Ciara Byrne

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Ciara Byrne is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ciara Byrne has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 8 papers in Materials Chemistry and 4 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ciara Byrne's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (9 papers), TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (9 papers) and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (4 papers). Ciara Byrne is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (9 papers), TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (9 papers) and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (4 papers). Ciara Byrne collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United Kingdom and Slovenia. Ciara Byrne's co-authors include Suresh C. Pillai, Gokulakrishnan Subramanian, Priyanka Ganguly, Ailish Breen, Steven J. Hinder, Michael Nolan, Stephen Rhatigan, Declan E. McCormack, Rachel Fagan and John Bartlett and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Journal of Catalysis and Molecules.

In The Last Decade

Ciara Byrne

14 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Recent advances in photocatalysis for environmental appli... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Recent advances in photocatalysis for environmental applications
    2017 659 citations Ciara Byrne, Gokulakrishnan Subramanian et al. Journal of environmental chemical engineering profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ciara Byrne Ireland 11 1.1k 861 262 186 136 15 1.5k
J.J. Murcia Spain 20 1.2k 1.1× 1.0k 1.2× 260 1.0× 183 1.0× 148 1.1× 45 1.6k
Wen Wang China 22 667 0.6× 611 0.7× 313 1.2× 166 0.9× 283 2.1× 81 1.3k
Yanling Yang China 21 743 0.7× 733 0.9× 354 1.4× 178 1.0× 163 1.2× 46 1.4k
Dhananjay Bhatkhande India 8 1.1k 1.0× 755 0.9× 208 0.8× 132 0.7× 347 2.6× 16 1.5k
E. Pulido Melián Spain 24 1.1k 1.0× 901 1.0× 253 1.0× 81 0.4× 195 1.4× 45 1.5k
Juanrong Chen China 16 1.5k 1.3× 1.2k 1.4× 376 1.4× 107 0.6× 118 0.9× 27 1.8k
Chhabilal Regmi South Korea 19 942 0.8× 882 1.0× 588 2.2× 148 0.8× 152 1.1× 40 1.4k
Xueming Yang China 5 1.3k 1.1× 1.0k 1.2× 361 1.4× 94 0.5× 69 0.5× 6 1.5k
Xueying Zhang China 18 506 0.5× 840 1.0× 217 0.8× 167 0.9× 182 1.3× 47 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Ciara Byrne

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ciara Byrne

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ciara Byrne

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ciara Byrne. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ciara Byrne based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ciara Byrne. Ciara Byrne is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Byrne, Ciara, et al.. (2025). Unveiling the impact of synthesis routes on water and ethanol sorption performance of ZIF-71 and ZIF-93. Materials Advances. 6(16). 5576–5587. 2 indexed citations
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Byrne, Ciara, Matjaž Mazaj, & Nataša Zabukovec Logar. (2024). Assessing the heat storage potential of zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) using water and ethanol as working fluids. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 332. 130143–130143. 5 indexed citations
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Byrne, Ciara, Priyanka Ganguly, Michael Nolan, et al.. (2024). Impact of Au on the transition temperature and photocatalytic activity of TiO2. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry. 456. 115848–115848.
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Byrne, Ciara, et al.. (2021). Green Solvents as an Alternative to DMF in ZIF-90 Synthesis. Molecules. 26(6). 1573–1573. 19 indexed citations
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Byrne, Ciara, Saoirse Dervin, Daphne Hermosilla, et al.. (2021). Solar light assisted photocatalytic degradation of 1,4-dioxane using high temperature stable anatase W-TiO2 nanocomposites. Catalysis Today. 380. 199–208. 22 indexed citations
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Byrne, Ciara, et al.. (2021). Evaluation of ZIF-8 and ZIF-90 as Heat Storage Materials by Using Water, Methanol and Ethanol as Working Fluids. Crystals. 11(11). 1422–1422. 14 indexed citations
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Byrne, Ciara, Stephen Rhatigan, Daphne Hermosilla, et al.. (2019). Modification of TiO2 with hBN: high temperature anatase phase stabilisation and photocatalytic degradation of 1,4-dioxane. Journal of Physics Materials. 3(1). 15009–15009. 12 indexed citations
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Byrne, Ciara, Daphne Hermosilla, Noemí Merayo, et al.. (2019). Effect of Cu doping on the anatase-to-rutile phase transition in TiO2 photocatalysts: Theory and experiments. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 246. 266–276. 147 indexed citations
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Mathew, Snehamol, Priyanka Ganguly, Stephen Rhatigan, et al.. (2018). Cu-Doped TiO2: Visible Light Assisted Photocatalytic Antimicrobial Activity. Applied Sciences. 8(11). 2067–2067. 175 indexed citations
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Pillai, Suresh C., Ciara Byrne, Changseok Han, et al.. (2017). Photocatalysis as an effective advanced oxidation process. Water Intelligence Online. 16. 333–381. 14 indexed citations
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Byrne, Ciara, Gokulakrishnan Subramanian, & Suresh C. Pillai. (2017). Recent advances in photocatalysis for environmental applications. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 6(3). 3531–3555. 659 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ganguly, Priyanka, Ciara Byrne, Ailish Breen, & Suresh C. Pillai. (2017). Antimicrobial activity of photocatalysts: Fundamentals, mechanisms, kinetics and recent advances. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 225. 51–75. 281 indexed citations
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Byrne, Ciara, Rachel Fagan, Steven J. Hinder, Declan E. McCormack, & Suresh C. Pillai. (2016). New approach of modifying the anatase to rutile transition temperature in TiO2 photocatalysts. RSC Advances. 6(97). 95232–95238. 127 indexed citations
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Garvey, Mary, Eugen Panaitescu, Latika Menon, et al.. (2016). Titania nanotube photocatalysts for effectively treating waterborne microbial pathogens. Journal of Catalysis. 344. 631–639. 18 indexed citations
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Sullivan, Timothy, Ciara Byrne, Luke Harman, et al.. (2014). Determination of spatial and temporal variability of pH and dissolved oxygen concentrations in a seasonally hypoxic semi-enclosed marine basin using continuous monitoring. Analytical Methods. 6(15). 5489–5497. 7 indexed citations

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