Papers in Peer-Reviewed Journals

2025

1. A.L.R. Cabral, L.R. Barroca, M.Pedrosa, A.R.L. Ribeiro, A.M.T. Silva. "Drinking water treatment: Removal of pharmaceuticals using a Spirulina-based carbon biosorbent", Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2025, 75, 107993. 10.1016/j.jwpe.2025.107993 

2024

2. M. Antonopoulou, A. Tzamaria, M.F.F. Pedrosa, A.R.L. Ribeiro, A.M.T. Silva, T. Kaloudis, A. Hiskia, D. Vlastos, "Spirulina-based carbon materials as adsorbents for drinking water taste and odor control: Removal efficiency and assessment of cyto-genotoxic effects", Science of The Total Environment 2024, 927, 172227. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172227 

3. A. Fdez-Sanromán, A. Torres-Pinto, E. Rosales, C.G. Silva, J.L. Faria, M. Pazos, A.M.T. Silva, "Optimisation of a photoelectrochemical system for the removal of pharmaceuticals in water using graphitic carbon nitride", Catalysis Today 2024, 432, 114578. 10.1016/j.cattod.2024.114578

4. J.F.J.R. Pesqueira, M.F.R. Pereira, A.M.T. Silva, "Carbon-based composites in advanced wastewater treatment: A life cycle assessment of TiO2 and GO-TiO2 solar photocatalysis", Journal of Cleaner Production 2024, 444, 140845. 10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.140845

5. E. Beltrán-Flores, P. Blánquez, A.M. Gorito, M. Sarrà, A.M.T. Silva, "Combining fungal bioremediation and ozonation for rinse wastewater treatment", Science of the Total Environment 2024, 912. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169198

6. A.M. Chávez, A. Torres-Pinto, P.M. Álvarez, J.L. Faria, C.G. Silva, A.M.T. Silva, "One-pot synthesis and immobilization of urea-derived graphitic carbon nitride onto ceramic foams for visible-light photocatalytic wet peroxide oxidation in water treatment", Chemical Engineering Journal 2024, 481. 10.1016/j.cej.2023.148141

7. A. Torres-Pinto, A.M. Díez, C.G. Silva, J.L. Faria, M.Á. Sanromán, A.M.T. Silva, M. Pazos, "Tuning graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) electrocatalysts for efficient oxygen evolution reaction (OER)", Fuel 2024, 360. 10.1016/j.fuel.2023.130575

8. A. Torres-Pinto, A.R.T. Fernandes, C.G. Silva, J.L. Faria, A.M.T. Silva, "The role of added oxidising agents in assisting the photocatalytic treatment of olive mill wastewater using a metal-free g-C3N4 optical semiconductor", Journal of Water Process Engineering 2024, 58. 10.1016/j.jwpe.2023.104722

2023

9. T.I.A. Gouveia, A.M. Gorito, M.B. Cristóvão, V.J. Pereira, J. Crespo, A. Alves, M.F.R. Pereira, A.R.L. Ribeiro, A.M.T. Silva, M.S.F. Santos, "Nanofiltration combined with ozone-based processes for the removal of antineoplastic drugs from wastewater effluents", Journal of Environmental Management 2023, 348. 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119314

10. J. Nieto-Sandoval, A. Torres-Pinto, M. Pedrosa, M. Munoz, Z.M. de Pedro, C.G. Silva, J.L. Faria, J.A. Casas, A.M.T. Silva, "Application of g-C3N4-PVDF membrane for the photocatalytic degradation of micropollutants in continuous flow mode: Impact of water matrix", Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 2023, 11. 10.1016/j.jece.2023.110586

11. A. Torres-Pinto, A.M. Díez, C.G. Silva, J.L. Faria, M.Á. Sanromán, A.M.T. Silva, M. Pazos, "Photoelectrocatalytic degradation of pharmaceuticals promoted by a metal-free g‑C3N4 catalyst", Chemical Engineering Journal 2023, 476. 10.1016/j.cej.2023.146761

12. A. Torres-Pinto, I. Velo-Gala, S. Ribeirinho-Soares, O.C. Nunes, C.G. Silva, J.L. Faria, A.M.T. Silva, "Novel photoelectrochemical 3D-system for water disinfection by deposition of modified carbon nitride on vitreous carbon foam", Environmental Research 2023, 237. 10.1016/j.envres.2023.117019