Assistant Prof. Arava Zohar
Faculty:
Materials Science and Engineering
Main energy field:
Energy Storage
About:
PhD – 2015-2020 – Weizmann institute, Halide perovskite Solar cells
MSc – 2012-2014 – Weizmann institute, Electronic characterization of Si- based solar devices
BSc – 2004-2008 – Ben-Gurion University, Chemical Eng.
Roles, Chairs, prizes
2021- Ben Gurion university Fellowship for Engineering and science postdoctoral abroad
2020- Elings postdoctoral fellow at the California Nanosystems Institute, UCSB
2018- Best poster award from “International Symposium on Energy Science and Technology conference,” OIST, Japan
2008- Excellence Scholarship award from Makhtesgim Agan (ADAMA) for ungraduated students
Research Area in Energy:
The relationship between structure and functionality for energy storage materials
Research Interests:
Energy Storage and Conversion
Selected Publications:
Zohar, A.; Li, T.; Zhou, Y.; Wyckoff, K.E.; Bologna, A.J.; Patterson, A.; Pilon, L.; Seshadri, R. Fast Charging from Low Li-Ion Migration Barriers in Wadsley–Roth NaNb7O18 Anodes Chem. Mater. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c02980
Morgan, E. E.; Zohar, A.; Lipkin, S.; Monserrat, B.; Vaidyanathan, S.; Loeffler, D.; Zhang, R.; Schierle-Arndt, K.; Cheetham, A.K.; Seshadri, R. Screening Aluminum-Based Compounds as Low-k Dielectrics for High-Frequency Applications, Chem. Mater. 2024, 36, 3, 1228–1237, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c01975
Liu, R.; Wei, Z.; Peng, L.; Zhang, L.; Zohar, A.; Schoeppner, R.; Wang, P.; Wan, C.; Zhu, D.; Liu, H.; Wang, Z.; S. Tolbert, H.; Dunn, B.; Huang, Y.; Sautet, P.; & Duan, X. S.; Deciphering the reaction networks for the sixteen-electron sulfur reduction reaction. Nature, 626, 98–104, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06918-4
Zohar, A.; Wyckoff, K. E.; Vincent, R. C.; Mates, T. E.; Seshadri, R. Controlling Operating Voltages in Molybdenum Oxide Anodes Through Inductive Effects, Chem. Mater. 2023, 35, 5009–5016. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c00354
Zohar, A.; Kulbak, M.; Turren-Cruz, S. H.; Nayak, P. K.; Kama, A.; Hagfeldt, A.; Snaith, H. J.; Hodes, G.; Cahen, D. In Operando, Photovoltaic, and Microscopic Evaluation of Recombination Centers in Halide Perovskite-Based Solar Cells. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 14, 34171–34179. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c08675
Zohar, A.; Levine, I.; Gupta, S.; Davidson, O.; Azulay, D.; Millo, O.; Balberg, I.; Hodes, G.; Cahen, D. What Is the Mechanism of MAPbI3 p-Doping by I2? Insights from Optoelectronic Properties. ACS Energy Lett. 2017, 2, 2408–2414. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.7b00698
Zohar, A.; Kedem, N.; Levine, I.; Zohar, D.; Vilan, A.; Ehre, D.; Hodes, G.; Cahen, D. Impedance Spectroscopic Indication for Solid State Electrochemical Reaction in (CH3NH3)PbI3 Films. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2016, 7, 191–197. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b02618