (6th Semester – Required)

• [Β-211]  Advanced air pollutant treatment technologies [Elective]
• [AB-301/4] Research Lectures (Required)

• Alice Kokka
• Athanasios Androulakis