Prof. Emanuel Peled

Emeritus in School of Chemistry

ביה"ס לכימיה אמריטוס

Phone: 03-6408438

Fax: 03-6414126

Office: Ornstein - Chemistry, 312

Lithium Battery Projects

High capacity anode materials. Intercalation process of lithium in graphite, Si nano-particles (SiNPs) and Si nano wires (SiNWs) alloys in liquid non-aqueous solutions and polymer electrolytes.
Supercapacitors, DLC and HDLC.
Lithium-Sulfur batteries, fundamental understanding of processes and degradation mechanisms.
Study of mass and charge transport in composite polymer electrolytes and in single ion Li polymer electrolyte conductors.
Three dimension printed lithium battery.

Fuel Cells projects

Synthesis and characterization of platinum based nano catalysts for hydrogen oxidation and oxygen reduction in fuel cells applications.
Development and characterization of a low cost proton conducting membrane (PCM) and composite proton exchange membranes for high temperature applications.
Development and characterization of nano platinum and ruthenium based alloy catalysts for methanol and ethylene glycol oxidation.
Study of Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR) on Pt electrode and Pt electrode contaminated by Ru.

B.Sc., Chemistry, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1962-1965
M.Sc. Physics-Chemistry, Hebrew University, Jersualem, 1965-1967
Ph.D. Physics-Chemistry (Summa cum laude), Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1968-1972

Landeau Research Award, Mifal Hapayis, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1986
Battery Division Research Award, The Electrochemical Soc., 1993
The Yeager IBA 2007 Award, 2007
Fellow of the Electrochemical Society, 2015
The Israel Chemical Society, Outstanding Scientist Award, 2016
Fellow of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE), 2017
Award of Commander of MAFAT for Creative Thinking (Israel MOD, R&D Administration), 2017
The 2017 SEI paper marked by the Web of Science as a "Hot paper". In the last two years (2018-2019) it got about 700 downloads each month.