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D-Index
52
Citations
10028
World Ranking
4480
National Ranking
114

Best Publications

  • A review of the recent advances on the treatment of industrial wastewaters by Sulfate Radical-based Advanced Oxidation Processes (SR-AOPs)

    Stefanos Giannakis;Kun-Yi Andrew Lin;Farshid Ghanbari

  • A review of the innovations in metal- and carbon-based catalysts explored for heterogeneous peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation, with focus on radical vs. non-radical degradation pathways of organic contaminants

    Mona Kohantorabi;Gholamreza Moussavi;Stefanos Giannakis

  • Solar disinfection is an augmentable, in situ-generated photo-Fenton reaction—Part 1: A review of the mechanisms and the fundamental aspects of the process

    Stefanos Giannakis;María Inmaculada Polo López;Dorothee Spuhler;Jose Antonio Sánchez Pérez

  • Effect of advanced oxidation processes on the micropollutants and the effluent organic matter contained in municipal wastewater previously treated by three different secondary methods

    Stefanos Giannakis;Franco Alejandro Gamarra Vives;Dominique Grandjean;Anoys Magnet

  • Intensification of persulfate-mediated elimination of Bisphenol A by a spinel cobalt ferrite-anchored g-C3N4S-scheme photocatalyst: catalytic synergies and mechanistic interpretation

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  • Solar disinfection is an augmentable, in situ-generated photo-Fenton reaction—Part 2: A review of the applications for drinking water and wastewater disinfection

    Stefanos Giannakis;María Inmaculada Polo López;Dorothee Spuhler;José Antonio Sánchez Pérez

  • Solar photo-Fenton disinfection of 11 antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) and elimination of representative AR genes. Evidence that antibiotic resistance does not imply resistance to oxidative treatment.

    Stefanos Giannakis;Truong-Thien Melvin Le;Jose Manuel Entenza;Cesar Pulgarin

  • A novel, Z-scheme ZnO@AC@FeO photocatalyst, suitable for the intensification of photo-mediated peroxymonosulfate activation: Performance, reactivity and bisphenol A degradation pathways.

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  • A Review of Heavy Metals’ Removal From Aqueous Matrices by Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs): State-of-the Art and Recent Advances

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  • 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

  • An innovative, highly stable Ag/ZIF-67@GO nanocomposite with exceptional peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation efficacy, for the destruction of chemical and microbiological contaminants under visible light

    Mona Kohantorabi;Stefanos Giannakis;Gholamreza Moussavi;Michael Bensimon

  • A review of the concepts, recent advances and niche applications of the (photo) Fenton process, beyond water/wastewater treatment: Surface functionalization, biomass treatment, combatting cancer and other medical uses

    Stefanos Giannakis

  • Improved catalytic performance of ZnO via coupling with CoFe2O4 and carbon nanotubes: A new, photocatalysis-mediated peroxymonosulfate activation system, applied towards Cefixime degradation.

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  • Acetaminophen degradation by a synergistic peracetic acid/UVC-LED/Fe(II) advanced oxidation process: Kinetic assessment, process feasibility and mechanistic considerations.

    Farshid Ghanbari;Stefanos Giannakis;Kun-Yi Andrew Lin;Junxue Wu

  • 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

  • Superior visible light-mediated catalytic activity of a novel N-doped, Fe3O4-incorporating MgO nanosheet in presence of PMS: Imidacloprid degradation and implications on simultaneous bacterial inactivation

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  • Solar-assisted bacterial disinfection and removal of contaminants of emerging concern by Fe2+-activated HSO5- vs. S2O82- in drinking water

    Jorge Rodríguez-Chueca;Jorge Rodríguez-Chueca;Stefanos Giannakis;Miloch Marjanovic;Mona Kohantorabi;Mona Kohantorabi

  • Radical-based degradation of sulfamethoxazole via UVA/PMS-assisted photocatalysis, driven by magnetically separable Fe3O4@CeO2@BiOI nanospheres

    Mona Kohantorabi;Gholamreza Moussavi;Paula Oulego;Stefanos Giannakis

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Cesar Pulgarin
Cesar Pulgarin École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Sami Rtimi
Sami Rtimi École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Gholamreza Moussavi
Gholamreza Moussavi Tarbiat Modares University
Ricardo A. Torres-Palma
Ricardo A. Torres-Palma National University of Cuyo
Davide Vione
Davide Vione University of Turin
J. Kiwi
J. Kiwi École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Rosendo Sanjines
Rosendo Sanjines École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Fathallah Karimzadeh
Fathallah Karimzadeh Isfahan University of Technology
Keyvan Raeissi
Keyvan Raeissi Isfahan University of Technology
Christian Ludwig
Christian Ludwig Paul Scherrer Institute

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