2026 Angel Irabien: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Chemistry	71	5617	5102	156	149	361	16417
Engineering and Technology	73	870	824	23	22	399	17765

Overview

Angel Irabien is affiliated with the University of Cantabria in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on engineering and energy, with significant contributions to chemical engineering. The main fields of study for their work include Engineering, Energy, and Chemical Engineering, with substantial engagement in several subfields such as Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Catalysis, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their research covers a variety of specialized topics, prominently featuring:

CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
Ionic liquids properties and applications
Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
Advanced battery technologies research
Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
Membrane Separation and Gas Transport
Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques

Angel Irabien's frequent co-authors include:

Guillermo Díaz-Sainz
Manuel Álvarez-Guerra
Antonio Domínguez-Ramos
José Antonio Abarca
Jonathan Albo

The research has been published in several venues, with notable repeated contributions to:

Chemical Engineering Journal
Journal of CO2 Utilization
Membranes
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
The Science of The Total Environment

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Angel Irabien are:

Food waste management during the COVID-19 outbreak: a holistic climate, economic and nutritional approach, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
Electroreduction of CO₂: Advances in the Continuous Production of Formic Acid and Formate, 2023, ACS Energy Letters
Highly concentrated HCl and NaOH from brines using electrodialysis with bipolar membranes, 2020, Separation and Purification Technology
Improving trade-offs in the figures of merit of gas-phase single-pass continuous CO2 electrocatalytic reduction to formate, 2020, Chemical Engineering Journal
Environmental sustainability of alternative marine propulsion technologies powered by hydrogen - a life cycle assessment approach, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

Towards the electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide into methanol

J. Albo;M. Alvarez-Guerra;P. Castaño;A. Irabien

566
Citations
Copper-Based Metal-Organic Porous Materials for CO2 Electrocatalytic Reduction to Alcohols.

Jonathan Albo;Daniel Vallejo;Garikoitz Beobide;Oscar Castillo

418
Citations
Production of methanol from CO2 electroreduction at Cu2O and Cu2O/ZnO-based electrodes in aqueous solution

Jonathan Albo;Alfonso Sáez;Jose Solla-Gullón;Vicente Montiel

319
Citations
Cu2O-loaded gas diffusion electrodes for the continuous electrochemical reduction of CO2 to methanol

Jonathan Albo;Angel Irabien

292
Citations
Food waste management during the COVID-19 outbreak: a holistic climate, economic and nutritional approach.

R. Aldaco;D. Hoehn;J. Laso;M. Margallo

288
Citations
Environmental assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in surface sediments of the Santander Bay, Northern Spain.

J. Viguri;J. Verde;A. Irabien

288
Citations
Influence of lead, zinc, iron (III) and chromium (III) oxides on the setting time and strength development of Portland cement

I Fernández Olmo;E Chacon;A Irabien

276
Citations
Electroreduction of CO<sub>2</sub>: Advances in the Continuous Production of Formic Acid and Formate

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268
Citations
Cu/Bi metal-organic framework-based systems for an enhanced electrochemical transformation of CO2 to alcohols

Jonathan Albo;Maite Perfecto-Irigaray;Garikoitz Beobide;Angel Irabien

243
Citations
Ionic liquids in the electrochemical valorisation of CO2

Manuel Alvarez-Guerra;Jonathan Albo;Enrique Alvarez-Guerra;Angel Irabien

238
Citations
Assessment of soil pollution based on total petroleum hydrocarbons and individual oil substances

J. Pinedo;R. Ibáñez;J.P.A. Lijzen;Á. Irabien

237
Citations
Carbon dioxide capture from flue gases using a cross-flow membrane contactor and the ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium ethylsulfate

Jonathan Albo;Patricia Luis;Angel Irabien

229
Citations
Magnetic ionic liquids: synthesis, properties and applications

E. Santos;J. Albo;A. Irabien

215
Citations
Nanofiltration separation of polyvalent and monovalent anions in desalination brines

A. Pérez-González;R. Ibáñez;P. Gómez;A.M. Urtiaga

210
Citations
Enhancing waste management strategies in Latin America under a holistic environmental assessment perspective: A review for policy support.

María Margallo;Kurt Ziegler-Rodriguez;Ian Vázquez-Rowe;Rubén Aldaco

206
Citations
Acetate based Supported Ionic Liquid Membranes (SILMs) for CO2 separation: Influence of the temperature

E. Santos;J. Albo;A. Irabien

201
Citations
Calcium fluoride recovery from fluoride wastewater in a fluidized bed reactor.

R. Aldaco;A. Garea;A. Irabien

189
Citations
Sn nanoparticles on gas diffusion electrodes: Synthesis, characterization and use for continuous CO2 electroreduction to formate

A. Del Castillo;M. Alvarez-Guerra;J. Solla-Gullón;A. Sáez

182
Citations
From linear to circular integrated waste management systems: a review of methodological approaches

Selene Cobo;Antonio Dominguez-Ramos;Angel Irabien

182
Citations
A novel group contribution method in the development of a QSAR for predicting the toxicity (Vibrio fischeri EC50) of ionic liquids

Patricia Luis;I Ortiz;R Aldaco;A Irabien

182
Citations
Arsenic removal from drinking water by reverse osmosis: Minimization of costs and energy consumption

A. Abejón;A. Garea;A. Irabien

163
Citations