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Ajay K. Ray is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada, specializing in engineering disciplines with extensive contributions to energy and environmental science. Their research encompasses various subfields, including renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, control and systems engineering, and mechanical engineering.

The scientist has developed expertise in advanced photocatalysis techniques, TiO2 photocatalysis and solar cells, advanced oxidation water treatment, advanced nanomaterials in catalysis, process optimization and integration, protein purification and stability, and carbon and quantum dots applications.

Frequent publication venues for Ajay K. Ray include:

  • The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering
  • Catalysts
  • Processes
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering

Recent research papers highlight specific investigations and findings across several areas:

  • "Water Pollution and Agriculture Pesticide," 2022, Clean Technologies
  • "Establishing a water-to-energy platform via dual-functional photocatalytic and photoelectrocatalytic systems: A comparative and perspective review," 2022, Advances in Colloid and Interface Science
  • "Hydrogen production from aqueous triethanolamine solution using Eosin Y-sensitized ZnO photocatalyst doped with platinum," 2020, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • "Morphology-Controlled Synthesis of ZnO Nanostructures for Caffeine Degradation and Escherichia coli Inactivation in Water," 2021, Catalysts
  • "Photocatalytic degradation of atenolol with graphene oxide/zinc oxide composite: Optimization of process parameters using statistical method," 2021, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry

Ajay K. Ray collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Daria Popugaeva, Konstantin Kreyman, Souvik Ta, S. Lakshminarayanan, and Yan Zhang, who have coauthored multiple publications alongside them.

Best Publications

  • Photodegradation kinetics of 4-nitrophenol in TiO2 suspension

    Dingwang Chen;Ajay K. Ray

  • Removal of toxic metal ions from wastewater by semiconductor photocatalysis

    Dingwang Chen;Ajay K. Ray

  • Adsorption of arsenate and arsenite on titanium dioxide suspensions

    Paritam K. Dutta;Ajay K. Ray;Virender K. Sharma;Frank J. Millero

  • Photocatalytic kinetics of phenol and its derivatives over UV irradiated TiO2

    Dingwang Chen;Ajay K Ray

  • Applications of multiobjective optimization in Chemical Engineering

    V. Bhaskar;Santosh K. Gupta;Ajay K. Ray

  • Photocatalytic oxidation of arsenic(III): evidence of hydroxyl radicals.

    Paritam K. Dutta;S. O. Pehkonen;Virender K. Sharma;Ajay K. Ray

  • Removal of Aqueous Cr(VI) by a Combination of Photocatalytic Reduction and Coprecipitation

    Xiaoling Wang;S. O. Pehkonen;Ajay K. Ray

  • Development of a new photocatalytic reactor for water purification

    Ajay K Ray;Antonie A.C.M Beenackers

  • Determination of adsorption and kinetic parameters for methyl acetate esterification and hydrolysis reaction catalyzed by Amberlyst 15

    Weifang Yu;K. Hidajat;Ajay K. Ray

  • Major Challenges in the Design of a Large-Scale Photocatalytic Reactor for Water Treatment

    Preety S. Mukherjee;Ajay K. Ray

  • Nonylphenol, octylphenol, and bisphenol-A in the aquatic environment: A review on occurrence, fate, and treatment

    Virender K Sharma;George A K Anquandah;Ria A Yngard;Hynook Kim

  • Photodegradation of benzoic acid over metal-doped TiO2

    Jinkai Zhou;Yuxin Zhang;X. S. Zhao;Ajay K. Ray

  • Visible-Solar-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Degradation of Phenol with Dye-Sensitized TiO2: Parametric and Kinetic Study

    Pankaj Chowdhury;Jesus Moreira;Hassan Gomaa;Ajay K. Ray

  • Ferrates (iron(VI) and iron(V)): environmentally friendly oxidants and disinfectants.

    Virender K. Sharma;Futaba Kazama;Hu Jiangyong;Ajay K. Ray

  • Photo-reduction of hexavalent chromium in aqueous solution in the presence of zinc oxide as semiconductor catalyst.

    Sampa Chakrabarti;Basab Chaudhuri;Sekhar Bhattacharjee;Ajay K. Ray

  • Effect of mass transfer and catalyst layer thickness on photocatalytic reaction

    Dingwang Chen;Fengmei Li;Ajay K. Ray

  • Design, modelling and experimentation of a new large-scale photocatalytic reactor for water treatment

    Ajay K. Ray

  • External and internal mass transfer effect on photocatalytic degradation

    Dingwang Chen;Fengmei Li;Ajay K Ray

  • Novel photocatalytic reactor for water purification

    Ajay K. Ray;Antonie A. C. M. Beenackers

  • Photocatalytic reduction of Hg(II) on two commercial TiO2 catalysts

    Xiaoling Wang;S.O. Pehkonen;Ajay K. Ray

  • Multiobjective optimization of SMB and varicol process for chiral separation

    Ziyang Zhang;K. Hidajat;Ajay K. Ray;M. Morbidelli

Frequent Co-Authors

Kus Hidajat
Kus Hidajat National University of Singapore
Virender K. Sharma
Virender K. Sharma Texas A&M University
Santosh K. Gupta
Santosh K. Gupta University of Petroleum and Energy Studies
Gade Pandu Rangaiah
Gade Pandu Rangaiah National University of Singapore
Sohrab Rohani
Sohrab Rohani University of Western Ontario
Madhumita B. Ray
Madhumita B. Ray University of Western Ontario
George Nakhla
George Nakhla University of Western Ontario
Ali Elkamel
Ali Elkamel University of Waterloo
Jesse Zhu
Jesse Zhu University of Western Ontario
Xiu Song Zhao
Xiu Song Zhao Qingdao University

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