Prof.
Avner
Rothschild
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
English, Hebrew
- STEM Chemistry, Engineering
- Fields: Chemistry, Engineering
- Chemistry Sub-Fields: Catalysis, Electrochemistry, Material Science, Materials Chemistry, Sustainable Energy and Environment
- Engineering Sub-Fields: Materials Engineering
- Research Keywords: Catalysis, Energy conversion, fuel cells, Green Energy
Research Interests
Solid-state electrochemistry; Defect chemistry and transport properties of metal-oxides; Semiconducting metal-oxides and their application in electronic and optoelectronic devices; Photoelectrochemical water splitting; Materials, processes and systems for green hydrogen production: alkaline electrolysis, advanced electrolysis processes, decoupled water splitting.
Selected Awards
European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant (2023-2028)
Israel Breakthrough Research Prize, Climate Solutions Prize (2022)
Environmental Sustainability Innovation Lab (ESIL) Climatech Challenge (2022)
Royal Society of Chemistry’s Materials Chemistry Division Horizon Prize (2022)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2021)
Prime Minister’s Prize for Global Innovation in Alternative Fuels (2020)
L. Shirley Tark Chair in Science (2020)
Kavli fellow of the National Academy of Sciences (2017)
European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant (2014-2020)
Israel Breakthrough Research Prize, Climate Solutions Prize (2022)
Environmental Sustainability Innovation Lab (ESIL) Climatech Challenge (2022)
Royal Society of Chemistry’s Materials Chemistry Division Horizon Prize (2022)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2021)
Prime Minister’s Prize for Global Innovation in Alternative Fuels (2020)
L. Shirley Tark Chair in Science (2020)
Kavli fellow of the National Academy of Sciences (2017)
European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant (2014-2020)
