2026 Efrem Curcio: 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	54	12689	11423	421	382	189	9579
Engineering and Technology	58	2495	2386	60	59	219	12322

Overview

Efrem Curcio is affiliated with the University of Calabria in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Environmental Science, with significant contributions in subfields such as Biomedical Engineering, Water Science and Technology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The scientist's work focuses on key topics including:

Membrane Separation Technologies
Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques
Extraction and Separation Processes
Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods
Fuel Cells and Related Materials
Advanced battery technologies research
Protein purification and stability

Efrem Curcio has co-authored multiple publications with frequent collaborators, including:

Sergio Santoro
Ahmet H. Avci
Marco Aquino
Salvatore Straface
Humberto Estay

Publication venues where Curcio has contributed significantly include:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Desalination
Separation and Purification Technology
Journal of Water Process Engineering
Membranes

Recent representative papers illustrate the scope of their research interests:

The advent of thermoplasmonic membrane distillation, 2022, Chemical Society Reviews
Recovering water from lithium-rich brines by a fractionation process based on membrane distillation-crystallization, 2021, Journal of Water Process Engineering
Photothermal Sweeping Gas Membrane Distillation and Reverse Electrodialysis for light-to-heat-to-power conversion, 2021, Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification
Membrane technology for a sustainable copper mining industry: The Chilean paradigm, 2021, Cleaner Engineering and Technology
Fouling resistant, high flux, charge tunable hybrid ultrafiltration membranes using polymer chains grafted graphene oxide for NOM removal, 2020, Chemical Engineering Journal

Best Publications

Potential of membrane distillation in seawater desalination: Thermal efficiency, sensitivity study and cost estimation

Sulaiman Al-Obaidani;Sulaiman Al-Obaidani;Efrem Curcio;Francesca Macedonio;Gianluca Di Profio

988
Citations
Membrane Distillation and Related Operations—A Review

Efrem Curcio;Enrico Drioli

838
Citations
Photothermal Membrane Distillation for Seawater Desalination

Antonio Politano;Pietro Argurio;Gianluca Di Profio;Vanna Sanna

584
Citations
Effect of additives in the casting solution on the formation of PVDF membranes

Enrica Fontananova;Johannes C. Jansen;Alessandra Cristiano;Efrem Curcio

420
Citations
Membrane technology in renewable-energy-driven desalination

Aamer Ali;Ramato Ashu Tufa;Francesca Macedonio;Efrem Curcio

408
Citations
Membrane distillation-crystallization of seawater reverse osmosis brines

Xiaosheng Ji;Efrem Curcio;Sulaiman Al Obaidani;Gianluca Di Profio

370
Citations
MEMBRANE CONTACTORS: FUNDAMENTALS, APPLICATIONS AND POTENTIALITIES

E. Drioli;A. Criscuoli;Efrem Curcio

343
Citations
Mass transfer and metabolic reactions in hepatocyte spheroids cultured in rotating wall gas-permeable membrane system

Efrem Curcio;Simona Salerno;Giuseppe Barbieri;Loredana De Bartolo

315
Citations
Progress and prospects in reverse electrodialysis for salinity gradient energy conversion and storage

Ramato Ashu Tufa;Sylwin Pawlowski;Joost Veerman;Karel Bouzek

312
Citations
Integrated membrane systems for seawater desalination: energetic and exergetic analysis, economic evaluation, experimental study

Francesca Macedonio;Efrem Curcio;Enrico Drioli

254
Citations
Removal of Emerging Micropollutants by Activated Sludge Process and Membrane Bioreactors and the Effects of Micropollutants on Membrane Fouling: A Review

Abreham Tesfaye Besha;Abaynesh Yihdego Gebreyohannes;Ramato Ashu Tufa;Dawit Nega Bekele

254
Citations
Membrane distillation operated at high seawater concentration factors: Role of the membrane on CaCO3 scaling in presence of humic acid

Efrem Curcio;Xiaosheng Ji;Gianluca Di Profio;Al Obaidani Sulaiman

237
Citations
Process intensification in the textile industry: the role of membrane technology.

B. Van der Bruggen;E. Curcio;E. Drioli

230
Citations
Integrated system for recovery of CaCO3, NaCl and MgSO4·7H2O from nanofiltration retentate

Enrico Drioli;Efrem Curcio;Alessandra Criscuoli;Gianluca Di Profio

229
Citations
Membrane Distillation and Reverse Electrodialysis for Near-Zero Liquid Discharge and low energy seawater desalination

Ramato Ashu Tufa;Efrem Curcio;Efrem Curcio;Etienne Brauns;Willem van Baak

218
Citations
Progress in membrane crystallization

Enrico Drioli;Enrico Drioli;Gianluca Di Profio;Efrem Curcio

206
Citations
Integrating Membrane Contactors Technology and Pressure-Driven Membrane Operations for Seawater Desalination: Energy, Exergy and Costs Analysis

E. Drioli;E. Curcio;G. Di Profio;F. Macedonio

182
Citations
The advent of thermoplasmonic membrane distillation.

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174
Citations
State of the Art and Recent Progresses in Membrane Contactors

E. Drioli;E. Curcio;G. di Profio

171
Citations
Integrated membrane operations for seawater desalination

Enrico Drioli;Alessandra Criscuoli;Efrem Curcio

158
Citations
Influence of the structural properties of poly(vinylidene fluoride) membranes on the heterogeneous nucleation rate of protein crystals.

Efrem Curcio;Enrica Fontananova;Gianluca Di Profio;Enrico Drioli

148
Citations