Research Interests

· Advanced oxidation processes – ozonation, photocatalysis, Fenton’s oxidation, sulfate radical/persulfate oxidation and electrochemical advanced oxidation processes applied to water/wastewater and soil remediation

· Environmental electrochemistry

· Heterogeneous catalysis/electrocatalysis/photocatalysis

· Synthesis and characterization of electrocatalysts and photocatalysts

· Preparation and modification of nanostructured electrodes for environmental applications

· Waste-to-energy and valuable resources recovery from wastewater

Scientific and professional membership

Member, International Society of Electrochemistry

Awards

2017: Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological development Postdoctoral Fellowship

2013-2016: European Union Commission, Erasmus Mundus Scholarship

2011-2013: European Union Commission, Erasmus Mundus Scholarship

Selected publications

· Electrochemical advanced oxidation processes (EAOPs) as alternative treatment techniques for carwash wastewater reclamation and reuse

Soliu O. Ganiyu, Elisama V. dos Santos, Emily C. Tossi de Araújo Costa, Carlos A. Martinez-Huitle

Chemosphere 211 (2018) 998–1006

· Electrochemical mineralization of sulfamethoxazole over wide pH range using Fe^IIFe^III LDH modified carbon felt cathode: Degradation pathway, toxicity and reusability of the modified cathode

Soliu O. Ganiyu, Thi Xuan Huong Le, Mikhael Bechelany, Nihal Oturan, Stefano Papirio, Giovanni Esposito, Eric D. van Hullebusch, Marc Cretin, Mehmet A. Oturan

Chemical Engineering Journal 350 (2018) 844–855

· Efficiency of plasma elaborated sub-stoichiometric titanium oxide (Ti₄O₇) ceramic electrode for advanced electrochemical degradation of paracetamol in different electrolyte media

Soliu O. Ganiyu, Nihal Oturan, Stéphane Raffy, Marc Cretin, Cristel Causserand, Mehmet A. Oturan

Separation and Purification Technology 208 (2019) 142–152

· Heterogeneous electro-Fenton and photoelectro-Fenton processes: A critical review of fundamental principles and application for water/wastewater treatment

Soliu O. Ganiyu, Minghua Zhou, Carlos A. Martínez-Huitle

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 235 (2018)103 – 129

· Hierarchical CoFe-Layered Double Hydroxide Modified Carbon-felt Cathode for Heterogeneous Electro-Fenton Process

Soliu O. Ganiyu, Thi Xuan Huong Le, Mikhael Bechelany, Giovanni Esposito, Eric D. van Hullebusch, Mehmet A. Oturan, Marc Cretin

Journal of Material Chemistry A 5 (2017) 3655-3666

· Use of Sub-stoichiometric Titanium Oxide as a Ceramic Electrode in Anodic Oxidation and Electro-Fenton Degradation of the Beta-blocker Propranolol: Degradation Kinetics and Mineralization Pathway

Soliu O. Ganiyu, Nihal Oturan, Stéphane Raffy, Giovanni Esposito, Eric D. van Hullebusch, Marc Cretin, Mehmet A. Oturan

Electrochimica Acta 242 (2018) 34 –354

· Sub-stoichiometric titanium oxide as a new anode material for electro-Fenton process: Application to electrocatalytic destruction of antibiotic amoxicillin

Nihal Oturan, Soliu O. Ganiyu, Stephane Raffy, Mehmet A. Oturan

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 217, 214-223

· Sub-stoichiometric titanium Oxide (Ti₄O₇) as a suitable ceramic anode for electrooxidation of organic pollutants: A case study of kinetics, mineralization and toxicity assessment of amoxicillin

Soliu O. Ganiyu, Oturan, N., Raffy, S., Cretin, M., Esmilaire, R., van Hullebusch, E.D., Esposito, G., Oturan, M.A.

Water Research 106, 171-181

· Coupling of membrane filtration and advanced oxidation processes for the removal of pharmaceutical residues

Soliu O. Ganiyu, van Hullebusch, E.D., Cretin, M., Esposito, G., Oturan, M.A.

Separation and Purification Technololgy 156 (2015) 891-914

· Electrochemical Oxidation of Acid Violet 7 Dye by Using Si/BDD and Nb/BDD Electrodes

Chrystiane N. Brito, Maiara B. Ferreira, Suzana M. L. de O. Marcionilio, Elaine Cristina M. de Moura Santos, José J. Linares Léon, Soliu O. Ganiyu, Carlos A. Martínez-Huitle

Journal of the Electrochemical Society 165 (2018) E250 – E255

Contact

Email: ganiyu@ualberta.ca