Vítor J.P. Vilar

Research interests

Publications

• As(III) and Cr(VI) oxyanion removal from water by advanced oxidation/reduction processes—a review

  Environmental Science and Pollution Research · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-3595-5

• Photocatalytic reduction of Cr(VI) over TiO2-coated cellulose acetate monolithic structures using solar light

  Applied Catalysis B: Environmental · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.09.061

• Electrochemical advanced oxidation processes: A review on their application to synthetic and real wastewaters

  Applied Catalysis B: Environmental · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.08.037

• Oil and grease removal from wastewaters: Sorption treatment as an alternative to state-of-the-art technologies. A critical review

  Chemical Engineering Journal · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2016.03.121

• Tertiary treatment of a municipal wastewater toward pharmaceuticals removal by chemical and electrochemical advanced oxidation processes

  Water Research · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2016.08.036

• Removal of metal ions from a petrochemical wastewater using brown macro-algae as natural cation-exchangers

  Chemical Engineering Journal · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2015.10.042

• Enhancement of the photo-Fenton reaction at near neutral pH through the use of ferrioxalate complexes: A case study on trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole antibiotics removal from aqueous solutions

  Chemical Engineering Journal · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2014.03.020

• Degradation of the antibiotic trimethoprim by electrochemical advanced oxidation processes using a carbon-PTFE air-diffusion cathode and a boron-doped diamond or platinum anode

  Applied Catalysis B: Environmental · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2014.05.052

• Decolorization and mineralization of Sunset Yellow FCF azo dye by anodic oxidation, electro-Fenton, UVA photoelectro-Fenton and solar photoelectro-Fenton processes

  Applied Catalysis B: Environmental · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2013.03.023

• Use of cork powder and granules for the adsorption of pollutants: A review

  Water Research · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2012.03.048

• Photocatalytic degradation of oxytetracycline using TiO2 under natural and simulated solar radiation

  Solar Energy · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2011.08.012

• A review of the use of red mud as adsorbent for the removal of toxic pollutants from water and wastewater

  Environmental Technology · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1080/09593330.2011.560615

• Optimization of coagulation–flocculation and flotation parameters for the treatment of a petroleum refinery effluent from a Portuguese plant

  Chemical Engineering Journal · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2011.12.041

• Coconut-based biosorbents for water treatment — A review of the recent literature

  Advances in Colloid and Interface Science · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cis.2010.06.011

• Waste metal hydroxide sludge as adsorbent for a reactive dye

  Journal of Hazardous Materials · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2007.09.050

• Methylene blue adsorption by algal biomass based materials: Biosorbents characterization and process behaviour

  Journal of Hazardous Materials · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2006.12.055

• Equilibrium and kinetic modelling of Cd(II) biosorption by algae Gelidium and agar extraction algal waste

  Water Research · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2005.11.008

• Influence of pH, ionic strength and temperature on lead biosorption by Gelidium and agar extraction algal waste

  Process Biochemistry · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procbio.2005.03.023

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