SOLAR TREATMENT OF WATER UNIT

Dr. Sixto Malato

Research Full Professor
Telephone: +34950387940
Email: sixto.malato@psa.es

ORCID: 0000-0002-8085-4318

Water Solar Treatment Unit
Plataforma Solar de Almería
Carretera de Senés, km 4
Tabernas, E-04200 Almería
Spain

Research interest

Scientific career based on R&D projects linked to water decontamination by advanced oxidation processes. Concretely, he has been involved in 28 International (3rd-7th, H2020 EU Framework Programmes) and 32 National R&D Projects related to the development of Solar Technologies for the treatment of industrial wastewater and the reuse of industrial and municipal water, as well as the photocatalytic production of hydrogen.

Track record

He is co-author of >60 chapters in books. He has also co-authored more than 300 publications in indexed international journals, more than 370 contributions to different International Congress and Symposiums and 5 patents. He has participated as speaker in different specialized courses on Advanced Water Treatment. He has directed 19 PhD Thesis. More than 27000 citations since 1996. Scopus h-index: 87.

  • Associated editor of scientific journals: Photochemical and  Photobiological Sciences, Environmental Chemistry Letters.  Member of editorial board of Catalisys Today.
  • Award Jaime I in Environmental Protection, 2011 (Most important in science in Spain). http://www.fvea.es/medioambiente.html.
  • Co-Director of Joint Research Center (Univ. Almería-CIEMAT) of R&D in Solar Energy (CIESOL). http://www.ciesol.es.
  • Head of Technical Services of Plataforma Solar de Almeria.

SCI PUBLICATIONS SINCE 2018 UP TO DATE:

  1. P. Soriano-Molina, J.L. García Sánchez, S. Malato, L.A. Pérez-Estrada, J.A. Sánchez Pérez. Effect of volumetric rate of photon absorption on the kinetics of micropollutant removal by solar photo-Fenton with Fe3+-EDDS at neutral pH. Chemical Engineering Journal, 331, 84–92, 2018. JCR 2018: IF=8.355 (6/138 Chem. Eng)

  2. M.I. Maldonado, A. López-Martín, G. Colón, J. Peral, J.I. Martínez-Costa, S. Malato. Solar pilot plant scale hydrogen generation by irradiation of Cu/TiO2 composites in presence of sacrificial electron donors. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 229 15–23. 2018. JCR 2018: IF=14.229 (3/138 Chem. Eng)

  3. L. Ponce-Robles, I. Oller, A. Agüera, M.J. Trinidad-Lozano, F.J. Yuste , S. Malato, L.A. Perez-Estrada. Application of a multivariate analysis method for non-target screening detection of persistent transformation products during the cork boiling wastewater treatment. Science of the Total Environment 633, 508–517, 2018. JCR 2018: IF=5.589 (27/250 Env. Sci.)

  4. P. Soriano-Molina, J.L. García Sánchez, O.M. Alfano, L.O. Conte, S. Malato, J.A. Sánchez Pérez. Mechanistic modeling of solar photo-Fenton process with Fe3+-EDDS at neutral pH. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 233, 234–242, 2018. JCR 2018: IF=14.229 (3/138 Chem. Eng)

  5. Isabel Oller, Sara Miralles-Cuevas, Ana Agüera, Sixto Malato. Monitoring and removal of organic microcontaminants by combining membrane technologies and advanced oxidation processes. Current Organic Chem., 22, 1103-1119, 2018. JCR 2018: IF=2.029 (31/57 Chem. Organic)

  6. L. Ponce-Robles, M.I. Polo-López, I. Oller, J.A. Garrido-Cardenas, S. Malato. Practical approach to the evaluation of industrial wastewater treatment by the application of advanced microbiological techniques. Ecotox. Environ. Safety, 166, 123–131. 2018. JCR 2018: IF=4.527 (44/250 Env. Sci.).

  7. Marina Ilkaeva, Igor Krivtsova, José R. García, Eva Díaz, Salvador Ordóñez, Elisa I. García-López, Giuseppe Marcì, Leonardo Palmisano, M. Ignacio Maldonado, Sixto Malato. Selective photocatalytic oxidation of 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furfural in aqueous suspension of polymeric carbon nitride and its adduct with H2O2 in a solar pilot plant. Catalysis Today 315, 138–148, 2018. . JCR 2018: IF=4.888 (17/138 Chem. Eng)

  8. Alejandro Gallego-Schmid , Raphael Ricardo Zepon Tarpani, Sara Miralles-Cuevas, Alejandro Cabrera-Reina, Sixto Malato, Adisa Azapagic. Environmental assessment of solar photo-Fenton processes in combination with nanofiltration for the removal of micro-contaminants from real wastewaters. Science of the Total Environment, 650, 2210–2220, 2019. JCR 2019: IF=6.551 (22/265 Env. Sci.)

  9. Irene Salmerón, Konstantinos V. Plakas, Ignasi Sirés, Isabel Oller, Manuel I. Maldonado, Anastasios J. Karabelas, Sixto Malato. Optimization of electrocatalytic H2O2 production at pilot plant scale for solar-assisted water treatment. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 242, 327–336, 2019. JCR 2018: IF=16.683 (3/143 Chem. Eng)

  10. P. Soriano-Molina, P. Plaza-Bolaños, A. Lorenzo, A. Agüera, J.L. García Sánchez, S. Malato, J.A. Sánchez Pérez. Assessment of solar raceway pond reactors for removal of contaminants of emerging concern by photo-Fenton at circumneutral pH from very different municipal wastewater effluents. Chemical Engineering Journal, 366, 141-149, 2019. JCR 2019: IF=10.652 (4/143 Chem. Eng)

  11. Luigi Rizzo, Sixto Malato, Demet Antakyali, Vasiliki G. Beretsou, Maja B. Đolić, Wolfgang Gernjak, Ester Heath, Ivana Ivancev-Tumbas, Popi Karaolia, Ana R. Lado Ribeiro, Giuseppe Mascolo, Christa S. McArdell, Heidemarie Schaar, Adrián M.T. Silva, Despo Fatta-Kassinos. Consolidated vs new advanced treatment methods for the removal of contaminants of emerging concern from urban wastewater. Science of the Total Environment, 655, 986-1008, 2019. JCR 2019: IF=6.551 (22/265 Env. Sci.)

  12. Eleni Grilla, Vasiliki Matthaiou, Zacharias Frontistis, Isabel Oller, Inmaculada Polo, Sixto Malato. Dionissios Mantzavinos. Degradation of antibiotic trimethoprim by the combined action of sunlight, TiO2 and persulfate: A pilot plant study. Catalysis Today, 328, 216–222, 2019. JCR 2019: IF=5.825 (15/143 Chem. Eng)

  13. V. Polliotto, F.R. Pomilla, V. Maurino, G. Marcì, A. Bianco Prevot, R. Nisticò, G. Magnacca, M.C. Paganini, L. Ponce Robles, L. Perez, S. Malato. Different approaches for the solar photocatalytic removal of microcontaminants from aqueous environment: Titania vs. hybrid magnetic iron oxides. Catalysis Today, 328, 164–171, 2019. JCR 2019: IF=5.825 (15/143 Chem. Eng)

  14. A. Ruíz-Delgado, M.A. Roccamante, I. Oller, A. Agüera, S. Malato. Natural chelating agents from olive mill wastewater to enable photo-Fentonlike reactions at natural pH. Catalysis Today, 328, 181–185, 2019. JCR 2019: IF=5.825 (15/143 Chem. Eng)

  15. M.M. Hinojosa Guerra, I. Oller Alberola, S. Malato Rodriguez, A. Agüera Lopez, A. Acevedo Merino, J.M. Quiroga Alonso. Oxidation mechanisms of amoxicillin and paracetamol in the photo-Fenton solar process. Water Research, 156, 232-240, 2019. JCR 2019: IF=9.130 (6/265 Env. Sci.)

  16. S. Nahim-Granados, I. Oller, S. Malato, J.A. Sánchez Pérez, M.I. Polo-Lopez. Commercial fertilizer as effective iron chelate (Fe3+-EDDHA) for wastewater disinfection under natural sunlight for reusing in irrigation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 253, 286–292, 2019. JCR 2019: IF=16.683 (3/143 Chem. Eng)

  17. K. Davididou, E. Chatzisymeon, L. Perez-Estrada, I. Oller, S. Malato. Photo-Fenton treatment of saccharin in a solar pilot compound parabolic collector: Use of olive mill wastewater as iron chelating agent, preliminary results. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 372, 137–144, 2019. JCR 2019: IF=9.038 (8/265 Env. Sci.)

  18. S. Miralles-Cuevas, I. Oller, A. Ruíz-Delgado, A. Cabrera-Reina, L. Cornejo-Ponce, S. Malato. EDDS as complexing agent for enhancing solar advanced oxidation processes in natural water: Effect of iron species and different oxidants. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 372, 129–136, 2019. JCR 2019: IF=9.038 (8/265 Env. Sci.)

  19. Irene García-Fernández, Sara Miralles-Cuevas, Isabel Oller, Sixto Malato, Pilar Fernández-Ibáñez, María Inmaculada Polo-López. Inactivation of E. coli and E. faecalis by solar photo-Fenton with EDDS complex at neutral pH in municipal wastewater effluents. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 372, 85–93, 2019. JCR 2019: IF=9.038 (8/265 Env. Sci.)

  20. L. Ponce-Robles, I. Oller, M.I. Polo-López, G. Rivas-Ibáñez, S. Malato. Microbiological evaluation of combined advanced chemical-biological oxidation technologies for the treatment of cork boiling wastewater. Sci. Tot. Environ. 687, 567–576, 2019. JCR 2019: IF=6.551 (22/265 Env. Sci.)

  21. M.I. Maldonado, E. Saggioro, J. Peral, E. Rodríguez-Castellón, J. Jiménez-Jiménez, S. Malato. Hydrogen generation by irradiation of commercial CuO + TiO2 mixtures at solar pilot plant scale and in presence of organic electron donors. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 257, 117890, 2019. JCR 2019: IF=16.683 (3/143 Chem. Eng)

  22. G. Cerreta, M. A. Roccamante, I. Oller, S. Malato. L. Rizzo. Contaminants of emerging concern removal from real wastewater by UV/free chlorine process: A comparison with solar/free chlorine and UV/H2O2 at pilot scale. Chemosphere 236, 124354, 2019. JCR 2019: IF=5.778 (29/265 Env. Sci.)

  23. P. Soriano-Molina, J.L. García Sánchez, S. Malato, P. Plaza-Bolaños, A. Agüera, J.A. Sánchez Pérez. On the design and operation of solar photo-Fenton open reactors for the removal of contaminants of emerging concern from WWTP effluents at neutral pH. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 256, 117801, 2019. JCR 2019: IF=16.683 (3/143 Chem. Eng)

  24. L. Rizzo, W. Gernjak, P. Krzeminski, S. Malato, C. S. McArdell, J. A. Sanchez Perez, H. Schaar, D. Fatta-Kassinos. Best available technologies and treatment trains to address current challenges in urban wastewater reuse for irrigation of crops in EU countries. Science of the Total Environment, 710, 136312, 2020. JCR 2020: IF=7.963 (25/274 Env. Sci.)

  25. A. Cabrera Reina, S. Miralles-Cuevas, L. Cornejo, L. Pomares, J. Polo, I. Oller, S. Malato. The influence of location on solar photo-Fenton: Process performance, photoreactor scaling-up and treatment cost. Renewable Energy, 145, 1890-1900, 2020. JCR 2020: IF=8.001 (16/114 Energy & Fuels)

  26. G. Cerreta, M. A. Roccamante, P. Plaza-Bolaños, I. Oller, A. Aguera, S. Malato, L. Rizzo. Advanced treatment of urban wastewater by UV-C/free chlorine process: Micro-pollutants removal and effect of UV-C radiation on trihalomethanes formation. Water Research, 169, 115220, 2020. JCR 2020: IF=11.236 (6/274 Env. Sci.)

  27. A. Cabrera-Reina, S. Miralles-Cuevas, I. Oller, J.A. Sánchez-Pérez, S. Malato. Modeling persulfate activation by iron and heat for the removal of contaminants of emerging concern using carbamazepine as model pollutant. Chemical Engineering Journal, 389, 124445, 2020. JCR 2020: IF=13.273 (4/143 Chem. Eng)

  28. E. P. Costa, M. Roccamante, C. C. Amorim, I. Oller, J. A. Sánchez Pérez, S. Malato. New trend on open solar photoreactors to treat micropollutants by photo-Fenton at circumneutral pH: Increasing optical pathway. Chemical Engineering Journal, 385, 123982, 2020. JCR 2020: IF=13.273 (4/143 Chem. Eng)

  29. S. Nahim-Granados, G. Rivas-Ibañez, J. A. Sanchez Perez, I. Oller, S. Malato, M. I. Polo-Lopez. Synthetic fresh-cut wastewater disinfection and decontamination by ozonation at pilot scale. Water Research, 170, 115304, 2020. JCR 2020: IF=11.236 (6/274 Env. Sci.)

  30. I. Salmerón, I. Oller, S. Malato. Electro-oxidation process assisted by solar energy for the treatment of wastewater with high salinity. Science of the Total Environment, 705, 135831, 2020. JCR 2020: IF=7.963 (25/274 Env. Sci.)

  31. A. Ruiz-Delgado, P. Plaza-Bolaños, I. Oller, S. Malato, A. Agüera. Advanced evaluation of landfill leachate treatments by low and highresolution mass spectrometry focusing on microcontaminant removal. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 384, 121372, 2020. JCR 2020: IF=10.588 (10/274 Env. Sci.)

  32. G. Luna-Sanguino, A. Ruíz-Delgado, A. Tolosana-Moranchel, L. Pascual, S. Malato, A. Bahamonde, M. Faraldos. Solar photocatalytic degradation of pesticides over TiO2-rGO nanocomposites at pilot plant scale. Science of the Total Environment, 737, 140286, 2020. JCR 2020: IF=7.963 (25/274 Env. Sci.)

  33. Isaac Sánchez-Montes, Irene Salmerón García, Gracia Rivas Ibañez, José Mario Aquino, María Inmaculada Polo-López, Sixto Malato, Isabel Oller. UVC-based advanced oxidation processes for simultaneous removal of microcontaminants and pathogens from simulated municipal wastewater at pilot plant scale. Environ. Sci. Water Res. Technol., 6, 2553–2566, 2020. DOI: 10.1039/d0ew00279h. JCR 2020: IF=4.251 (89/274 Env. Sci.)

  34. Samira Nahim-Granados, Gracia Rivas-Ibáñez, José Antonio Sánchez Pérez, Isabel Oller, Sixto Malato, María Inmaculada Polo-López. Fresh-cut wastewater reclamation: Techno-Economical assessment of solar driven processes at pilot plant scale. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 278, 119334, 2020. JCR 2020: IF=19.503 (3/143 Chem. Eng)

  35. Melina Roccamante, Irene Salmerón, Ana Ruiz, Isabel Oller, Sixto Malato. New approaches to solar Advanced Oxidation Processes for elimination of priority substances based on electrooxidation and ozonation at pilot plant scale. Catalysis Today, 355, 844–850, 2020. JCR 2020: IF=6.766 (19/143 Chem. Eng)

  36. L.C. Ferreira, I. Salmerón , J.A. Peres, P.B. Tavares, M.S. Lucas , S. Malato. Advanced Oxidation Processes as sustainable technologies for the reduction of elderberry agro-industrial water impact. Water Res. Ind., 24, 100137, 2020. JCR 2020: IF=n.a.

  37. Ana Ruíz-Delgado. Melina Antonella Roccamante, Sixto Malato. Ana Agüera, Isabel Oller. Olive mill wastewater reuse to enable solar photo-Fenton-like processes for the elimination of priority substances in municipal wastewater treatment plant effluents. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27, 38148–38154, 2020. JCR 2020: IF=4.223 (91/274 Env. Sci.)

  38. I. Salmerón., G. Rivas, I. Oller, A. Martínez-Piernas, A. Agüera, S. Malato. Nanofiltration retentate treatment from urban wastewater secondary effluent by solar electrochemical oxidation processes. Separation and Purification Technology, 254. 117614, 2021. JCR 2021: IF=9.136 (14/142 Chem. Eng)

  39. Elizangela P. Costa, Melina Roccamante, Patricia Plaza-Bolaños, Isabel Oller, Ana Agüera, Camila C. Amorim, Sixto Malato. Aluminized surface to improve solar light absorption in open reactors: Application for micropollutants removal in effluents from municipal wastewater treatment plants. Science of the Total Environment, 755, 142624, 2021. JCR 2021: IF=10.753 (26/279 Env. Sci.)

  40. K. Kowalska, M. Roccamante, A. Cabrera Reina, P. Plaza-Bolaños, I. Oller, S. Malato. Pilot-scale removal of microcontaminants by solar-driven photo-Fenton in treated municipal effluents: Selection of operating variables based on lab-scale experiments. J. Environmental Chemical Engineering, 9, 104788, 2021. JCR 2021: IF=7.968 (20/142 Chem. Eng)

  41. D. Deemter, I. Oller, A. M. Amat, S. Malato. Effect of salinity on preconcentration of contaminants of emerging concern by nanofiltration: Application of solar photo-Fenton as a tertiary treatment. Science of the Total Environment, 756, 143593, 2021. JCR 2021: IF=10.753 (26/279 Env. Sci.)

  42. G. Luna-Sanguino, A. Ruíz-Delgado, C.J. Duran-Valle, S. Malato, M. Faraldos, A. Bahamonde. Impact of water matrix and oxidant agent on the solar assisted photodegradation of a complex mix of pesticides over titania-reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites. Catalysis Today, 380, 114–124, 2021. JCR 2021: IF=6.562 (25/142 Chem. Eng)

  43. G. Maniakova, I. Salmerón, M. I. Polo-López, I. Oller, L. Rizzo, S. Malato. Simultaneous removal of contaminants of emerging concern and pathogens from urban wastewater by homogeneous solar driven advanced oxidation processes. Science of the Total Environment, 766, 144320, 2021. JCR 2021: IF=10.753 (26/279 Env. Sci.).

  44. Isabel Oller and Sixto Malato. Photo-Fenton applied to the removal of pharmaceutical and other pollutants of emerging concern. Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 29, 100458, 2021. JCR 2021: IF=8.843 (13/47 Green & Sus. Sci. & Tech.).

  45. Elisabeth Cuervo Lumbaque, Renata M. Cardoso, Adriano de Araújo Gomes, Sixto Malato , José A. Sánchez Pérez, Carla Sirtori. Removal of pharmaceuticals in hospital wastewater by solar photo-Fenton with Fe3+-EDDS using a pilot raceway pond reactor: Transformation products and in silico toxicity assessment. Microchemical Journal, 164, 106014, 2021. JCR 2021: IF=5.304 (17/87 Anal. Chem.)

  46. I. Salmerón, I. Oller, K.V. Plakas, S. Malato. Carbon-based cathodes degradation during electro-Fenton treatment at pilot scale: Changes in H2O2 electrogeneration. Chemosphere, 275, 129962, 2021. JCR 2021: IF=10.753 (33/279 Env. Sci.).

  47. Salmerón I., Oller I., Malato S. Solar photo-assisted electrochemical processes applied to actual industrial and urban wastewaters: A practical approach based on recent literature. Chemosphere, 279, 130560, 2021. JCR 2021: IF=10.753 (33/279 Env. Sci.)

  48. Gulnara Maniakova, Irene Salmerón, Samira Nahim-Granados, Sixto Malato, Isabel Oller, Luigi Rizzo, María Inmaculada Polo-López. Sunlight advanced oxidation processes vs ozonation for wastewater disinfection and safe reclamation. Science of the Total Environment 787, 147531, 2021. JCR 2021: IF=10.753 (26/279 Env. Sci.)

  49. Samira Nahim-Granados, Ana Belen Martínez-Piernas, Gracia Rivas-Ibañez, Patricia Plaza-Bolaños, Isabel Oller, Sixto Malato, Jose Antonio Sanchez Perez. Ana Agüera, María Inmaculada Polo-Lopez. Solar processes and ozonation for fresh-cut wastewater reclamation and reuse: Assessment of chemical, microbiological and chlorosis risks of raw-eaten crops. Water Research 203, 117532, 2021. JCR 2021: IF=13.400 (15/279 Env. Sci.)

  50. Iván Sciscenko, Antonio Arques, Carlos Escudero-Oñate, Melina Roccamante, Ana Ruiz-Delgado, Sara Miralles-Cuevas, Sixto Malato and Isabel Oller. A Rational Analysis on Key Parameters Ruling Zerovalent Iron-Based Treatment Trains: Towards the Separation of Reductive from Oxidative Phases. Nanomaterials, 11, 2948, 2021. JCR 2021: IF=5.719 (53/110 Nanosci. & Nanotech.)

  51. Fabrício Eduardo Bortot Coelho, Dennis Deemter, Victor M. Candelario Vittorio Boffa, Sixto Malato, Giuliana Magnacca. Development of a photocatalytic zirconia-titania ultrafiltration membrane with anti-fouling and self-cleaning properties. J. Environ. Chem. Eng., 9, 106671, 2021. JCR 2021: IF=7.968 (20/142 Chem. Eng)

  52. M. Roccamante, S. Miralles-Cuevas, A. Cabrera-Reina, I. Oller, S. Malato. Evaluation of commercial zerovalent iron sources in combination with solar energy to remove microcontaminants from natural water at circumneutral pH. Chemosphere 286, 131557, 2022. JCR 2022: IF=8.8 (30/274 Env. Sci.)

  53. Isaac Sanchez-Montes, Irene Salmeron, Jose M. Aquino, María Inmaculada Polo-Lopez, Sixto Malato, Isabel Oller. Solar-driven free chlorine advanced oxidation process for simultaneous removal of microcontaminants and microorganisms in natural water at pilot-scale. Chemosphere 288, 132493, 2022. JCR 2022: IF=8.8 (30/274 Env. Sci.)

  54. Gulnara Maniakova, Irene Salmeron, Marina Aliste, María Inmaculada Polo-Lopez, Isabel Oller, Sixto Malato, Luigi Rizzo. Solar photo-Fenton at circumneutral pH using Fe(III)-EDDS compared to ozonation for tertiary treatment of urban wastewater: Contaminants of emerging concern removal and toxicity assessment. Chemical Engineering Journal 431, 133474, 2022. JCR 2022: IF=15.1 (5/141 Chem. Eng)

  55. M. Roccamante, A. Ruiz-Delgado, A. Cabrera-Reina, I. Oller, S. Malato, S. Miralles-Cuevas. Removal of microcontaminants by zero-valent iron solar processes at natural pH: Water matrix and oxidant agents effect. Science of the Total Environment 819, 153152, 2022. JCR 2022: IF=9.8 (26/274 Env. Sci.)

  56. Dennis Deemter, Irene Salmerón, Isabel Oller, Ana M. Amat, Sixto Malato. Valorization of UWWTP effluents for ammonium recovery and MC elimination by advanced AOPs. Science of the Total Environment 823, 153693, 2022. JCR 2022: IF=9.8 (26/274 Env. Sci.)

  57. Dennis Deemter, Isabel Oller, Ana M. Amat, Sixto Malato. Advances in membrane separation of urban wastewater effluents for (pre) concentration of microcontaminants and nutrient recovery: A mini review. Chemical Engineering Journal Advances 11, 100298, 2022. JCR 2022: No IF.

  58. Gulnara Maniakova, María Inmaculada Polo-Lopez, Isabel Oller, María Jesús Abeledo-Lameiro, Sixto Malato, Luigi Rizzo. Simultaneous disinfection and microcontaminants elimination of urban wastewater secondary effluent by solar advanced oxidation sequential treatment at pilot scale. J. Hazar. Mat. 436, 129134, 2022. JCR 2022: IF=13.6 (10/274 Env. Sci.)

  59. Dennis Deemter, Fabricio Eduardo Bortot Coelho, Isabel Oller, Sixto Malato and Ana M. Amat. Assessment of a Novel Photocatalytic TiO2-Zirconia Ultrafiltration Membrane and Combination with Solar Photo-Fenton Tertiary Treatment of Urban Wastewater. Catalysts 12, 552, 2022. JCR 2022: IF=3.9 (71/161 Chem. Phys. Sci.)

  60. A. Ruiz-Aguirre, J.G. Villachica-Llamosas, M.I. Polo-Lopez, A. Cabrera-Reina, G. Colon, J. Peral, S. Malato. Assessment of pilot-plant scale solar photocatalytic hydrogen generation with multiple approaches: Valorization, water decontamination and disinfection. Energy 260, 125199, 2022. JCR 2022: IF=9.0 (22/117 Energy and Fuels)

  61. A. Ruíz-Delgado, L. Ponce-Robles, I. Salmerón, I. Oller, M.I. Polo-Lopez, S. Malato. Advanced microbiological tools for tracking complex wastewater treatment efficiency through the combination of physicochemical and biological technologies. J. Environmental Chemical Engineering 10, 108651, 2022. JCR 2022: IF=7.7 (17/141 Chem. Eng)

  62. Mads K. Jørgensen, D. Deemter, Lars W. Städe, Luna G. Sørensen, Lærke N. Madsen, I. Oller, S. Malato, Thorbjørn T. Nielsen, V. Boffa. High performance ultra- and nanofiltration removal of micropollutants by cyclodextrin complexation. Chemical Engineering Research and Design 188, 694–703, 2022. JCR 2022: IF=3.9 (52/141 Chem. Eng)

  63. Fabrizio Sordello, Paola Calza, Claudio Minero, Sixto Malato and Marco Minella. More than One Century of History for Photocatalysis, from Past, Present and Future Perspectives. Catalysts 12, 1572, 2022. JCR 2022: IF=3.9 (71/161 Chem. Phys. Sci.)