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John Anthony (Tony) Byrne is a Professor of Photocatalysis in the School of Engineering. He leads the Clean Technology research theme within the Nanotechnology and Integrated BioEngineering Centre (NIBEC). Tony's teaching and research focuses on nanotechnology for environmental and energy applications. Tony is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.Tony studied biology and chemistry at Ulster at undergraduate level, obtaining a 1st class honours degree and studied his DPhil in chemistry at Ulster under the supervision of Dr Brian Eggins. He continued his research career at Ulster and was appointed as a lecturer in the School of Engineering in 2005. He was rapidly promoted and made Professor in 2012. Tony's research is focused on photocatalytic nanomaterials for use in environmental remediation and renewable energy applications. He also has an interest the fabrication and characterisation of nanomaterials, focusing mainly on metal oxides. Tony leads the Photocatalysis Research team at Ulster.He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, and serves on the committee of the RSC Northern Ireland Section Committee, the RSC Photochemistry interest group and the Chemical Nanoscience and Nanotechnology interest group. He is the Chair of the Professional Bodies Forum in support of the All Party Group on Science and Technology (NI Assembly) and a Board Member of the Northern Ireland Science Festival.
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Drinking water treatment by multistage filtration on a household scale: Efficiency and challenges
medeiros, R. C., Fava, N. D. M. N., Freitas, B. L. S., Sabogal-Paz, L. P., Hoffmann, M. T., Davis, J., Fernandez-Ibanez, P. & Byrne, J., 19 Apr 2020, In : Water Research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Enhanced Photocatalytic Degradation of the Imidazolinone Herbicide Imazapyr upon UV/Vis Irradiation in the Presence of CaxMnOy-TiO2 Hetero-Nanostructures: Degradation Pathways and Reaction Intermediates
Bougarrani, S., Sharma, P., Hamilton, J., Singh, A., Canle, M., El Azzouzi, M. & Byrne, J., 8 May 2020, In : Nanomaterials. 10, 5, p. 1-22 22 p., 896.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Photoelectrochemical reduction of CO2 with TiNT
Cortes, M., McMichael, S., Hamilton, J., Sharma, P., Brown, A. & Byrne, J., 15 Mar 2020, In : Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing. 108, 104900.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Predatory bacteria in combination with solar disinfection and solar photocatalysis for the treatment of rainwater
Waso, M., Khan, S., Singh, A., McMichael, S., Ahmed, W., Fernandez-Ibanez, P., Byrne, J. & Khan, W., 1 Feb 2020, In : Water Research. 169, 1, p. 1 9 p., 115281.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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The use of titanium dioxide nanotubes as photoanodes for chloride oxidation
Boyle, C., Skillen, N., Gunaratne, N., Sharma, P., Byrne, J. & Robertson, P., 30 Apr 2020, In : Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing. 109, 104930.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Global Challenge Pump-Prime workshop: Sustainable Design and Shared Space
Saul Golden (Organiser), Mervyn Smyth (Organiser), John Byrne (Participant), Pilar Fernandez-Ibanez (Participant), Michael Brennan (Participant), David Turnbull (Participant), Francis Agyenim Boateng (Participant)20 Nov 2017 → 21 Nov 2017
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