The Nancy and Stephen Grand Technion Energy Program

Gas Turbines, Micro-Turbomachinery, Design for Additive Manufacturing, Aero-Thermal Optimization, Green Aviation, Sustainable Aviation Fuels, Carbon-free Combustion, Porous Media Combustion

Hydrogen and electric energy production on demand from the reaction of aluminum and water

Clean aviation propulsion using sustainable aviation fuels, gas turbine combustion for hydrogen, novel combustion methods for ammonia fuel

Combustion in different aerospace propulsion system (jet engines, ramjets and rockets) as well as land-based gas turbines, with focus on combustion dynamics, operation limits and impact of fuel composition

Alternative Fuels; Internal Combustion Engines; Mechanical and Pneumatic Energy Storages

Researching interfacial transport phenomena and thermo-fluids for sustainable energy, water, and aviation technologies

Smart Grid Distributed Optimization; Energy Management; Economic Dispatch, Distributed Energy Generation; Distributed Optimization

Building and urban energy consumption

Energy conservation in buildings, Energy retrofit of existing buildings, Zero Energy Design

Zero-Energy Buildings and Neighborhoods; Energy Efficiency in Buildings; Performance-Based Design; Sustainable Architecture

Rhodopsin-based light energy harvesting

Harnessing photosynthesis to produce clean and green energy

Biomass to biofuel or hydrogen using biocatalysis

Microbial and enzymatic degradation of biomass

Interface between biotic and abiotic materials. Photochemical and photoelectrochemical cells utilizing enzymes or engineered bacteria toward waste (mainly biomass) conversion to electrical power or fuels

Modeling electrochemical systems

Biochemical conversion of biomass to fuels

Anion-exchange membranes for electrochemical devices 

Membranes for energy and water, fuel cells, electrolysis, and other electro-membrane applications, water-energy nexus, membrane theory and simulations, advanced membrane characterization

The Gazit group develops new catalytic materials to promote energy-efficient and environment-friendly chemical processes.

CO2 Hydrogenation; Hydrogen Generation; Nanofiber catalysts; High temprature transparent ceramics; Fiber elctrodes

Predictive chemical kinetic modeling of reactive systems (combustion/pyrolysis, polymer degradation, catalysis)

Processes of self assembly and crystallization in the context of battery and solar cell manufacturing

Photocatalysis, Transient IR in photoactive materials, Photocatalytic reduction of CO2

Water-energy nexus- materials for improved membranes, Atomic layer deposition for energy storage 

Pure hydrogen production; Thermal recuperation in ICE; Reactor design

Decentralized Hydrogen production and CO2 utilization in membrane reactors; On-board cracking of jet fuels for scramjet engines cooling

Analysis of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) in electrochemical devices, with an emphasis on fuel cells

Thermoacoustic and Rotary Engines, Heat Pumps and Compressors

Poromechanical effects of fluid injections into the underground in the energy industry

Energy-efficient membrane separation; Recovery of valuable elements for energy production

Recycling of photovoltaic panels; hydrogen production by water electrolysis

Water waves energy transfer and redistribution

Multidisciplinary design optimization; offshore wind energy structures

Energy production from solar and waste heat, energy-efficient cooling, separation and water purification

Biomass and Bioenergy; Life cycle assessment; Techno-economic analysis

Modeling and optimizing energy networks using multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL)

Catalysis; oxide surfaces for electrocatalysis and photoelectrocatalysis

Power grids, power electronics and energy conversion

Model-basd systems engineering of enery systems 

Thermoelectric materials; Oxides for inexpensive and environmentally-friendly waste heat recovery at elevated temperatures; Chalcogenides for efficient thermoelectric power generation at mid-range temperatures 

Novel materials for solar energy harvesting- nanoparticles and heterostructure of halide perovskites, self-healing materials for energy applications 

Magneto-electro-mechanical energy transfer and energy harvesting 

Computational Materials Science for energy conversion, electrochemical cells, solar cells, electrolysis, catalysis.

Energy storage materials

Organic electronic devices including solar cells, diodes, transistors and electro-chemical transistors   

Materials and devices for energy-efficient technologies

Nanoscale electronic devices, photovoltaics, reconfigurable photovoltaics based on ferroelectrics, pyroelectrics.

Manipulating band gap of semiconductors for photovoltaic applications; Gold catalysis; Bioinspired materials

Hydrogen interaction with metals and hydrogen storage in metal hydrides

Materials and process for decoupled water electrolysis for green hydrogen production at scale

Energy storage and release via the encapsulation of phase change materials 

Electrochemical modeling, Theory of electrodiffusion

Energy saving by friction and wear reduction in mechanical components 

Metafluid to energy harvesting and storage

Energy harvesting from fluid-structure interaction

Wind Power

Thermodynamics, Heat Pumps, Absorption, Cooling and Air Conditioning

Energy losses in flow and multiphase flow; Rapid phase changes occurring due to pressure drop (cavitation); Inception of boiling processes Bubbly; flow dynamics

Isothermal turbine and compressor for waste heat recovery, efficient heat pump, and carnot battery

Thermofluids and energy conversion for propulsion

Plasma research related to fusion

exotic atoms - coulombic systems; muon catalyzed fusion, a process where exotic muonic atoms fuse to give energy

Solar energy conversion from photosynthetic organisms/ complexes/ membranes. Hydrogen evolution, water splitting

New proton conductive polymers based on the use of sustainable proteins for fuel cells applications

Photocatalysis on the nanoscale; solar to fuel conversion 

Energy storage/conversion; polymeric membranes and organic electrolytes. Electrolyte decomposition

Electrolyzers for fuel cells and hydrogen electrolyzers 

Metallocorroles as electro-, photo- and organo-catalysts for energy-relevant processes

Photovoltaics

Electrocatalytic production of clean hydrogen from water

Activation of energy relevant small molecules by metallocorroles

Industrial catalysis, oil refinery catalysis, carbon dioxide mitigation, fuel cells, electrocatalysis, small molecule activation

Waste Management; Sustainability; Energy Policy; Cleantech

Waste Management; Sustainability; Energy Policy; Cleantech