Selected Publications
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- Efstathiou, A.M., Bennett, C.O., “The CO/H2 Reaction on Rh/Al2O3. II. Kinetic Study by Transient Isotopic Methods”, J. Catal. 120 (1989) 137-156.
- Efstathiou, A.M., Bennett, C.O., “Enthalpy and Entropy of H2 Adsorption on Rh/Al2O3 Measured by Temperature-Programmed Desorption”, J. Catal. 124 (1990) 116-126.
- Efstathiou, A.M., Suib, S.L., Bennett, C.O., “Transient Diffusion, Sorption and Desorption of Cyclopropane in NaX Zeolite”, J. Catal. 131 (1991) 94-103.
- Efstathiou, A.M., Borgstedt, E., Suib, S.L., Bennett, C.O., “Encapsulation of Molecular Hydrogen in Ion-Exchanged A Zeolites at 1 Atm”, J. Catal. 135 (1992) 135-146.
- Efstathiou, A.M., Papageorgiou, D., Verykios, X.E., “Transient Kinetic Study of the Reaction of CH4 and C2H6 with the Lattice Oxygen of Li+-Doped TiO2 Catalyst”, J. Catal. 141 (1993) 612-627.
- Efstathiou, A.M., Chafik, T., Bianchi, D., Bennett, C.O., “A Transient Kinetic Study of the CO/H2 Reaction on Rh/Al2O3 Using FTIR and Mass Spectrometry”, J. Catal. 148 (1994) 224-239.
- Efstathiou*, A.M., Fliatoura, K., “The Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO with NH3 over V2O5/TiO2 Catalyst: A Steady-State and Transient Kinetic Study”, Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 6 (1995) 35-59.
- Goula, M.A., Lemonidou, A., Efstathiou*, A.M., “Characterization of Carbonaceous Species Formed During Reforming of CH4 with CO2 over Ni/CaO-Al2O3 Catalysts Studied by Various Transient Techniques”, J. Catal. 161 (1996) 626-640.
- Efstathiou*, A.M., Verykios, X.E., “Transient Methods in Heterogeneous Catalysis: Experimental Features and Application to Study Mechanistic Aspects of the CH4/O2 (OCM), NH3/O2 and NO/He Reactions”, Appl. Catal. A: Gen. 151 (1997) 109-166 (Review paper).
- Chafik, T., Efstathiou, A.M., Verykios, X.E., “Effects of W6+– doping of TiO2 on the Reactivity of Supported Rh toward NO: Transient FTIR and Mass Spectroscopy Studies”, J. Phys. Chem. Β 101 (40) (1997) 7968-7977.
- Fliatoura, K.D., Verykios, X.E., Costa, C.N., Efstathiou*, A.M. “Selective Catalytic Reduction of Nitric Oxide by Methane in the Presence of Oxygen Over CaO Catalyst”, J. Catal. 183 (1999) 323-335.
- Costa, C.N., Anastasiadou, T., Efstathiou*, A.M., “The Selective Catalytic Reduction of Nitric Oxide with Methane over La2O3-CaO Systems: Synergistic Effects and Surface Reactivity Studies of NO, CH4, O2 and CO2 by Transient Techniques”, J. Catal. 194 (2000) 250-265.
- Costa, C.N., Stathopoulos, V.N., Belessi, V.C., Efstathiou*, A.M., “An Investigation of the NO/H2/O2 (lean-deNOx) Reaction on a Highly Active and Selective Pt/La0.5Ce0.5MnO3 Catalyst”, J. Catal. 197 (2001) 350-364.
- Costa, C.N., Savva, P.G., Andronikou, C., Lambrou, P., Polychronopoulou, K., Belessi, V.C., Stathopoulos, V.N., Pomonis, P.J., Efstathiou*, A.M., “An Investigation of the NO/H2/O2 (lean-deNOx) Reaction on a Highly Active and Selective Pt/La0.7Sr0.2Ce0.1FeO3 Catalyst”, J. Catal. 209 (2002) 456-471.
- Costa, C.N., Christou, S.Y., Georgiou, G., Efstathiou*, A.M., “Mathematical Modeling of the Oxygen Storage Capacity Phenomenon Studied by CO Pulse Transient Experiments Over Pd/CeO2 Catalyst”, J. Catal. 219 (2003) 259-272.
- Costa, C.N., Efstathiou*, A.M. “Transient Isotopic Kinetic Study of the NO/H2/O2 (Lean de-NOx) Reaction on Pt/SiO2 and Pt/La-Ce-Mn-O Catalysts”, J. Phys. Chem. B 108 (2004) 2620-2630.
- Costa, C.N., Efstathiou*, A.M. “Transient Isotopic Kinetic Study of the NO/H2/O2 (Lean de-NOx) Reaction on Pt/SiO2 and Pt/La-Ce-Mn-O Catalysts”, J. Phys. Chem. B 108 (2004) 2620-2630.
- Christou, S.Y., Costa, C.N., Efstathiou*, A.M., “A Two-Step Reaction Mechanism of Oxygen Release From Pd/CeO2: Mathematical Modelling Based on Step Gas Concentration Experiments”, Top. Catal. 30/31 (2004) 325-332.
- Larese, C., Galisteo, F.C., Granados, M.L., Mariscal, R., Fierro, J.L.G., Lambrou, P.S., Efstathiou, A.M., “Effects of the CePO4 on the Oxygen Storage and Release Properties of CeO2 and Ce0.8Zr0.2O2 Solid Solution”, J. Catal. 226 (2004) 443-456.
- Polychronopoulou, K., Fierro, J.L.G., Efstathiou*, A.M., “The Phenol Steam Reforming Reaction over MgO-based Supported Rh Catalysts”, J. Catal. 228 (2004) 417-432.
- Lambrou, P.S., Christou, S.Y., Fotopoulos, A.P., Foti, F.K., Angelidis, T.N., Efstathiou*, A.M., “The Effects of the Use of Weak Organic Acids on the Improvement of Oxygen Storage and Release Properties of Aged Commercial Three-Way Catalysts”, Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 59 (2005) 1-11.
- Anastasiadou, T., Loukatzikou, L., Costa, C.N., Efstathiou*, A.M., “Understanding the Synergistic Catalytic Effect between La2O3 and CaO for the CH4 Lean De-NOx Reaction: Kinetic and Mechanistic Studies”, J. Phys. Chem B 109 (2005) 13693-13703.
- Polychronopoulou, K., Galisteo, F.C., Granados, M.L., Fierro, J.L.G., Bakas, T., Efstathiou*, A.M., “Novel Fe-Mn-Zn-Ti-O Mixed-Metal Oxides for the Low-Temperature Removal of H2S From Gas Streams in the Presence of H2, CO2, and H2O”, J. Catal. 236 (2005) 205-220.
- Christou, S.Y., Birgersson H., Fierro J.L.G., Efstathiou*, A.M., “Reactivation of an Aged Commercial Three-Way Catalyst by Oxalic and Citric Acid Washing”, Environ. Sci. & Technol. 40(6) (2006) 2030-2036.
- Granados, M.L., Galisteo, F.C., Lambrou, P.S., Mariscal, R., Sanz, J., Sobrados, I., Fierro, J.L.G., Efstathiou*, A.M., “Role of P-containing Species in Phosphated CeO2 in the Deterioration of its Oxygen Storage and Release Properties”, J. Catal. 239 (2006) 410-421.
- Constantinou, C.L., Costa, C.N., Efstathiou*, A.M., “The Remarkable Effect of Oxygen on the N2 Selectivity of Water Catalytic Denitrification by Hydrogen”, Environ. Sci. & Technol. 41 (2007) 950-956.
- Costa, C.N., Efstathiou*, A.M., “Low-Temperature H2-SCR of NO on a Novel Pt/MgO-CeO2 Catalyst”, Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 72 (2007) 240-252.
- Costa, C.N., Efstathiou*, A.M., “Mechanistic Aspects of the H2-SCR of NO on a Novel Pt/MgO-CeO2 Catalyst”, J. Phys. Chem. C 111 (2007) 3010-3020.
- Costa, C.N., Savva, P.G., Fierro, J.L.G., Efstathiou*, A.M., “Industrial H2-SCR of NO on a Novel Pt/MgO-CeO2 Catalyst”, Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 75 (2007) 147-156.
- Lambrou, P.S., Savva, P.G., Fierro, J.L.G., Efstathiou*, A.M., “The Effect of Fe on the Catalytic Behavior of Model Pd-Rh/CeO2-Al2O3 Three-Way Catalyst”, Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 76 (2007) 375-385.
- Savva, P.G., Efstathiou*, A.M., “The Influence of Reaction Temperature on the Chemical Structure and Surface Concentration of Active NOx in H2-SCR over Pt/MgO-CeO2 : SSITKA-DRIFTS and Transient Mass Spectrometry Studies”, J. Catal. 257 (2008) 324-333.
- Kalamaras, C.M., Panagiotopoulou, P., Kondarides, D.I., Efstathiou*, A.M., “Kinetic and Mechanistic Studies of the Water-gas Shift Reaction over Pt/TiO2 Catalyst”, J. Catal. 264 (2009) 117-129.
- Polychronopoulou, K., Efstathiou*, A.M., “Effects of Sol-Gel Synthesis on 5Fe-15Mn-40Zn-40Ti-O Mixed Oxide Structure and its H2S Removal Efficiency from Industrial Gas Streams”, Envi. Sci. & Technol. 43 (2009) 4367-4372.
- Kalamaras, C.M., Americanou, S., Efstathiou*, A.M., “Redox” vs “Associative Formate with –OH group Regeneration” WGS Reaction Mechanism on Pt/CeO2: Effect of Platinum Particle Size”, J. Catal. 279 (2011) 287-300.
- Olympiou, G., Efstathiou*, A.M., “Industrial NOx Control via H2-SCR on a Novel Supported-Pt Nano Catalyst”, Chem. Eng. J. 170 (2011) 424-432.
- Polychronopoulou, K., Giannakopoulos, K., Efstathiou*, A.M., “Tailoring MgO-based Supported Rh Catalysts for Purification of Gas Streams from Phenol”, Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 111-112 (2012) 360-375.
- Kalamaras, C.M., Dionysiou, D., Efstathiou*, A.M., “Mechanistic Studies of the Water-Gas Shift Reaction over Pt/CexZr1-xO2 Catalysts: The Effect of Pt Particle Size and Zr Dopant”, ACS Catalysis 2 (2012) 2729-2742.
- Petallidou, K.C., Efstathiou*, A.M., “Low-temperature Water-Gas Shift on PtCe1-xLaxO2-δ: Effect of Ce/La Ratio”, Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 140-141 (2013) 333-347.
- Petallidou, K.C., Kalamaras, C.M., Efstathiou*, A.M., “The Effect of La3+, Ti4+ and Zr4+ Dopants on the Mechanism of WGS on Ceria-doped Supported Pt Catalysts”, Catal. Today 228 (2014) 183-193.
- Efstathiou*, A.M., Petallidou, K.C., “Reply to the Letter to the Editor concerning the comments of Dr. F. Meunier to the article Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 136-137 (2013) 225-238, Kalamaras et al., titled “The Effect of La3+-doping of CeO2 support on the water-gas shift reaction mechanism and kinetics over Pt/Ce1-xLaxO2-δ”, Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 152-153 (2014) 439-443.
- Väliheikki, A. Petallidou, K.C., Kalamaras, C.M., Kolli, T., Huuhtanen, M., Maunula, T., Keiski, R.L., Efstathiou*, A.M., “Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx by Hydrogen (H2-SCR) on WOx-promoted CezZr1-zO2 Solids”, Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 156-157 (2014) 72-83.
- Rigopoulos, I., Petallidou, K.C., Vasiliades, M.A., Delimitis, A., Ioannou, I., Efstathiou, A.M., Kyratsi*, T., “Carbon Dioxide Storage in Olivine Basalts: Effect of Ball Milling Process”, Powder Technology 273 (2015) 220-229.
- Vasiliades, M.A., Makri, M.M., Djinović, P., Erjavec, B., Pintar, A, Efstathiou*, A.M., “Dry reforming of methane over 5 wt% Ni/Ce1-xPrxO2-δ catalysts: Performance and characterisation of active and inactive carbon by Transient Isotopic Techniques”, Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 197 (2016) 168-183.
- Kalamaras, C.M., Olympiou, G.G., Pârvulescu, V.I., Cojocaru, B., Efstathiou*, A.M., “Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO by H2/C3H6 over Pt/Ce1-xZrxO2-δ: The Synergy Effect Studied by Transient Techniques”, Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 206 (2017) 308-318.
- Vasiliades, M.A., Djinović, P., Pintar, A., Kovač, J., Efstathiou*, A.M., “The Effect of CeO2-ZrO2 Structural Differences on the Origin and Reactivity of Carbon Formed During Methane Dry Reforming over NiCo/CeO2-ZrO2 Catalysts Studied by Transient Techniques”, Catalysis Science & Technology 7 (2017) 5422-5434.
- Vasiliades, M.A., Djinović, P., Davlyatova, L.F., Pintar, A., Efstathiou*, A.M., “Origin and Reactivity of Active and Inactive Carbon Formed During DRM over Ni/Ce0.38Zr0.62O2-δ Studied by Transient Isotopic Techniques”, Catal. Today 299 (2018) 201-211.
- Vasiliades, M.A., Harris, D., Stephenson, H., Boghosian, S., Efstathiou*, A.M., “A Novel Analysis of Transient Isothermal 18O Isotopic Exchange on Commercial CexZr1-xO2-δ -based OSC Materials”, Top. Catal. 62 (2019) 219-226.
- Vasiliades, M.A., Damaskinos, C.M., Kyprianou, K.K., Kollia, M., Efstathiou*, A.M., “The effect of Pt on the Carbon Pathways in the Dry Reforming of Methane over NiPt/Ce0.8Pr0.2O2-δ Catalyst”, Catal. Today, in press. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2019.04.022).
- Damaskinos, C.M., Vasiliades, M.A., Efstathiou*, A.M., “The Effect of Ti4+ Dopant in the 5 wt% Ni/Ce1-xTixO2-δ Catalyst on the Carbon Pathways of Dry Reforming of Methane Studied by Various Transient and Isotopic Techniques”, Appl. Catal. A: Gen. 579 (2019) 116-129.
- Yan, Q., Gao, Y., Li, Y., Vasiliades, M.A., Chen, S., Zhang, C., Gui, R., Wang* Q., Zhu, T., Efstathiou*, A.M., “Promotional Effect of Ce Doping in Cu4Al1Ox – LDO Catalyst for Low-T Practical NH3-SCR: Steady-state and Transient Kinetics Studies”, Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 255 (2019) 117749.
- Vasiliades, M.A., Kalamaras, C.M., Govender, N.S., Govender, A., Efstathiou*, A.M., “The Effect of Preparation Route of Commercial Co/γ-Al2O3 Catalyst on Important Fischer-Tropsch Kinetic Parameters Studied by SSITKA and CO-DRIFTS Transient Hydrogenation Techniques”, J. Catal. 379 (2019) 60-77.
- Chen, S., Vasiliades, M.A., Yan, Q., Yang, G., Du, X., Zhang, C., Li, Y., Zhu, T., Wang, Q., Efstathiou*, A.M., “Remarkable N2-selectivity enhancement of practical NH3-SCR over Co0.5Mn1Fe0.25Al0.75Ox-LDO: The role of Co investigated by transient kinetic DFT mechanistic studies”, Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 277 (2020) 119186.
- Petallidou*, K.C., Vasiliades, M.A., Efstathiou*, A.M., “Deactivation of Co/γ-Al2O3 in CO Methanation Studied by Transient Isotopic Experiments: The Effect of Co Particle Size”, J. Catal. 389 (2020) 176-194.
- Vasiliades, M.A., Damaskinos, C.M., Djinovic, P., Pintar, A., Efstathiou*, A.M., “Dry reforming of CH4 over NiCo/Ce0.75Zr0.25O2-δ: The effect of Co on the site activity and carbon pathways studied by transient techniques”, Catal. Commun. 149 (2021) 106237.
- Savva, Z., Petallidou, K.C., Damaskinos, C.M., Olympiou, G.G., Stathopoulos, V.N., Efstathiou*, A.M., “H2-SCR of NOx on low-SSA CeO2-supported Pd: The effect of Pd particle size”, Appl. Catal. A: Gen. 615 (2021) 118062.
- Polychronopoulou*, K., AlKhoori, A.A., Efstathiou, A.M., Jaoude, M.A., Damaskinos, C.M., Baker, M.A., Almutawa, A., Anjum, D.H., Vasiliades, M.A., Bellabes, A., Vega, L.F., Zedan, A.F., Hinder, S.J., “Design Aspects of Doped CeO2 for Low-Temperature Catalytic CO Oxidation: Transient Kinetics and DFT Approach”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 13 (2021) 22391-22415.
- Gao W., Vasiliades, M.A., Damaskinos, C.M., Zhao, M., Fan, W., Wang*, Q., Reina, T.R., Efstathiou*, A.M., “Molten salt-promoted MgO adsorbents for CO2 capture: Transient kinetic studies”, Environ. Sci. Technol. 55 (2021) 4513-4521.
- Damaskinos, C.M., Zavašnik, J., Djinović, P., Efstathiou*, A.M., “Dry reforming of methane over Ni/Ce0.8Ti0.2O2-δ: The effect of Ni particle size on the carbon pathways studied by transient and isotopic techniques”, Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 296 (2021) 120321.
- Gao, W., Xiao J., Wang, Q., Li, S., Vasiliades, M.A., Huang, L., Gao, Y., Jiang, Q., Niu, Y., Zhang, B., Liu, Y., He, H., Efstathiou*, A.M., “Unravelling the Mechanism of Intermediate-Temperature CO2 Interaction with Molten NaNO3-Salt-Promoted MgO”, Advanced Materials (2021) 2106677.