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Mehmet A. Oturan

Mehmet A. Oturan

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Chemistry
France
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
103
Citations
40954
World Ranking
1108
National Ranking
14

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Mehmet A. Oturan is affiliated with Université Paris Cité in France and has contributed extensively to the fields of Environmental Science, Energy, and Chemistry. Their research focuses significantly on water science and technology, renewable energy, sustainability, electrochemistry, biomedical engineering, and industrial and manufacturing engineering.

The scientist's main topics of work include advanced oxidation water treatment, advanced photocatalysis techniques, electrochemical analysis and applications, environmental remediation with nanomaterials, water quality monitoring and analysis, TiO2 photocatalysis and solar cells, and radioactive element chemistry and processing.

Frequent coauthors in Mehmet A. Oturan's research include Clément Trellu, Nihal Oturan, Yoan Péchaud, and Emmanuel Mousset.

They have published in several venues, most notably:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal (12 publications)
  • Chemical Engineering Journal (8 publications)
  • Separation and Purification Technology (7 publications)
  • Current Opinion in Electrochemistry (5 publications)
  • Chemosphere (5 publications)

Selected recent papers by Mehmet A. Oturan include:

  • Electrochemical advanced oxidation processes for wastewater treatment: Advances in formation and detection of reactive species and mechanisms, 2020, Current Opinion in Electrochemistry
  • Nanostructured electrodes for electrocatalytic advanced oxidation processes: From materials preparation to mechanisms understanding and wastewater treatment applications, 2021, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Highly efficient and stable FeIIFeIII LDH carbon felt cathode for removal of pharmaceutical ofloxacin at neutral pH, 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Recent advances in electro-Fenton process and its emerging applications, 2022, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology
  • Outstanding performance of electro-Fenton process for efficient decontamination of Cr(III) complexes via alkaline precipitation with no accumulation of Cr(VI): Important roles of iron species, 2020, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Their work extensively covers mechanisms and applications related to advanced oxidation processes, electro-Fenton processes, and the use of nanostructured electrodes in environmental remediation.

Best Publications

  • Electro-Fenton process and related electrochemical technologies based on Fenton's reaction chemistry

    Enric Brillas;Ignasi Sirés;Mehmet A. Oturan

  • Advanced Oxidation Processes in Water/Wastewater Treatment: Principles and Applications. A Review

    Mehmet A. Oturan;Jean-Jacques Aaron

  • Electrochemical advanced oxidation processes: today and tomorrow. A review

    Ignasi Sirés;Enric Brillas;Mehmet A. Oturan;Manuel A. Rodrigo

  • An overview on the removal of synthetic dyes from water by electrochemical advanced oxidation processes.

    P.V. Nidheesh;Minghua Zhou;Mehmet A. Oturan

  • Complete Destruction of p-Nitrophenol in Aqueous Medium by Electro-Fenton Method

    Mehmet A. Oturan;Jose Peiroten;Pascal Chartrin;Aurel J. Acher

  • Coupling of membrane filtration and advanced oxidation processes for removal of pharmaceutical residues: A critical review

    Soliu O. Ganiyu;Eric D. van Hullebusch;Marc Cretin;Giovanni Esposito

  • Removal of residual anti-inflammatory and analgesic pharmaceuticals from aqueous systems by electrochemical advanced oxidation processes. A review

    Ling Feng;Eric D. van Hullebusch;Manuel A. Rodrigo;Giovanni Esposito

  • Electrochemically Assisted Remediation of Pesticides in Soils and Water: A Review

    M. A. Rodrigo;N. Oturan;M. A. Oturan

  • Phenol degradation by advanced electrochemical oxidation process electro-Fenton using a carbon felt cathode

    Marcio Pimentel;Marcio Pimentel;Nihal Oturan;Marcia Dezotti;Mehmet A. Oturan

  • Carbon sponge as a new cathode material for the electro-Fenton process: Comparison with carbon felt cathode and application to degradation of synthetic dye basic blue 3 in aqueous medium

    Ali Özcan;Yücel Şahin;A. Savaş Koparal;Mehmet A. Oturan

  • An ecologically effective water treatment technique using electrochemically generated hydroxyl radicals for in situ destruction of organic pollutants: Application to herbicide 2,4-D

    M. A. Oturan

  • Removal of hydrophobic organic pollutants from soil washing/flushing solutions: A critical review.

    Clément Trellu;Emmanuel Mousset;Yoan Pechaud;David Huguenot

  • Catalytic behavior of the Fe3+/Fe2+ system in the electro-Fenton degradation of the antimicrobial chlorophene

    Ignasi Sirés;José Antonio Garrido;Rosa María Rodríguez;Enric Brillas

  • Electrochemical treatment of the antibiotic sulfachloropyridazine: kinetics, reaction pathways, and toxicity evolution.

    Ahmad Dirany;Ignasi Sirés;Nihal Oturan;Ali Özcan

  • Degradation of azo dyes in water by Electro-Fenton process

    Elodie Guivarch;Stephane Trevin;Claude Lahitte;Mehmet A. Oturan

  • Electrochemical advanced oxidation processes for wastewater treatment: Advances in formation and detection of reactive species and mechanisms

    Soliu Oladejo Ganiyu;Carlos A. Martínez-Huitle;Mehmet A. Oturan

  • Influence of the anode materials on the electrochemical oxidation efficiency. Application to oxidative degradation of the pharmaceutical amoxicillin

    Flamur Sopaj;Manuel A. Rodrigo;Nihal Oturan;Fetah I. Podvorica

  • Production of hydroxyl radicals by electrochemically assisted Fenton's reagent: Application to the mineralization of an organic micropollutant, pentachlorophenol

    Mehmet A. Oturan;Nihal Oturan;Claude Lahitte;Stéphane Trevin

  • Electrochemistry: as cause and cure in water pollution—an overview

    Subramanyan Vasudevan;Mehmet A. Oturan

  • Electrocatalytic destruction of the antibiotic tetracycline in aqueous medium by electrochemical advanced oxidation processes: Effect of electrode materials

    Nihal Oturan;Jie Wu;Hui Zhang;Virender K. Sharma

  • Application of response surface methodology to the removal of the antibiotic tetracycline by electrochemical process using carbon-felt cathode and DSA (Ti/RuO2-IrO2) anode

    Jie Wu;Hui Zhang;Nihal Oturan;Yan Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Nihal Oturan
Nihal Oturan Université Gustave Eiffel
Eric D. van Hullebusch
Eric D. van Hullebusch Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Ignasi Sirés
Ignasi Sirés University of Barcelona
Jean Pinson
Jean Pinson Université Paris Cité
Enric Brillas
Enric Brillas University of Barcelona
Marc Cretin
Marc Cretin University of Montpellier
Jean-Michel Savéant
Jean-Michel Savéant Université Paris Cité
Minghua Zhou
Minghua Zhou Nankai University
Christian Amatore
Christian Amatore École Normale Supérieure
Marco Panizza
Marco Panizza University of Genoa

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