Solon Oikonomopoulos

About

EDUCATION

PhD in Polymer Chemistry, University of Patras, Greece, (2006)
Diploma in Chemistry, University of Patras, Greece (2001)

RESEARCH & TEACHING APPOINTMENTS

2018-     :     Associate Professor, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
2016-2017 :     Postdoctoral Researcher, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
2012-2015 :    Postdoctoral Researcher, TPCI, NHRF, Athens, Greece.
2011-2012 :    Research Associate, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus.
2008-2011 :    Postdoctoral Researcher, TPCI, NHRF, Athens, Greece.

MAIN RESEARCH INTERESTS

Synthesis, structural, optoelectronic and morphological characterisation of semiconducting polymers.

Functionalization and characterization of graphene, carbon nanotubes and fullerene hybrid materials.

Photovoltaic device fabrication and optimization.

EXTERNAL FUNDING

Participant in four national and international research projects in collaboration with academic and industrial organizations. (Konarka Technologies, EPAN 13, Nanohost, Strategic Infrastructure Grant Cyprus)
Coordinator of one national research project (Graphcell)
Recipient of one schloraship from the State Scholarship Foundation (IKY)

CONFERENCES AND INVITED TALKS

More than 30 National and International Conferences on Chemistry and Material Science. Organizing committee in two international conferences (C-Nano ’09, FSAS 2010).

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Teaching of postgraduate-level course "TKJ4180-Physical Organic Chemistry", Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Co-Teaching of undergraduate course "Inorganic Chemistry 101" Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, Cyprus University of Technology

Co-Teaching of undergraduate course "Polymers and Composites 434" Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus

Training of undergraduate students in the laboratory of "Analytical Chemistry" Chemistry Department, University of Patras, Greece

Training of postgraduate students of the "Polymer Science and Technology Programme" in the laboratory of "Polymer Characterization". Chemistry Department, University of Patras, Greece

Training of undergraduate students in the laboratory of "Polymer Science", Chemistry Department, University of Patras, Greece

Training of undergraduate students in the laboratory of "Industrial Processes", Chemistry Department, University of Patras, Greece

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & ACTIVITIES

Member of the Greek Chemical Society.

PUBLICATIONS

30 publications in international refereed journals, 2 book chapters.

Publications

2018

Buene, Audun Formo; Uggerud, Nora; Economopoulos, Solon; Gautun, Odd Reidar; Hoff, Bård Helge. (2018) Effect of π-linkers on phenothiazine sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells. Dyes and pigments
Academic article
Venkatraman, Vishwesh; Raju, Rajesh; Economopoulos, Solon; Alsberg, Bjørn Kåre. (2018) The dye-sensitized solar cell database. Journal of Cheminformatics
Academic article

2017

Baran, Derya; Tuladhar, Sachetan; Economopoulos, Solon; Neophytou, Marios; Savva, Achilleas; Itskos, Grigorios. (2017) Photovoltaic limitations of BODIPY:fullerene based bulk heterojunction solar cells. Synthetic metals
Academic article
Lezi, Nikolitsa; Economopoulos, Solon; Prodromidis, Mamantos; Economou, Anastasios; Tagmatarchis, Nikos. (2017) Fabrication of a “Green” and Low–Cost Screen–Printed Graphene Sensor and Its Application to the Determination of Caffeine by Adsorptive Stripping Voltammetry. International Journal of Electrochemical Science
Academic article

2015

Economopoulos, Solon; Tagmatarchis, Nikos. (2015) Multichromophores Onto Graphene: Supramolecular Non-Covalent Approaches for Efficient Light Harvesting. Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Academic article

2014

Economopoulos, Solon; Itskos, Grigorios; Koutentis, Panayiotis A.; Choulis, Stelios A.. (2014) Overview of Polymer and Copolymer Materials for Organic Photovoltaics. Wiley-VCH
Chapter

2013

Economopoulos, Solon; Koutentis, Panayiotis A.; Ioannidou, Heraklidia A.; Choulis, Stelios A.. (2013) Identifying potential candidates for donor–acceptor copolymers on a series of 4H-1,2,6-thiadiazines: An electrochemical approach. Electrochimica Acta
Academic article
Economopoulos, Solon; Skondra, Angeliki; Ladomenou, Kalliopi; Karousis, Nikolaos; Charalambidis, Georgios; Coutsolelos, Athanassios. (2013) New hybrid materials with porphyrin-ferrocene and porphyrin-pyrene covalently linked to single-walled carbon nanotubes. RSC Advances
Academic article
Itskos, Grigorios; Papagiorgis, Paris; Tsokkou, Demetra; Othonos, Andreas; Hermerschmidt, Felix; Economopoulos, Solon. (2013) Size-Dependent Charge Transfer in Blends of PbS Quantum Dots with a Low-Gap Silicon-Bridged Copolymer. Advanced Energy Materials
Academic article
Economopoulos, Solon; Tagmatarchis, Nikos. (2013) Chemical Functionalization of Exfoliated Graphene. Chemistry - A European Journal
Academic literature review
Economopoulos, Solon; Chochos, Christos; Ioannidou, Heraklidia A.; Neophytou, Marios; Charilaou, Charilaos; Zissimou, Georgia. (2013) Novel BODIPY-based conjugated polymers donors for organic photovoltaic applications. RSC Advances
Academic article

2012

Karousis, Nikolaos; Economopoulos, Solon; Tagmatarchis, Nikos. (2012) Functionalization of Graphene. World Scientific
Chapter

2011

Economopoulos, Solon; Karousis, Nikolaos; Rotas, Georgios; Pagona, Georgia; Tagmatarchis, Nikos. (2011) Microwave-assisted Functionalization of Carbon Nanostructured Materials. Current organic chemistry
Academic literature review
Karousis, Nikolaos; Sandanayaka, Atula; Economopoulos, Solon; Hasobe, Taku; Sarantopoulou, Evangelia; Tagmatarchis, Nikos. (2011) Graphene oxide with covalently linked porphyrin antennae: Synthesis, characterization and photophysical properties. Journal of Materials Chemistry
Academic article

2010

Stefopoulos, Andreas; Kourkouli, Souzana; Economopoulos, Solon; Ravani, Fotini; Andreopoulou, Aikaterini; Papagelis, Kostas. (2010) Polymer and Hybrid Electron Accepting Materials Based on a Semiconducting Perfluorophenylquinoline. Macromolecules
Academic article
Economopoulos, Solon; Rotas, Georgios; Miyata, Yasumitsu; Shinohara, Hisanori; Tagmatarchis, Nikos. (2010) Exfoliation and Chemical Modification Using Microwave Irradiation Affording Highly Functionalized Graphene. ACS Nano
Academic article
Karousis, Nikolaos; Economopoulos, Solon; Iizumi, Yoko; Okazaki, Toshiya; Liu, Zheng; Suenaga, Kazu. (2010) Microwave assisted covalent functionalization of C60@SWCNT peapods. Chemical Communications
Academic article
Pagona, Georgia; Economopoulos, Solon; Tsikalas, George; Katerinopoulos, Haralambos; Tagmatarchis, Nikos. (2010) Fullerene–Coumarin Dyad as a Selective Metal Receptor: Synthesis, Photophysical Properties, Electrochemistry and Ion Binding Studies. Chemistry - A European Journal
Academic article
Pagona, Georgia; Economopoulos, Solon; Aono, Takayuki; Miyata, Yasumitsu; Shinohara, Hisanori; Tagmatarchis, Nikos. (2010) Molecular recognition of La@C82 endohedral metallofullerene by an isophthaloyl-bridged porphyrin dimer. Tetrahedron Letters
Academic article
Karousis, Nikolaos; Economopoulos, Solon; Sarantopoulou, Evangelia; Tagmatarchis, Nikos. (2010) Porphyrin counter anion in imidazolium-modified graphene-oxide. Carbon
Academic article

2009

Economopoulos, Solon; Pagona, Georgia; Yudasaka, Masako; Iijima, Sumio; Tagmatarchis, Nikos. (2009) Solvent-free microwave-assisted Bingel reaction in carbon nanohorns. Journal of Materials Chemistry
Academic article
Mountrichas, Grigoris; Sandanayaka, Atula; Economopoulos, Solon; Pispas, Stergios; Ito, Osamu; Hasobe, Taku. (2009) Photoinduced electron transfer in aqueous carbon nanotube/block copolymer/CdS hybrids: application in the construction of photoelectrochemical cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry
Academic article

2007

Economopoulos, Solon; Chochos, Christos; Gregoriou, Vassilis; Kallitsis, Joannis; Barrau, Sophie; Hadziioannou, George. (2007) Novel brush-type copolymers bearing thiophene backbone and side chain quinoline blocks. Synthesis and their use as a compatibilizer in thiophene-quinoline polymer blends. Macromolecules
Academic article
Chochos, Christos; Tzanetos, Nikos; Economopoulos, Solon; Gregoriou, Vassilis; Kallitsis, Joannis. (2007) Synthesis and Characterization of Random Copolymers Combining Terfluorene Segments and Hole or Electron Transporting Moieties. Journal of macromolecular science. Pure and applied chemistry (Print)
Academic article
Chochos, Christos; Economopoulos, Solon; Deimede, Valadoula; Gregoriou, Vassilis; Lloyd, Matthew; Malliaras, George. (2007) Synthesis of a Soluble n-Type Cyano Substituted Polythiophene Derivative: A Potential Electron Acceptor in Polymeric Solar Cells. Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Academic article
Chochos, Christos; Tzanetos, Nikos; Economopoulos, Solon; Gregoriou, Vassilis; Kallitsis, Joannis. (2007) New rod–coil block copolymers consisting of terfluorene segments and electron transporting units as the flexible blocks. European Polymer Journal
Academic article

2006

Economopoulos, Solon; Andreopoulou, Aikaterini; Gregoriou, Vassilis; Kallitsis, Joannis. (2006) Synthesis of Soluble Main‐Chain Poly(Quinolines). Journal of macromolecular science. Pure and applied chemistry (Print)
Academic article
Chochos, Christos; Papakonstandopoulou, Dionysia; Economopoulos, Solon; Gregoriou, Vassilis; Kallitsis, Joannis. (2006) Synthesis and Optical Properties on a Series of Polyethers Incorporating Terfluorene Segments and Methylene Spacers. Journal of macromolecular science. Pure and applied chemistry (Print)
Academic article

2005

Economopoulos, Solon; Andreopoulou, Aikaterini; Gregoriou, Vassilis; Kallitsis, Joannis. (2005) Synthesis and optical properties of new end-functionalized polyquinolines . Chemistry of Materials
Academic article
Economopoulos, Solon; Chochos, Christos; Govaris, Giannis; Gregoriou, Vassilis; Kallitsis, Joannis. (2005) Bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells from polymer mixtures with soluble oxadiazole and quinoline polymers as electron acceptors. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
Academic article

2004

Economopoulos, Solon; Govaris, Giannis; Chochos, Christos; Tzanetos, Nikos; Andreopoulou, Aikaterini; Kallitsis, Joannis. (2004) Synthesis and characterization of conjugated polymers and their blends for optoelectronic applications. Macromolecular Symposia
Academic article

Journal publications

Buene, Audun Formo; Uggerud, Nora; Economopoulos, Solon; Gautun, Odd Reidar; Hoff, Bård Helge. (2018) Effect of π-linkers on phenothiazine sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells. Dyes and pigments
Academic article
Venkatraman, Vishwesh; Raju, Rajesh; Economopoulos, Solon; Alsberg, Bjørn Kåre. (2018) The dye-sensitized solar cell database. Journal of Cheminformatics
Academic article
Baran, Derya; Tuladhar, Sachetan; Economopoulos, Solon; Neophytou, Marios; Savva, Achilleas; Itskos, Grigorios. (2017) Photovoltaic limitations of BODIPY:fullerene based bulk heterojunction solar cells. Synthetic metals
Academic article
Lezi, Nikolitsa; Economopoulos, Solon; Prodromidis, Mamantos; Economou, Anastasios; Tagmatarchis, Nikos. (2017) Fabrication of a “Green” and Low–Cost Screen–Printed Graphene Sensor and Its Application to the Determination of Caffeine by Adsorptive Stripping Voltammetry. International Journal of Electrochemical Science
Academic article
Economopoulos, Solon; Tagmatarchis, Nikos. (2015) Multichromophores Onto Graphene: Supramolecular Non-Covalent Approaches for Efficient Light Harvesting. Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Academic article
Economopoulos, Solon; Koutentis, Panayiotis A.; Ioannidou, Heraklidia A.; Choulis, Stelios A.. (2013) Identifying potential candidates for donor–acceptor copolymers on a series of 4H-1,2,6-thiadiazines: An electrochemical approach. Electrochimica Acta
Academic article
Economopoulos, Solon; Skondra, Angeliki; Ladomenou, Kalliopi; Karousis, Nikolaos; Charalambidis, Georgios; Coutsolelos, Athanassios. (2013) New hybrid materials with porphyrin-ferrocene and porphyrin-pyrene covalently linked to single-walled carbon nanotubes. RSC Advances
Academic article
Itskos, Grigorios; Papagiorgis, Paris; Tsokkou, Demetra; Othonos, Andreas; Hermerschmidt, Felix; Economopoulos, Solon. (2013) Size-Dependent Charge Transfer in Blends of PbS Quantum Dots with a Low-Gap Silicon-Bridged Copolymer. Advanced Energy Materials
Academic article
Economopoulos, Solon; Tagmatarchis, Nikos. (2013) Chemical Functionalization of Exfoliated Graphene. Chemistry - A European Journal
Academic literature review
Economopoulos, Solon; Chochos, Christos; Ioannidou, Heraklidia A.; Neophytou, Marios; Charilaou, Charilaos; Zissimou, Georgia. (2013) Novel BODIPY-based conjugated polymers donors for organic photovoltaic applications. RSC Advances
Academic article
Economopoulos, Solon; Karousis, Nikolaos; Rotas, Georgios; Pagona, Georgia; Tagmatarchis, Nikos. (2011) Microwave-assisted Functionalization of Carbon Nanostructured Materials. Current organic chemistry
Academic literature review
Karousis, Nikolaos; Sandanayaka, Atula; Economopoulos, Solon; Hasobe, Taku; Sarantopoulou, Evangelia; Tagmatarchis, Nikos. (2011) Graphene oxide with covalently linked porphyrin antennae: Synthesis, characterization and photophysical properties. Journal of Materials Chemistry
Academic article
Stefopoulos, Andreas; Kourkouli, Souzana; Economopoulos, Solon; Ravani, Fotini; Andreopoulou, Aikaterini; Papagelis, Kostas. (2010) Polymer and Hybrid Electron Accepting Materials Based on a Semiconducting Perfluorophenylquinoline. Macromolecules
Academic article
Economopoulos, Solon; Rotas, Georgios; Miyata, Yasumitsu; Shinohara, Hisanori; Tagmatarchis, Nikos. (2010) Exfoliation and Chemical Modification Using Microwave Irradiation Affording Highly Functionalized Graphene. ACS Nano
Academic article
Karousis, Nikolaos; Economopoulos, Solon; Iizumi, Yoko; Okazaki, Toshiya; Liu, Zheng; Suenaga, Kazu. (2010) Microwave assisted covalent functionalization of C60@SWCNT peapods. Chemical Communications
Academic article
Pagona, Georgia; Economopoulos, Solon; Tsikalas, George; Katerinopoulos, Haralambos; Tagmatarchis, Nikos. (2010) Fullerene–Coumarin Dyad as a Selective Metal Receptor: Synthesis, Photophysical Properties, Electrochemistry and Ion Binding Studies. Chemistry - A European Journal
Academic article
Pagona, Georgia; Economopoulos, Solon; Aono, Takayuki; Miyata, Yasumitsu; Shinohara, Hisanori; Tagmatarchis, Nikos. (2010) Molecular recognition of La@C82 endohedral metallofullerene by an isophthaloyl-bridged porphyrin dimer. Tetrahedron Letters
Academic article
Karousis, Nikolaos; Economopoulos, Solon; Sarantopoulou, Evangelia; Tagmatarchis, Nikos. (2010) Porphyrin counter anion in imidazolium-modified graphene-oxide. Carbon
Academic article
Economopoulos, Solon; Pagona, Georgia; Yudasaka, Masako; Iijima, Sumio; Tagmatarchis, Nikos. (2009) Solvent-free microwave-assisted Bingel reaction in carbon nanohorns. Journal of Materials Chemistry
Academic article
Mountrichas, Grigoris; Sandanayaka, Atula; Economopoulos, Solon; Pispas, Stergios; Ito, Osamu; Hasobe, Taku. (2009) Photoinduced electron transfer in aqueous carbon nanotube/block copolymer/CdS hybrids: application in the construction of photoelectrochemical cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry
Academic article
Economopoulos, Solon; Chochos, Christos; Gregoriou, Vassilis; Kallitsis, Joannis; Barrau, Sophie; Hadziioannou, George. (2007) Novel brush-type copolymers bearing thiophene backbone and side chain quinoline blocks. Synthesis and their use as a compatibilizer in thiophene-quinoline polymer blends. Macromolecules
Academic article
Chochos, Christos; Tzanetos, Nikos; Economopoulos, Solon; Gregoriou, Vassilis; Kallitsis, Joannis. (2007) Synthesis and Characterization of Random Copolymers Combining Terfluorene Segments and Hole or Electron Transporting Moieties. Journal of macromolecular science. Pure and applied chemistry (Print)
Academic article
Chochos, Christos; Economopoulos, Solon; Deimede, Valadoula; Gregoriou, Vassilis; Lloyd, Matthew; Malliaras, George. (2007) Synthesis of a Soluble n-Type Cyano Substituted Polythiophene Derivative: A Potential Electron Acceptor in Polymeric Solar Cells. Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Academic article
Chochos, Christos; Tzanetos, Nikos; Economopoulos, Solon; Gregoriou, Vassilis; Kallitsis, Joannis. (2007) New rod–coil block copolymers consisting of terfluorene segments and electron transporting units as the flexible blocks. European Polymer Journal
Academic article
Economopoulos, Solon; Andreopoulou, Aikaterini; Gregoriou, Vassilis; Kallitsis, Joannis. (2006) Synthesis of Soluble Main‐Chain Poly(Quinolines). Journal of macromolecular science. Pure and applied chemistry (Print)
Academic article
Chochos, Christos; Papakonstandopoulou, Dionysia; Economopoulos, Solon; Gregoriou, Vassilis; Kallitsis, Joannis. (2006) Synthesis and Optical Properties on a Series of Polyethers Incorporating Terfluorene Segments and Methylene Spacers. Journal of macromolecular science. Pure and applied chemistry (Print)
Academic article
Economopoulos, Solon; Andreopoulou, Aikaterini; Gregoriou, Vassilis; Kallitsis, Joannis. (2005) Synthesis and optical properties of new end-functionalized polyquinolines . Chemistry of Materials
Academic article
Economopoulos, Solon; Chochos, Christos; Govaris, Giannis; Gregoriou, Vassilis; Kallitsis, Joannis. (2005) Bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells from polymer mixtures with soluble oxadiazole and quinoline polymers as electron acceptors. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
Academic article
Economopoulos, Solon; Govaris, Giannis; Chochos, Christos; Tzanetos, Nikos; Andreopoulou, Aikaterini; Kallitsis, Joannis. (2004) Synthesis and characterization of conjugated polymers and their blends for optoelectronic applications. Macromolecular Symposia
Academic article

Part of book/report

Economopoulos, Solon; Itskos, Grigorios; Koutentis, Panayiotis A.; Choulis, Stelios A.. (2014) Overview of Polymer and Copolymer Materials for Organic Photovoltaics. Wiley-VCH
Chapter
Karousis, Nikolaos; Economopoulos, Solon; Tagmatarchis, Nikos. (2012) Functionalization of Graphene. World Scientific
Chapter

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