President of Bar Ilan University

Prof. Arie Zaban

President of Bar Ilan University

Telephone

Arie.Zaban@biu.ac.il

Office

Nanotechnology Bldg. (206), Room B135. Laboratory Phone: 03-5317960

Personal Website

Research Categories

Education:

Postdoctorate in photophysics and photoelectrochemistry, National Renewable

Energy Laboratory (NREL).

A research on dye sensitized solar cells and organic semiconductors.

(Supervisors: Dr. A. J. Nozik and Dr. B. A. Gregg).

Ph.D. in Electrochemistry, Bar-Ilan University Israel,

Thesis: "Impedance spectroscopy of active metals in polar aprotic solutions".

B.Sc. in Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University Israel,

Awards:

2015		The Israel Chemical Society Research Excellence Prize
2011		The Israeli Vacuum Society (IVS) Research Excellence Prize
2007		Michael Landau Research Prize in Renewable Energy
2001		The Israel Chemical Society Prize for Outstanding Young Scientist.
1998		Mifal Hapayis Found: Michael Landau Excellent PhD Prize.

Research

Sustainable energy, Chemistry

· Solar energy.

· Combinatorial Materials Science for Next Generation Photovoltaics.

· Nanoporous wide band-gap semiconductor electrodes, single material and core-shell systems.

· Nanosize wide band-gap semiconductors with controlled properties via surface control.

· Low cost spectral splitting for multi-bandgap photovoltaics.

· Interdigitated organic/inorganic nanosize layers towards the development of low cost “plastic” solar cells and smart polymers.

· Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSC).

Last Updated Date : 19/11/2023