Faculty

Aharon and Rachel Dahan Nano-Energy Center

Main Research Areas

• The electrochemistry of active metals.
• The electrochemistry of polar aprotic systems.
• Development of spectroscopic methods (in situ and ex situ) for sensitive electrochemical systems (FTIR, AFM, EQCM, STM, XRD, EIS, Raman).
• Development of rechargeable high energy density batteries (Li, Mg, Li ion).
  
• Basic studies of electrochemical intercalation processes (active metal ions into carbonaceous materials and transition metal oxides and sulfides).
• Electrochemistry of modified electrodes, development of sensors.
• The study and improvement of electrocoloring processes for aluminum surfaces
• Carbon engineering and electrochemistry, R&D of EDL capacitors.
  
• Electronically conducting polymers.

Awards

• 2012 - The ICS Prize for Exellence
• 2011 - The Landau Prize for Green Chemistry
• 2007 - The Edwards Company Prize of the Israel Vacuum Society (IVS) for research Excellence
  
• 2005 - The Technology Award of the Battery Division of the Electrochemical Society (ECS).

Education

• Ph.D. - Physical Organic Chemistry (with the highest distinction). Bar-Ilan University, Israel - Sept. 1983.
  Doctoral Dissertation -  "Nucleophilic Reactions with Substituted Bicyclobutanes". (Supervisor: Prof. S. Hoz).
• M.Sc. - Physical Organic Chemistry (Summa cum Laude), Bar-Ilan University, Israel - July 1980.
• B.Sc. - Chemistry (Magna cum Laude) Bar-Ilan Univ., Israel - June 1978.
  Chemical Engineering, Technion (Summa cum Laude) - May 1982.

My Students

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