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Sami Rtimi is affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science, Energy, and Engineering, with a notable focus on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Water Science and Technology.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics, including advanced photocatalysis techniques, TiO2 photocatalysis and solar cells, advanced nanomaterials in catalysis, and copper-based nanomaterials and applications. Other significant research areas involve adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, and gas sensing nanomaterials and sensors.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Tejraj M. Aminabhavi, Mentore Vaccari, Teklit Gebregiorgis Ambaye, Shiv Prasad, and Aymen Amine Assadi.

Rtimi has published extensively in several academic journals. The most frequent publication venues consist of:

  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry
  • Catalysts

Notable recent papers include:

  • Mechanisms and adsorption capacities of biochar for the removal of organic and inorganic pollutants from industrial wastewater (2020), International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
  • Emerging technologies for biofuel production: A critical review on recent progress, challenges and perspectives (2021), Journal of Environmental Management
  • Ultra-high color rendering warm-white light-emitting diodes based on an efficient green-emitting garnet phosphor for solid-state lighting (2020), Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Novel rod-like [Cu(phen)2(OAc)]·PF6 complex for high-performance visible-light-driven photocatalytic degradation of hazardous organic dyes: DFT approach, Hirshfeld and fingerprint plot analysis (2023), Journal of Environmental Management
  • Emerging technologies for the recovery of rare earth elements (REEs) from the end-of-life electronic wastes: a review on progress, challenges, and perspectives (2020), Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Best Publications

  • Mechanisms and adsorption capacities of biochar for the removal of organic and inorganic pollutants from industrial wastewater

    T. G. Ambaye;T. G. Ambaye;M. Vaccari;E. D. van Hullebusch;A. Amrane

  • Piezoelectric materials for catalytic/photocatalytic removal of pollutants: Recent advances and outlook

    Zhang Liang;Chang-Feng Yan;Sami Rtimi;Jayasundera Bandara

  • Emerging technologies for biofuel production: A critical review on recent progress, challenges and perspectives.

    Teklit Gebregiorgis Ambaye;Mentore Vaccari;Adrián Bonilla-Petriciolet;Shiv Prasad

  • Ultra-high color rendering warm-white light-emitting diodes based on an efficient green-emitting garnet phosphor for solid-state lighting

    Xiaoyong Huang;Jia Liang;Sami Rtimi;Balaji Devakumar

  • Adsorption of emerging pollutants on lignin-based activated carbon: Analysis of adsorption mechanism via characterization, kinetics and equilibrium studies

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  • Emerging technologies for the recovery of rare earth elements (REEs) from the end-of-life electronic wastes: a review on progress, challenges, and perspectives

    Teklit Gebregiorgis Ambaye;Teklit Gebregiorgis Ambaye;Mentore Vaccari;Francine Duarte Castro;Shiv Prasad

  • Iron oxide-mediated semiconductor photocatalysis vs. heterogeneous photo-Fenton treatment of viruses in wastewater. Impact of the oxide particle size.

    Stefanos Giannakis;Siting Liu;Anna Carratalà;Sami Rtimi

  • Advances in catalytic/photocatalytic bacterial inactivation by nano Ag and Cu coated surfaces and medical devices

    Sami Rtimi;Dionysios D. Dionysiou;Suresh C. Pillai;John Kiwi

  • Preparation and applications of chitosan and cellulose composite materials.

    Teklit Gebregiorgis Ambaye;Mentore Vaccari;Shiv Prasad;Eric D. van Hullebusch

  • Preparation, characterization and application of biosurfactant in various industries: A critical review on progress, challenges and perspectives

    Teklit Gebregiorgis Ambaye;Mentore Vaccari;Shiv Prasad;Sami Rtimi

  • Light-Assisted Advanced Oxidation Processes for the Elimination of Chemical and Microbiological Pollution of Wastewaters in Developed and Developing Countries

    Stefanos Giannakis;Sami Rtimi;Cesar Pulgarin

  • Microbial electrochemical bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbons (PHCs) pollution: Recent advances and outlook

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  • Heterogeneous advanced oxidation processes over stoichiometric ABO3 perovskite nanostructures

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  • Effect of Fe(II)/Fe(III) species, pH, irradiance and bacterial presence on viral inactivation in wastewater by the photo-Fenton process: Kinetic modeling and mechanistic interpretation

    Stefanos Giannakis;Siting Liu;Anna Carratalà;Sami Rtimi

  • A green solar photo-Fenton process for the elimination of bacteria and micropollutants in municipal wastewater treatment using mineral iron and natural organic acids

    Paola Villegas Guzman;Paola Villegas Guzman;Stefanos Giannakis;Sami Rtimi;Dominique Grandjean

  • Advances in photocatalytic reduction of hexavalent chromium: From fundamental concepts to materials design and technology challenges

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  • Magnetically separable TiO2/FeOx/POM accelerating the photocatalytic removal of the emerging endocrine disruptor: 2,4-dichlorophenol

    Jiajie Yu;Jiajie Yu;Tianhe Wang;Sami Rtimi

  • Recent progress in black phosphorus nanostructures as environmental photocatalysts

    Thangavel Sakthivel;Thangavel Sakthivel;Xiaoyong Huang;Xiaoyong Huang;Yucheng Wu;Sami Rtimi

  • Study of synergetic effect, catalytic poisoning and regeneration using dielectric barrier discharge and photocatalysis in a continuous reactor: Abatement of pollutants in air mixture system

    Wala Abou Saoud;Wala Abou Saoud;Aymen Amine Assadi;Monia Guiza;Abdelkrim Bouzaza

  • Quantification of the local magnetized nanotube domains accelerating the photocatalytic removal of the emerging pollutant tetracycline

    Jiajie Yu;Jiajie Yu;John Kiwi;Ivica Zivkovic;Henrik M. Rønnow

  • Study of a photocatalytic process for removal of antibiotics from wastewater in a falling film photoreactor: Scavenger study and process intensification feasibility

    Wanruo Lou;Abdoulaye Kane;Dominique Wolbert;Sami Rtimi

  • Kinetics and mechanism for transparent polyethylene-TiO2 films mediated self-cleaning leading to MB dye discoloration under sunlight irradiation

    S. Rtimi;C. Pulgarin;R. Sanjines;J. Kiwi

  • Growth of TiO2/Cu films by HiPIMS for accelerated bacterial loss of viability

    Sami Rtimi;Oualid Baghriche;Cesar Pulgarin;Jean-Claude Lavanchy

  • Preparation and Mechanism of Cu-Decorated TiO2-ZrO2 Films Showing Accelerated Bacterial Inactivation.

    Sami Rtimi;Cesar Pulgarin;Rosendo Sanjines;Victor Nadtochenko

  • Bacterial disinfection by the photo-Fenton process: Extracellular oxidation or intracellular photo-catalysis?

    Stefanos Giannakis;Margaux Voumard;Sami Rtimi;Cesar Pulgarin

Frequent Co-Authors

Cesar Pulgarin
Cesar Pulgarin École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Rosendo Sanjines
Rosendo Sanjines École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
J. Kiwi
J. Kiwi École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Xiaoyong Huang
Xiaoyong Huang Taiyuan University of Technology
Abdeltif Amrane
Abdeltif Amrane University of Rennes
José M. Asua
José M. Asua University of the Basque Country
Gholamreza Moussavi
Gholamreza Moussavi Tarbiat Modares University
Fathallah Karimzadeh
Fathallah Karimzadeh Isfahan University of Technology
Keyvan Raeissi
Keyvan Raeissi Isfahan University of Technology
Khalil Hanna
Khalil Hanna Institut Universitaire de France

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