Chemical and Environmental Engineering Group

Prof. Javier Marugán is Full Professor of Chemical Engineering and Director of the Wastewater Treatment Plant and Water Analytical Laboratory (LAGUA) at URJC. He has been visiting researcher at the Institut für Technische Chemie (Hanover University, Germany), Instituto de Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Industria Química (Santa Fe, Argentina), Plataforma Solar de Almería (Spain), School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials (Newcastle University, UK), School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (Harvard University, USA) and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA).

He has been working in photochemical processes for more than 20 years, especially in the synthesis of catalytic materials, their application to the photocatalytic oxidation of pollutants and the inactivation of microorganisms, and the modelling and scaling-up of photocatalytic processes. His significant experience on the mechanistic modelling of disinfection processes and radiation transport inside photoactive systems has been the focus of participation as leader investigator of URJC in the European Projects PCATDES, WATERSPOUTT (http://waterspoutt.eu), PANI-WATER (http://paniwater.eu) and HYSOLCHEM (http://hysolchem.eu), and as coordinator of the Water JPI European Project MOTREM Water JPI (http://motrem.eu) and the REWATERGY project (http://rewatergy.eu), an MSCA-ITN European Industrial Doctorate network where three academic and three industrial partners train 8 PhD students developing industrial prototypes for different applications in the water-energy nexus.

His scientific outcome has been published in more than 10 book chapters, more than 100 articles in peer-reviewed international JCR journals and more than 200 contributions to scientific congresses.


  • Sustainable Reactor Engineering for Applications on the Water-Energy Nexus (REWATERGY) Photo-irradiation and Adsorption based Novel Innovations for Water-treatment

    Funding : European Commission, Horizon 2020 (GA 812574)
    Start / End Years : 2019 - 2023
    URL : http://rewatergy.eu/
    Principal Investigator : Marugán Aguado, Javier
    Research Team : - Adán Delgado, Cristina - Marugán Aguado, Javier - Pablos Carro, Cristina - Perveen , Shabila - Pizzichetti , Angela Raffaella Pia 
    Summary : REWATERGY is a consortium of six partners composed by 3 universities and 3 companies with a balanced participation of beneficiaries and partner organizations, academic and non-academic. All the participants are mutually involved in scientific and educational tasks, formed in several fields (chemical analysis, environmental fate, photocatalysis, material science, membrane technology and water management), sharing the interest towards environmental studies and determined to achieve the primary objective of guaranteeing access to safe water to the entire society through the formation of young scientists specialist in water treatment.


  • A hybrid reactor for solar CO2 and N2 conversion coupled to wastewater treatment (HYSOLCHEM)

    Funding : European Commission, H2020 FET Proactive (GA 101017928)
    Start / End Years : 2021 - 2023
    URL : http://hysolchem.eu
    Principal Investigator : Marugán Aguado, Javier
    Research Team : - Alvarez Fernández, Carmen - Casado Merino, Cintia - Collado Brunete, Laura - Dufour Andía, Javier - Martín Gamboa, Mario - Martínez del Monte, Daniel - Marugán Aguado, Javier - Sotelo Vázquez, Carlos 
    Summary : The development of light-driven technologies represents a RADICAL NEW WAY for the conversion and storage of renewable energy. The Project focuses on the successful development of a new concept of low-cost flow photo-reactor prototype for the reduction of CO2 and N2 to produce fuels and chemicals (CH4, C2H4, C3H6 and NH3) coupled to the oxidation of microplastics and organic pollutants from wastewater treatment plants. In order to reach these ambitious objectives, HySolChem investigates CO2 valorisation strategies, artificial photosynthesis, N2 fixation and degradation of water pollutants. The validation of the prototype is in a wastewater treatment plant and a study of the developed materials and devices from a life-cycle environmental, economic and social point of view is also carried out.




  • Water Sustainable Point of Use Treatment Technologies (WATERSPOUTT)

    Funding : European Commission, Horizon 2020 (GA 688928)
    Start / End Years : 2016 - 2020
    URL : http://www.waterspoutt.eu/
    Principal Investigator : Marugán Aguado, Javier
    Research Team : - García Muñoz, Rafael A. - García Gil, Ángela - Marugán Aguado, Javier - Pablos Carro, Cristina 
    Summary : WATERSPOUTT aims at providing safe drinking water to communities who rely on unsafe sources. The consortium is carrying out a technological development programme to advance three applications based on Solar Disinfection (SODIS), which can make water safe to drink after it has been collected. In parallel, a social science programme has been structured to make sure that the technologies are adopted by the target communities in rural Africa, with the support of the local authorities and in an economically sustainable way.



  • Integrated processes for monitoring and treatment of emerging contaminants for water reuse (MOTREM, Water JPI Pilot Call)

    Funding : WATER JPI - Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad - Acciones de Programación Conjunta Internacional - (Water JPI JPIW2013-121)
    Start / End Years : 2014 - 2017
    URL : http://motrem.eu/
    Principal Investigator : Marugán Aguado, Javier
    Research Team : - Casado Merino, Cintia - López Muñoz, Mª José - Martín Sómer, Miguel - Martínez Castillejo, Fernando - Marugán Aguado, Javier - Molina Gil, Raúl - Pablos Carro, Cristina - Pariente Castilla, Isabel - Segura Urraca, Yolanda 
    Summary : The MOTREM project is a Water JPI project that focuses on the development of integrated processes for monitoring and treatment of emerging contaminants (ECs), improving the efficiency of the removal of these pollutants in urban wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), especially for water reuse. The project aims to provide new technologies for water treatment and/or improving the existing ones through the development of integrated processes for monitoring and treatment of ECs in the current waterline of municipal wastewater treatment plants, especially focusing on the aspect of water reuse. For this goal, the project combines cross- and multi-disciplinary expertise on water treatment processes design and engineering, analytical chemistry and ecotoxicology applied to ECs that guarantee the generation not only on new scientific knowledge but also of innovative commercial solutions to the market.















A model to predict the kinetics of direct (endogenous) virus inactivation by sunlight at different latitudes and seasons, based on the equivalent monochromatic wavelength approach

García-Gil, A.; Marugán, J.; Vione, D.


Selecting the most environmentally friendly oxidant for UVC degradation of micropollutants in urban wastewater by assessing life cycle impacts: Hydrogen peroxide, peroxymonosulfate or persulfate?

Pesqueira, J. F. J. R.; Marugán, J.; Pereira, M. F. R.; Silva, A. M. T.


Predicting the bactericidal efficacy of solar disinfection (SODIS): from kinetic modeling of in vitro tests towards the in silico forecast of E. coli inactivation

Samoili, S.; Farinelli, G.; Moreno-SanSegundo; J. A.; McGuigan, K. G.; Marugán, J.; Pulgarín, C. ; Giannakis, S.


Evaluation of membranes performance for microplastic removal in a simple and low-cost filtration system

Pizzichetti, A. R. P.; Pablos, C.; Álvarez-Fernández, C.; Reynolds, K.; Stanley, S.; Marugán, J.


Mechanistic modelling of wastewater disinfection by the photo-Fenton process at circumneutral pH

Casado, C.; Moreno-SanSegundo, J.; De la Obra, I.; Esteban García, B.; Sánchez Pérez, J. A.; Marugán, J.


Modeling of H2 permeation through electroless pore-plated composite Pd membranes using computational fluid dynamics

Fernández, A.; Casado, C.; Alique, D.; Calles, J.A.; Marugán, J.


Coupling biological and photocatalytic treatment of atrazine and tebuthiuron in aqueous solution

Mahlalela, L. Ch.; Casado, C.; Marugán, J.; Septien, S.; Ndlovu, Th.; Dlamini, L. N.


High-performance low-cost solar collectors for water treatment fabricated with recycled materials, open-source hardware and 3d-printing technologies

Martín-Sómer, M.; Moreno-SanSegundo, J.; Álvarez-Fernández, C.; van Grieken, R.; Marugán, J.


Improved thermochemical energy storage behavior of manganese oxide by molybdenum doping

Moya, J.; Marugán, J.; Orfila, M.;Díaz-Pérez, M. A.; Serrano-Ruiz, J. C.


Optimization and parallelization of the discrete ordinate method for radiation transport simulation in OpenFOAM: Hierarchical combination of shared and distributed memory approaches

Moreno-SanSegundo, J.; Casado, C.; Concha, D.; Montemayor, A. S.; Marugán, J.


SODIS potential: A novel parameter to assess the suitability of solar water disinfection worldwide

Moreno-SanSegundo, J.; Giannakis, S.; Samoili, S. S.; Farinelli, G.; McGuigan, K. G.; Pulgarín, C.; Marugán, J.


Photocatalytic inactivation of dual- and mono-species biofilms by immobilized TiO2

Pablos, C.; Govaert, M.; Angarano, V.; Smet, C.;Marugán, J.; Van Impe, J. F. M.


Solar water disinfection to produce safe drinking water. A review of parameters, enhancements, and modelling approaches to make SODIS faster and safer

García-Gil, A.; García-Muñoz, R. A.; McGuigan, K. G.; Marugán, J.


Synergistic and antagonistic effects in the photoelectrocatalytic disinfection of water with TiO2 supported on activated carbon as a bipolar electrode in a novel 3D photoelectrochemical reactor

Mesones, S.; Mena, E.; López Muñoz, M. J.; Adán, C.; Marugán, J.


Enhanced numerical simulation of photocatalytic reactors with an improved solver for the radiative transfer equation

Moreno-SanSegundo, J.; Casado, C.; Marugán, J.


Multitarget evaluation of the photocatalytic activity of P25-SiO2 prepared by Atomic Layer Deposition of P25-SiO2 Prepared by Atomic Layer Deposition

Martín-Sómer, M. A.; Benz, D.; van Ommen, R.; Marugán, J.


Material selection and prediction of solar irradiance in plastic devices for application of solar water disinfection (SODIS) to inactivate viruses, bacteria and protozoa

García-Gil, Á.; Pablos, C.; García-Muñoz, R. A.; McGuigan, K. G.; Marugán, J.


Modelling the combined effect of chlorine, benzyl isothiocyanate, exposure time and cut size on the reduction of Salmonella in fresh-cut lettuce during washing process

Cuggino, S. G.; Bascón-Villegas, I.; Rincón, F.; Péreza, M. A.; Posada-Izquierdo, G.; Marugán, J.; Pablos, C.; Pérez-Rodríguez, F.


Hydrogen production by water splitting with Mn3-xCoxO4 mixed oxides thermochemical cycles: A thermodynamic analysis

Orfila, M.; Linares, M.; Molina, R.; Marugán, J.; Botas, J. A.; Sanz, R.


Intestinal parasitosis, anaemia and risk factors among pre-school children in Tigray region, northern Ethiopia

Wasihun, A. G.; Teferi, M.; Negash, L.; Marugán, J.; Yemane, D.; McGuigan, K. G.; Conroy, R. M.; Abebe; H. T.; Dejene, T. A.


Kinetic modeling of the synergistic thermal and spectral actions on the inactivation of Cryptosporidium parvum in water by sunlight

García-Gil, A.; Abeledo-Lameiro, M. J.; Gómez-Couso, H.; Marugán, J.


Kinetic modeling of the synergistic thermal and spectral actions on the inactivation of viruses in water by sunlight

García-Gi, A.; Martínez, A.; Polo-López,M. I.; Marugán, J.


Solar water disinfection in high-volume containers: Are naturally occurring substances attenuating factors of radiation?

García-Gil, A.; Valverde, R.; García-Muñoz, R. A.; McGuigan; K. G.; Marugán, J.


Photocatalytic degradation of atrazine in aqueous solution using hyperbranched polyethyleneimine templated morphologies of BiVO4 fused with Bi2O3

Charles Mahlalela, L; Casado, C.; Marugán, J.; Septien, S.; Thabile Ndlovu, Th.; Nsikayezwe Dlamini, L.


Intensification of UV-C tertiary treatment: Disinfection and removal of micropullutants by sulfate radical based Advanced Oxidation Processes

Rodríguez-Chueca, J.; García-Cañibano, C.; Lepistö, R. -J.; Encinas, Á.; Pellinen, J.; Marugán, J.


Novel macroporous 3D photocatalytic foams for simultaneous wastewater disinfection and removal of contaminants of emerging concern

Martín-Somer, M.; Pablos, C.; de Diego, A.; van Grieken, R.; Encinas, A.; Monsalvo, V. M.; Marugán, J.


Assessment of full-scale tertiary wastewater treatment by UV-C based-AOPs: Removal or persistence of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes?

Rodríguez-Chueca, J.; della Giustina, S. V.; Rocha, J.; Fernandes, T.; Pablos, C.; Encinas, A.; Barceló, D.; Rodríguez-Moraz, S.; Manaia, C. M.; Marugán, J.


Experimental assessment of the cyclability of the Mn2O3/MnO thermochemical cycle for solar hydrogen production

Herradón, C.; Molina, R.; Marugán, J.; Botas, J. A.


Photocatalytic NOx removal: Rigorous kinetic modelling and ISO standard reactor simulation

Muñoz, V.; Casado, C.; Suárez, S.; Sánchez, B.; Marugán, J.


Novel procedure for the numerical simulation of solar water disinfection processes in flow reactors

García-Gil, A.; Casado, C.; Pablos, C.; Marugán, J.


Critical role of the light spectrum on the simulation of solar photocatalytic reactors

Casado, C.; García-Gil, A.; van Grieken, R.; Marugán, J.


Evaluation of transformation products from chemical oxidation of micropullutants in wastewater by photoassisted generation of sulfate radicals

Rodríguez-Chueca, J.; Garcia-Cañibano, C.; Sarro, M.; Encinas, A.; Medana, C.; Fabbri, D.; Calza, P.; Marugán, J.


Improved discrete ordinate method for accurate simulation radiation transport using solar and LED light sources

Moreno, J.; Casado, C.; Marugán, J.


Hybrid UV-C/microfiltration process in membrane photoreactor for wastewater disinfection

Rodríguez-Chueca, J.; Mesones, S.;Marugán, J.


Synthesis of platelet-like BiVO4 using hyperbranched polyethyleneimine for the formation of heterojunctions with Bi2O3

Mahlalela, L. Ch.; Casado, C.; Marugán, J.; Septien, S.; Thabile Ndlovu, Th.; Dlamini, L. N.


Novel Perovskite materials for thermal water wplitting at moderate temperature

Azcondo, M. T.; Orfila, M.; Marugán, J.; Sanz, R.; Muñoz-Noval, A.; Salas-Colera, E.; Ritter, C.; García-Alvarado, F.; Amador, U.


Comparing potentiostatic and galvanostatic anodization of titanium membranes for hybrid photocatalytic/microfiltration processes

Casado, C.; Mesones, S.; Adán, C.; Marugán, J.


Wavelength dependence of the efficiency of photocatalytic processes for water treatment

Martín-Sómer, M.; Vega, B.; Pablos, C.; van Grieken, R.; Marugán, J.


Validation of a solar-thermal water disinfection model for Escherichia coli inactivation in pilot scale solar reactors and real conditions

Castro-Alférez, M.; Polo-López, M.I.; Marugán, J.; Fernández-Ibáñez, P.


Influence of anodization mode on the morphology and photocatalytic activity of TiO2-NTs array large size electrodes

Mena, E.; Martín de Vidales, M. J.; Mesones, S.; Marugán, J.


Comparative evaluation of OpenFOAM and ANSYS Fluent for the modeling of annular reactors

Ariza, C.; Casado, C.; Wang, R-.Q.; Adams, E.; Marugán, J.


Modeling the anodization of large titanium electrodes

Mena, E.; López, M.; Martín de Vidales, M. J.; Marugán, J.


Novel antimicrobial agents as alternative to chlorine with potential applications in the fruit and vegetable processing industry

Pablos, C.; Romero, A.; de Diego, A.; Vargas, C.; Bascón, I.; Pérez-Rodríguez, F.; Marugán, J.


Micropollutants removal by full-scale UV-C/sulfate radical based Advanced Oxidation Processes

Rodríguez-Chueca, J.; Laski, E.; García-Cañibano; C.; Martín de Vidales, M. J.; Encinas, A.; Kuch, B.; Marugán, J.


Concomitant inactivation of Acanthamoeba spp. and Escherichia coli using suspended and immobilized TiO2

Adán, A.; Magnet, Á.; Fenoy, S.; Pablos, C.; Del Águila, C.; Marugán, J.


Risk factors for diarrhoea and malnutrition among children under the age of 5 years in the Tigray Region of Northern Ethiopia

Wasihun, A. G; Dejene, T. A.; Teferi, M.; Marugán, J.; Negash, L.; Yemane, D.; McGuigan, K. G.


Mechanistic model of the Escherichia coli inactivation by solar disinfection based on the photo-generation of internal ROS and the photo-inactivation of enzymes: CAT and SOD

Castro-Alférez, M.; Polo-López, M.I.; Marugán, J.; Fernández-Ibáñez, P.


Mechanistic modeling of UV and mild-heat synergistic effect on solar water disinfection

Castro-Alférez, M.; Polo-López, M.I.; Marugán, J.; Fernández-Ibáñez, P.


Electrochemical enhancement of photocatalytic disinfection on aligned TiO2 and nitrogen doped TiO2 nanotubes

Pablos, C.; Marugán, J.; van Grieken, R.; Dunlop, P.S.M.; Hamilton, J.W.J.; Dionysiou, D.D.; Byrne, J.A.


Thermochemical hydrogen production using manganese cobalt spinels as redox materials

Orfila, M.; Linares, M.; Molina, R.; Botas, J.A.; Marugán, J.; Sanz, R.


Influence of light distribution on the performance of photocatalytic reactors: LED vs mercury lamps

Martín-Sómer, M.; Pablos, C.; van Grieken, R.; Marugán, J.


Design and validation of a LED-based high intensity photocatalytic reactor for quantifying activity measurements

Casado, C.; Timmers, R.; Sergejevs, A.; Clarke, C.T.; Allsopp, D.W.E.; Bowen, C.R.; van Grieken, R.; Marugán, J.


A calibrated UV-LED based light source for water purification and characterisation of photocatalysis

Sergejevs, A.; Clarke, C.T.; Allsopp, D.W.E.; Marugán, J.; Jaroenworaluckc, A.; Singhapong, W.; Manpetch, P.; Timmers, R.; Casado, C.; Bowen, C.R.


Performance of TiO2 photoanodes toward oxidation of methanol and E. coli inactivation in water in a scaled-up photoelectrocatalytic reactor

Pablos, C.; Marugán, J.; Adán, C.; Osuna, M.; van Grieken, R.


Effects of natural antimicrobials on prevention and reduction of bacterial cross-contamination during the washing of ready-to-eat fresh-cut lettuce

Pablos, C.; Fernández, A.; Thackeray, A.; Marugán, J.


Bacterial inactivation and degradation of organic molecules by titanium dioxide supported on porous stainless steel photocatalytic membranes

Adán, C.; Marugán, J.; Mesones, S.; Casado, C.; van Grieken, R.


Comprehensive multiphysics modeling of photocatalytic processes by computational fluid dynamics based on intrinsic kinetic parameters determined in a differential photoreactor

Casado, C.; Marugán, J.; Timmers, R.; Muñoz, M.; van Grieken, R.


Implications of Electrical Impedance-Based Microbiological Technology in Pork Meat Processing Industry for the Rapid Detection and Quantification of Salmonella Spp.

Pablos, C.; Marugán, J.; Cristóbal, S.; van Grieken, R.


Photocatalytic disinfection and removal of emeging pollutants from effluents of biological wastewater treatments using a newly developed large-scale solar simulator

Philippe, K.; Timmers, R.; van Grieken, R.; Marugán, J.


Photocatalytic Activity of Suspended and Immobilized Niobium Oxide for Methanol Oxidation and Escherichia coli Inactivation

Morais, L. A.; Adán, C.; Araujo, A. S.; Guedes, A. P. M. A.; Marugán, J.


Photocatalytic Escherichia coli inactivation by means of trivalent Er3+, Y3+ doping of BiVO4 system

Adán, C.; Marugán, J.; Obregón, S.; Colón, G.


Perovskite materials for hydrogen production by thermochemical water splitting

Orfila, M.; Linares, M.; Molina, R.; Botas, J. A.; Sanz, R.; Marugán, J.


Novel simple method for preparing tailored polymer-titania nanotubes hybrid materials

Marugán, J.; Casado, C.; Silverberg, G.; Vecitis, Ch. D.


Understanding the effect of morphology on the photocatalytic activity of TiO2 nanotube array electrodes

Adán, C.; Marugán, J.; Sánchez, E.; Pablos, C.; van Grieken, R.


Photocatalytic activity of bismuth vanadates under UV-A and visible light irradiation: Inactivation of Escherichia coli vs oxidationof methanol

Adán, C.; Marugán, J.; Obregón, S.; Colón, G.


Kinetic modelling of Escherichia coli inactivation in a photocatalytic wall reactor

Marugán, J.; van Grieken, R.; Pablos, C.; Satuf, M. L.; Cassano, A. E.; Alfano, O. M.


Photocatalytic inactivation of Escherichia coli aqueous suspensions in a fixed-bed reactor

Marugán, J.; van Grieken, R.; Pablos, C.; Satuf, M. L.; Cassano, A. E.; Alfano, O. M.


Effect of liquid feed-stock composition on the morphology of titanium dioxide films deposited by thermal plasma spray

Adán, C.; Marugán, J.; van Grieken, R.; Chien, K.; Pershin, L.; Coyle, T.; Mostaghimi, J.


Correlation between photoelectrochemical behaviour and photoelectrocatalytic activity and scaling-up of P25-TiO2 electrodes

Pablos, C.; Marugán, J.; van Grieken, R.; Adán, C.; Riquelme, A.; Palma, J.


Study of the hydrogen production step of the Mn2O3/MnO thermochemical cycle

Marugán, J.; Botas, J. A.; Molina, R.; Herradón, C.


Emerging micropollutant oxidation during disinfection processes using UV-C, UC-C/H2O2, UV-A/TiO2 and UV-A/TiO2/H2O2.

Pablos, C.; Marugán, J.; van Grieken, R.; Serrano, E.


Study of bacterial adhesion onto immobilized TiO2: Effect on the photocatalytic activity for disinfection applications

Pablos, C.; van Grieken, R.; Marugán, J.; Chowdhury, I.; Walker, S. L.


Photoelectrocatalytic study and scaling up of titanium dioxide electrodes for wastewater treatment

Pablos, C.; van Grieken, R.; Marugán, J.; Adán, C.; Osuna, M.; Palma, J.


Determination of photochemical, electrochemical and photoelectrochemical efficiencies in a photoelectrocatalytic reactor

Marugán, J.; van Grieken, R.; Pablos, C.; Adán, C.; Timmers, R.


Kinetic modeling of the first step of Mn2O3/MnO thermochemical cycle for solar hydrogen production

Botas, J. A.; Marugán, J.; Molina, R.; Herradón, C.


Simultaneous photocatalytic oxidation of pharmaceuticals and inactivation of Escherichia coli in wastewater treatment plant effluents with suspended and immobilised TiO2

Pablos, C.; van Grieken, R.; Marugán, J.; Muñoz, A.


Study of the first step of the Mn2O3/MnO thermochemical cycle for solar hydrogen production

Marugán, J.; Botas, J. A.; Martín, M.; Molina, R.; Herradón, C.


Comparative evaluation of acute toxicity by Vibrio fischeri and fern spore based bioassays in the follow-up of toxic chemicals degradation by photocatalysis

Marugán, J.; Bru, D.; Pablos, C.; Catalá, M.


Rigorous kinetic modelling with explicit radiation absorption effects of the photocatalytic inactivation of bacteria in water using suspended titanium dioxide

Marugán, J.; van Grieken, R.; Pablos, C.; Satuf, M. L.; Cassano, A. E.; Alfano, O. M.


Photocatalytic inactivation of bacteria in a fixed-bed reactor: mechanistic insights by epifluorescence microscopy

Pablos, C.; van Grieken, R.; Marugán, J.; Moreno, B.


Influence of hydrocarbon distribution in crude oil and residues on asphaltene stability

Dufuor, J.; Calles, J. A.; Marugán, J.; Giménez-Aguirre, R.; Peña, J. L.; Merino-García, D.


Analogies and differences between photocatalytic oxidation of chemicals and photocatalytic inactivation of microorganisms

Marugán, J.; van Grieken, R.; Pablos, C.; Sordo, C.


Solar photocatalytic disinfection with inmobilised TiO2 at pilot-plant scale

Sordo, C.; van Grieken, R.; Marugán, J.; Fernández-Ibañez, P.


Kinetic modelling of the photocatalytic inactivation of bacteria

Marugán, J.; van Grieken, R.; Cassano, A. E.; Alfano, O. M.


Kinetics and influence of water composition on photocatalytic disinfection and photocatalytic oxidation of pollutants

Marugán, J.; van Grieken, R.; Pablos, C.


Photocatalytic inactivation of E. faecalis in secondary wastewater plant effluents

Backhaus, K.; Marugán, J.; van Grieken, R.; Sordo, C.


Sol-gel titania and titania-silica mixed oxides photocatalysis

van Grieken, R.; Aguado, J.; López-Muñoz, M. J.; Marugán, J.


Comparison between the photocatalytic inactivation of Gram-positive E. faecalis and Gram-negative E. coli faecal contamination indicator microorganisms

van Grieken, R.; Marugán, J.; Pablos, C.; Furones, L.; López, A.


Simultaneous photocatalytic reduction of silver and cyanide oxidation from dicyanoargentate solutions

López-Muñoz, M. J.; Aguado, J.; van Grieken, R.; Marugán, J.


Characterization of the asphaltene onset region by focused-beam laser reflectance: a tool for additives screening

Marugán, J.; Calles, J. A.; Dufour, J.; Giménez-Aguirre, R.; Peña, J. L.; Merino-García, D.


Synthesis, characterization and activity of photocatalytic sol-gel TiO2 powders and electrodes

Marugán, J.; Christensen, P.; Egerton, T.; Purnama, H.


Scaling-up of slurry reactors for the photocatalytic oxidation of cyanide with TiO2 and silica-supported TiO2 suspensions

Marugán, J.; van Grieken, R.; Cassano, A. E.; Alfano, O. M.


Comparison of the photocatalytic disinfection of "E. coli" suspensions in slurry, wall and fixed-bed reactors

van Grieken, R.; Marugán, J.; Sordo, C.; Pablos, C.


Photocatalytic inactivation of bacteria in water using suspended and immobilized silver-TiO2

van Grieken, R.; Marugán, J.; Sordo, C.; Martínez, P.; Pablos, C.


Properties of Asphaltenes Precipitated with Different n-alkanes. A study To Assess the Most Representative Species for Modeling

Calles, J. A.; Dufour, J.; Marugán, J.; Peña, J. L.; Giménez-Aguirre, R.; Merino-García, D.


Kinetics of the photocalytic disinfection of Escherichia coli suspensions

Marugán, J.; van Grieken, R.; Sordo, C.; Cruz, C.


Influence of the synthesis pH on the properties and activity of sol-gel TiO2 photocatalysts

Marugán, J.; Christensen, P.; Egerton, T.; Purnama, H.


Intrinsic kinetic modeling with explicit radiation absorption effects of the photocatalytic oxidation of cyanide with TiO2 and silica-supported TiO2 suspensions

Marugán, J.; van Grieken, R.; Cassano, A. E.; Alfano, O. M.


Quantum efficiency of cyanide photooxidation with TiO2/SiO2 catalysts: Multivariate analysis by experimental desing

Marugán, J.; van Grieken, R.; Alfano, O. M.; Cassano, A. E.


Photocatalytic decoloration and mineralization of dyes with nanocrystalline TiO2/SiO2 materials

Marugán, J.; López-Muñoz, M. J.; Aguado, J.; van Grieken, R.


Solar photocatalytic degradation of dichloroacetic acid with silica-supported titania at pilot plan scale

Marugán, J.; Aguado, J.; Gernjak, W.; Malato, S.


On the comparison of photocatalysts activity: A novel procedure for the measurement of titania surface in TiO2/SiO2 materials

Marugán, J.; López-Muñoz, M. J.; Aguado, J.; van Grieken, R.


Comparison of empirical and kinetic modeling of the photocatalytic oxidation of cyanide

Marugán, J.; van Grieken, R.; Alfano, O. M.; Cassano, A. E.


Photonic efficiency for methanol photooxidation and hydroxyl radical generation on silica-supported TiO2 photocatalysts

Marugán, J.; Hufschmidt, D.; López-Muñoz, M. J.; Selzer, V.; Bahnemann D.


Optical density ad photonic efficiency of silica-supported TiO2 photocatalysts

Marugán, J.; Hufschmidt, D.; Sagawe, G.; Selzer, V.; Bahnemann, D.


A comprehensive study of the synthesis, characterization and activity of TiO2 and TiO2/SiO2 mixed photocatalysts

Aguado, J.; van Grieken, R.; López-Muñoz, M. J.; Marugán, J.


Fe-TiO2-pH interactions in solar degradation of imidacloprid with TiO2/SiO2 photocatalysts at pilot-plant scale.

Marugán, J.; López-Muñoz, M. J.; Gernjak, W.; Malato, S.


Optical properties and physicochemical characterization of silica-supported titanium dioxide photocatalysts

Marugán, J.; van Grieken, R.; Alfano, O. M.; Cassano, A. E.


Photocatalytic gold recovery from spent cyanide plating bath solutions

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