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Ivo F.J. Vankelecom

Ivo F.J. Vankelecom

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Chemistry
Belgium
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
99
Citations
33709
World Ranking
1348
National Ranking
19

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Ivo F.J. Vankelecom is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has made significant contributions to the fields of engineering and environmental science. Their research prominently focuses on membrane technologies and materials science, with over 200 publications in engineering-related topics and nearly 100 in environmental science.

The scientist's primary research interests encompass membrane separation technologies, membrane separation and gas transport, and membrane-based ion separation techniques. Additional topics include fuel cells and related materials, metal-organic frameworks synthesis and applications, electrohydrodynamics and fluid dynamics, and covalent organic framework applications.

Vankelecom's work is featured frequently in key scientific journals related to membrane science and separation technologies. The top venues where they have published include the Journal of Membrane Science, SSRN Electronic Journal, Separation and Purification Technology, Membranes, and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Rhea Verbeke, Marcel Dickmann, Cédric Van Goethem, Ayesha Ilyas, and Raymond Thür. These collaborations often appear in publications focusing on membrane materials, separation processes, and related chemical engineering topics.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Vankelecom are:

  • Truly combining the advantages of polymeric and zeolite membranes for gas separations, 2022, Science
  • Recent advances in polymer membranes employing non-toxic solvents and materials, 2021, Green Chemistry
  • The open membrane database: Synthesis-structure-performance relationships of reverse osmosis membranes, 2021, Journal of Membrane Science
  • Thin film composite membrane compaction in high-pressure reverse osmosis, 2020, Journal of Membrane Science
  • Solvent-Free Powder Synthesis and MOF-CVD Thin Films of the Large-Pore Metal-Organic Framework MAF-6, 2020, Chemistry of Materials

Best Publications

  • Solvent resistant nanofiltration: separating on a molecular level

    Pieter Vandezande;Lieven E. M. Gevers;Ivo F. J. Vankelecom

  • Ion exchange membranes for vanadium redox flow battery (VRB) applications

    Xianfeng Li;Huamin Zhang;Zhensheng Mai;Hongzhang Zhang

  • Metal-free doped carbon materials as electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction

    Nick Daems;Xia Sheng;Ivo F. J. Vankelecom;Paolo P. Pescarmona

  • Crosslinking polyimides for membrane applications: A review

    Katrien Vanherck;Guy Koeckelberghs;Ivo F.J. Vankelecom

  • Membrane-based technologies for biogas separations

    Subhankar Basu;Asim L. Khan;Angels Cano-Odena;Chunqing Liu

  • Understanding and guiding the phase inversion process for synthesis of solvent resistant nanofiltration membranes

    Agnieszka K. Hołda;Ivo F.J. Vankelecom

  • Forward and pressure retarded osmosis: potential solutions for global challenges in energy and water supply

    Chalida Klaysom;Tazhi Y. Cath;Tom Depuydt;Ivo F. J. Vankelecom

  • MOF-containing mixed-matrix membranes for CO2/CH4 and CO2/N2 binary gas mixture separations

    Subhankar Basu;Angels Cano-Odena;Ivo F.J. Vankelecom

  • Chiral catalyst immobilization and recycling

    D.E. De Vos;I.F.J. Vankelecom;P.A. Jacobs

  • Polymeric Membranes in Catalytic Reactors

    Ivo F. J. Vankelecom

  • An efficient mimic of cytochrome P-450 from a zeolite-encaged iron complex in a polymer membrane.

    Rudy F. Parton;Ivo F. J. Vankelecom;Mark J. A. Casselman;Cvetana P. Bezoukhanova

  • Layer-by-layer preparation of polyelectrolyte multilayer membranes for separation

    Nithya Joseph;Pejman Ahmadiannamini;Richard Hoogenboom;Ivo. F. J. Vankelecom

  • Membrane technology in microalgae cultivation and harvesting: a review.

    M.R. Bilad;Hassan A. Arafat;Ivo F.J. Vankelecom

  • Asymmetric Matrimid®/[Cu3(BTC)2] mixed-matrix membranes for gas separations

    Subhankar Basu;Angels Cano-Odena;Ivo F.J. Vankelecom

  • Advanced porous membranes with ultra-high selectivity and stability for vanadium flow batteries

    Zhizhang Yuan;Zhizhang Yuan;Yinqi Duan;Hongzhang Zhang;Xianfeng Li

  • Aspects of Immobilisation of Catalysts on Polymeric Supports

    Bart M. L. Dioos;Ivo F. J. Vankelecom;Pierre A. Jacobs

  • Cross-linked polyimide membranes for solvent resistant nanofiltration in aprotic solvents

    Katrien Vanherck;Pieter Vandezande;Steliana O. Aldea;Ivo F.J. Vankelecom

  • Chlorine-resistance of reverse osmosis (RO) polyamide membranes

    Rhea Verbeke;Verónica Gómez;Ivo F.J. Vankelecom

  • Harvesting microalgal biomass using submerged microfiltration membranes.

    Muhammad Roil Bilad;Dries Vandamme;Imogen Foubert;Koenraad Muylaert

  • Solvent resistant nanofiltration (SRNF) membranes based on metal-organic frameworks

    Subhankar Basu;Michael Maes;Angels Cano-Odena;Luc Alaerts

  • Polyamide/Polyacrylonitrile (PA/PAN) thin film composite osmosis membranes: Film optimization, characterization and performance evaluation

    Chalida Klaysom;Sanne Hermans;Amit Gahlaut;Sam Van Craenenbroeck

Frequent Co-Authors

Muhammad Roil Bilad
Muhammad Roil Bilad Universiti Brunei Darussalam
Xianfeng Li
Xianfeng Li Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Dirk De Vos
Dirk De Vos KU Leuven
Paolo P. Pescarmona
Paolo P. Pescarmona University of Groningen
Wim Dehaen
Wim Dehaen KU Leuven

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