Full Professor

Prof. David Zitoun

Full Professor
Telephone
Email
david.zitoun@biu.ac.il
Office
Bldg. 206, Room B236. Laboratory Phone: 03-7384513
Reception Hours
Sunday-Thursday, 8-18
    CV

    Academic carreer:

    2014-         : Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Bar Ilan University

    2009 - 2014: Senior lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Bar Ilan University

    2004 - 2009:      Senior lecturer, Universite Montpellier II, France

     

    Education
    1995 - 1999: M.Sc., Physical Chemistry Ecole Normale Superieure, Lyon, France
    2000 - 2003: Ph.D., Coordination Chemistry Universite Toulouse III, France
    2003 - 2004: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Inorganic chemistry, Nanowire Research Laboratory, Department of chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California, U.S.A. (Professor Peidong Yang).

    Research

     

    Bottom-up approach of nano-devices

    The aim of the laboratory is to elaborate nano-components for batteries, fuel cells, redox-flow batteries and sensors. The laboratory works on the integration of these nano-building blocks in devices.

    Dr Zitoun's lab develops an alternative route to elaborate thin films using wet chemistry deposition. Two major routes are explored; the first one consists in the colloidal synthesis of nanospheres and nanowires which are spread on the substrate by wet coating. In a second approach, the molecular precursor is directly targeted to the substrate and reacts in situ. The lab synthesizes reactive organometallic complexes and studies the thermolysis, photolysis and chemical reduction of these complexes. Dr. Zitoun brings a major achievement with the use of designed reactive organometallic precursors that could be decomposed to form metallic coatings down to room temperature. This approach allows direct synthesis on the desired substrate (metallic, plastic...) with the use of standard coating equipment and/or state of the art research equipment, like Atomic Layer Deposition.
     

    Particular research areas (projects):

    1. Nanomaterials

    2. Energy storage

    3. Magnetism

    Courses

    Advanced Inorganic Chemistry

    Patents
    1. Nouveaux matériaux contenant des éléments du groupe 14

    D. Zitoun, C. Belin, M. Tillard, L. Lacroix-Orio Patent FR07/01282

     

    1. Nouveaux matériaux contenant des éléments du groupe 14

    D. Zitoun, C. Belin, M. Tillard, L. Lacroix-Orio, M. Pelosi Patent FR08/03601

     

    1. Novel Materials Including Elements of group 14

    D. Zitoun, C. Belin, M. Tillard, L. Lacroix-Orio, M. Pelosi Patent WO 2008/122711

     

    1. Procédé de synthèse d'aluminates de métaux alcalino-terreux

    J.S. Filhol, D. Zitoun, A. Manteghetti Patent FR2922545

     

    1. ANODE CATALYST FOR USE IN A REDOX FLOW BATTERY

    D. Zitoun, G. Gershinsky, P. Nanikashvili Provisional patent application (2017)   62/467,260

     

    1. METHOD FOR FABRICATING MULTI-METALLIC HYDROGEN OXIDATION ELECTROCATALYST MATERIALS

    D. Zitoun, M. Shviro. M. Alesker Provisional patent application (2017)   62/541,810

     

    1. HYDROGEN SENSOR FROM ORGANOMETALLIC PRECURSOR

    D. Zitoun, G. Rahamim Provisional patent application (2018) 62/

     

    1. SILVER-BASED CATALYST FOR HIGHLY EFFICIENT ELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING AND SCALABLE PROCESS FOR PRODUCING IT

    Provisional patent application (2018) US 62/661,150

     

     

     

    Research Group

    Lab Manager

    Anya Muzikansky

    Staff Scientists:                                        

    Dr. Pilkhaz Nanikashvili
     

    Post-Doctoral Fellows:

    Yana Miroshnikov

    Dr. Vineesh Thazhe Veettil 

    PhD Students:

    Yelena Gershinsky

    Guy Rahamim

    Kobby Saadi

    Shlomi Polani

    Valeria Yarmiayev

    Victor Shokhen

    Samuel Hardisty

    Melina Zysler

    Yaakov Mandelbaum

    MSc. students:

     Ilai Landau

    Meir Golan

    Zhanna Tatus Portnoy

    Tal Klingbell

    Michael Mirilashvili

     

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    חוקרים:

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    ולריה ירמילייב

    מלי זיסלר

    גיא רחמים

    ויקטור שוכן

    קובי סעדי

    סמואל הרדיסטי

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    Last Updated Date : 29/05/2024