Dr. Paz Nativ
Faculty:
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Main energy field:
Electrochemical energy storage and conversion; Alternative fuels; Resource recovery for sustainable energy system; Conversion technologies
About:
PhD – 2016 – 2020, Technion, Environmental Engineering
MSc – 2014 – 2016, Technion, Environmental Engineering
BSc – 2010 – 2014, Technion, Environmental Engineering
Roles, Chairs, prizes, etc.
2024 – Recipient of the “Energy and Climate Change” scholarship, awarded $60,000 annually for two years by the Planning and Budgeting Committee (VATAT), Israel.
2022 – Hershel Rich Technion Innovation Award for the work “DistanSea – Live seafood transport solutions.”
Research Area in Energy:
We focus on electrochemical processes for energy storage, alternative fuels, and resource recovery. By combining electrochemistry, ion-selective materials, and thermodynamic modeling, we develop systems that couple selective ion capture with energy conversion. Current research includes electrochemically switched ion exchange (ESIX), capacitive-Faradaic systems, ammonia-based energy technologies, and electrochemical methods for recovering valuable resources from water, wastewater, and brines.
Research Interests:
Alternative Fuels
Developing electrochemical technologies for ammonia capture and conversion, enabling the use of ammonia as a carbon-free fuel and hydrogen carrier.
Hydrogen Technologies
Investigating hydrogen production, storage, and utilization through electrochemical systems, including ammonia-mediated hydrogen pathways.
Energy Storage and Conversion
Developing redox-active materials and electrochemically switched ion-exchange (ESIX) systems that couple charge storage with selective ion transport and resource recovery.
Selected Publications:
Dagan-Jaldety C., Lahav O., Ben-Asher R., Saller G., Oz S., Nativ P.* Innovative Ammonia Harvesting from Wastewater: A Controlled Closed-Loop Process at High pH for Enhanced Nutrient Recovery, (2025), Chemical Engineering Journal, 503, 158201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.158201
Nativ P., Derbew Z.A., Dagan-Jaldety C., Aviezer Y., Ben-Asher R., Lahav O. Sustainable removal of ammonia from the anaerobic digester supernatant line using a Prussian Blue Analogue (PBA) composite adsorbent, (2022), ChemEngineering, 6(6), 97. https://doi.org/10.3390/chemengineering6060097
Amikam, G., Manor-Korin, N., Nativ, P., Gendel Y., Separation of ions from water and wastewater using micro-scale capacitive-faradaic fuel cells (CFFCs), powered by H2(g) and air, (2020) Separation and Purification Technology, 253, 117494. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2020.117494
Amikam, G., Nativ, P., Gendel, Y., Chlorine-free alkaline seawater electrolysis for hydrogen production, (2018) International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 43 (13), 6504-6514. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.02.082
Nativ, P., Badesh, Y., Gendel Y., New insights into the mechanism of flow-electrode capacitive deionization, (2017) Electrochemistry Communications, 76, 24-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2017.01.008