Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability

Dr BO Orimolade

College of Science, Engineering and Technology
Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
E-mail: orimobo@unisa.ac.za

Qualifications

  • PhD Chemistry

Fields of academic interests

  • Wastewater treatments through photoelectrochemical techniques using nanostructured metal oxides semiconductors

Field of Specialisation

  • Electrochemistry
  • nanomaterials
  • environmental chemistry

Journal articles

  • B.O. Orimolade, A.O. Idris, U. Feleni, B. Mamba (2021). Recent advances in degradation of pharmaceuticals using Bi2WO6 mediated photocatalysis – A comprehensive review. Environmental Pollution 289: 117891

  • A.A. Nada, B.O. Orimolade, H.H. El-maghrabi, B.A. Koiki, M. Rivallin, M.F. Bekheet, R. Viter, D. Damberga, G. Lesage, I. Iatsunskyi, E. Coy, M. Cretin, O.A. Arotiba, M. Bechelany (2021). Photoelectrocatalysis of paracetamol on Pd – ZnO / N-doped carbon nanofibers electrode. Applied Materials Today 24: 101129

  • B.O. Orimolade, B.N. Zwane, B.A. Koiki, M. Rivallin, M. Bechelany, N. Mabuba, G. Lesage, M. Cretin, O.A. Arotiba (2020) Coupling cathodic Electro-Fenton with anodic photo-electrochemical oxidation: A feasibility study on the mineralization of paracetamol. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering  8(5): 104394.

  • B.O. Orimolade, O.A. Arotiba (2020) Bismuth vanadate in photoelectrocatalytic water treatment systems for degradation of organics: A review of recent trends. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 878: 114724.

  • B.O. Orimolade, O.A. Arotiba (2020) Towards visible light driven photoelectrocatalysis for water treatment: Application of a FTO/BiVO4/Ag2S heterojunction anode for the removal of emerging pharmaceutical pollutants. Scientific Reports 10: 1–13.

  • B.O. Orimolade, B.N. Zwane, B.A. Koiki, L. Tshwenya, G.M. Peleyeju, N. Mabuba, M. Zhou, O.A. Arotiba (2020) Solar photoelectrocatalytic degradation of ciprofloxacin at a FTO/BiVO4/MnO2 anode: Kinetics, intermediate products and degradation pathway studies. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 8(1): 103607.

  • O.A. Arotiba, B.O. Orimolade, B.A. Koiki (2020) Visible Light Driven Photoelectrocatalytic Semiconductor Heterojunction Anodes for Water Treatment Applications, Current Opinion in Electrochemistry April: 1–10.

  • B.O. Orimolade, B.A. Koiki, G.M. Peleyeju, O.A. Arotiba (2019). Visible light driven photoelectrocatalysis on a FTO/BiVO4/BiOI anode for water treatment involving emerging pharmaceutical pollutants. Electrochimica Acta 307: 285-292.

  • B.O. Orimolade, B.A. Koiki, B.N. Zwane, G.M. Peleyeju, N. Mabuba, O.A. Arotiba (2019). Interrogating solar photoelectrocatalysis on an exfoliated graphite–BiVO4/ZnO composite electrode towards water treatment. RSC Advances 9(29): 16586.

  • B.O. Orimolade, O.A. Arotiba (2019). An Exfoliated Graphite-Bismuth Vanadate Composite Photoanode for the Photoelectrochemical Degradation of Acid Orange 7 Dye. Electrocatalysis 10:429–435.

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