- Diploma, Department of Physics, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, 1976
- Ph.D., Department of Physics, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, 1984
Experimental Surface Physics and Chemistry
Main research intersts
(α) Organic/ inorganic and organic/organic interfaces for organic electronic applications
(b) Thin metallic or oxide film / semiconductor interfaces
(c) Surface characterization of carbon based materials, silicon carbide, silicon oxide, silicon nitride, boron nitride, gallium nitride , high –k oxides thin films and rare earth metal oxide thin films prepared with various methods ( RF sputtering, CVD , molecular beam epitaxy, Atomic Layer Deposition etc) for microelectronic device applications by surface science experimental techniques.
(d) Meta;/semiconductor interfaces
(e) Alkali adsorption and gas interaction with layer compounds ( MoS2 , WSe2)
Experimental Techniques
X-ray and Ultra-violet Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS, UPS), Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES), Energy Loss Spectroscopy (ELS), Low Energy Electron Spectroscopy (LEED), Thermal Desorption Spectroscopy (TDS), Work Function measurements.
"Preparation and characterization of thin CsAu films"
M. Stottke-Klein, A. Böttcher, R. Imbeck, S. Kennou, A. Morgante and G. Ertl
Thin Solid Films 202 (1991) 131
"Semiconducting Renium silicide thin films on Si(111)"
T.A. Nguyen Tan, J.Y. Veuillen, P. Muret, S. Kennou, A. Siokou, S. Ladas, F.L. Razafindramisa and M. Brunel
J. Appl. Phys. 77 (1995) 2514
"Growth and interfacial studies of the conjugated Ooct-OPV5 Oligomer on Si and SiO2 substrates"
V. Papaefthimiou, A. Siokou, and S. Kennou
Journ. of Applied Physics, 42 (2002)
"Reduction of tungsten oxide: a path towards dual functionality utilization as efficient anode and cathode interfacial layers in Organic Light Emitting Diodes"
M. Vasilopoulou,, L. C. Palilis, D. G. Georgiadou, A. M. Douvas, P. Argitis, S. Kennou, L. Sygelou, G. Papadimitropoulos, I. Kostis, Ν. Α. Stathopoulos and D.Davazoglou
Advanced Functional Materials, 21 (2011) 1489-1497
"The Effect of Organic and Metal Oxide Interfacial layers on the Performance of Inverted Organic Photovoltaics"
A. Savva, F. Petraki, P. Elefteriou, L. Sygellou, M. Voigt, M.Giannouli, K. Kapnisis, S. Kennou, J. Nelson, D. D.C. Bradley, C. J. Brabec and S. A. Choulis
Advanced Energy Materials, 3 (2013), 391