Graduate in Chemical Engineering at Federal University of São Carlos (1995), master (1998) and Ph.D. (2003) in Chemical Engineering at Federal University of São Carlos. Post-doctorate in the Department of Chemistry (UFSCar, 2005) and Water Science and Engineering Laboratory (University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2013). Full professor of the Department of Chemical Engineering, UFSCar, working on electrosorption, adsorption, and electrochemical engineering, applied to the treatment of effluents containing heavy metals and organic pollutants, desalination, water electrolysis and CO2 conversion to chemicals. The subject of interest are: Capacitive deionization, electrochemical processes and reactors, metal recovery, electrooxidation of organic pollutants, electrochemical processes to obtain industrial chemicals, and materials development for these processes. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The capacitive deionization (CDI) is based on the removal of ions by capturing and storing them in the double electric layer formed when a pair of electrodes are polarized. Due to the low energy consumption and ease maintenance and operation, the interest of the scientific community has been growing exponentially in the las decade, aiming applications such as effluent and water treatment…
In the last few years has being growing the interest by the technology called capacitive deionization (CDI) or electrosorption due to its low cost and application for desalination and water softening. In the Brazilian context, the development of CDI would be of great importance for brackish water desalination to provide drinkable water to the semiarid in order to promote the economic and …
In the last few years, the interest in capacitive deionization technology (CDI) has been increasing progressively due to its low cost and the possibility of using it for water treatment (desalination and softening) and wastewater treatment. In the Brazilian context, the development of this new technology would be of great interest since it could be used to provide drinking water from brac…
The problems caused by the growing of the environmental contamination by pesticides have been calling the attention of researches, authorities, and population in general since their effects have been more present in our lives. Environmental contamination can be avoided by using, in most cases, biological treatments. However, some classes of compounds, among them many pesticides, are refra…
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The presence of organic and inorganic compounds in water and industrial effluents has stimulated the search for technological alternatives for their treatment and decontamination, to mitigate their impact on the environment, while maintaining their economic attractiveness. Among organic pollutants, phenolic compounds are substances that pose a risk to human health and the environment. To …
In the last few years the interest by the capacitive deionization technology (CDI) for water treatment (desalination and softening) has been exponentially increasing due to its efficiency and low energy consumption. The development of this technology for desalination in Brazil would be very welcome in order to provide potable water from brackish water to the semiarid region, thus promotin…
Electrochemical processes applied to effluent treatment can be optimized in order to obtain maximum current efficiency and minimum energy consumption. This optimization occurs applying to the process the limiting current (IL), which is a function of electroactive species concentration and flow velocity. One of the techniques used to determine the limiting current consists in the calculati…
Phenolic compounds are common organic pollutants found in effluents resulting from industrial sectors. Among the treatment processes for these pollutants, adsorption using activated carbon (AC) stands out due to its low cost and ease operation. ACs obtained from the conversion of biowaste are increasing in importance due to their sustainable aspects. Glycerol is a biowaste from the biodie…
Water scarcity has become a serious problem in the last few years. In spite of the large amount of water still available in the planet, great part of this water presents high concentration of salts and, consequently, not drinkable. In this context, the capacitive deionization (CDI) emerged as a low-cost technology that can be used for desalination of brackish water. Nevertheless, there ar…
The aim of this post-doc project is the synthesis and characterization of a new photocatalyst of nitrogen-doped titanium oxide (N-TiO2) whose main purpose is to obtain photoelectrocatalytic activity in the visible radiation spectra. The photocatalyst is proposed to be prepared by ionothermal synthesis by using different proportions of a titanium source and a specific eutectic mixture cont…
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