Menny Shalom

Menny started his B.Sc. in 2004, and finished his studies in Chemistry (Focus: pharmaceutical chemistry), at Bar-Ilan University, Summa Cum Laude. In 2009 he finished his M.Sc. Summa Cum Laude, at Bar-Ilan University. Topic: "Improving and Understanding of Quantum Dots Sensitized Solar Cells (QDSSCs): Synthesis Characterization and Application". Supervisor: Prof. Arie Zaban. Then immediately he started an integrated track toward his Ph.D. in the field of photo electrochemical solar cells, focusing quantum dot sensitized solar cells. The aim of his research is to understand the mechanisms in QDSSCs and to apply this understanding towards the innovative design, synthesis and fabrication of efficient QDs based solar cells.
Academic Awards
2012 The Wolf foundation Award for Excellence and Outstanding P.hD. students.
2012 Israel chemical society (ICS) price for outstanding Ph.D. student
2011 Best poster award in HOPV11, Valencia, 2011.
2011 Invitation to the "2011 World Materials Summit", Washington DC.
2010 Best poster award in RBNI Winter School, Ein Gedi Israel, 2010.
2009 The Wolf foundation Award for Excellence and Outstanding M.Sc. students.
2007 Dean's list, B.Sc., Bar-Ilan University.
2007 The Wolf foundation Award for Excellence and Outstanding B.Sc. students.
2006 Rector's list, B.Sc, Bar-Ilan University.
Academic Scholarships
2009-2011 Converging Technologies: Two year scholarship for outstanding Ph.D. student.
2009 Nanotechnology scholarship: One year scholarship for outstanding Ph.D., Bar-Ilan University.
2008 Nanotechnology scholarship: One year scholarship for outstanding M.Sc., Bar-Ilan University.
2005 The Faculty of Exact Sciences, One year scholarship for outstanding B.Sc. Students, Bar-Ilan University.
Publications
- Greenwald, S., Ruhle, S., Shalom, M., Yahav, S. and .Zaban, A.
Unpredicted electron injection in CdS/CdSe quantum dot sensitized ZrO2 solar cells.
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2011. 13. 19302 - 19306. - Yahav, S.; Sven, R; Greenwald, S.Barad, H.-N; Shalom, My; Zaban, A.
Efficiency Enhancement of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells using a La Modified TiCl4 Treatment of Mesoporous TiO2 Electrodes.
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2011. 115 21481–21486. - Shalom, M., Tachan, Z., Bouhadana, Y., Barad, H.N. and Zaban, A.
Illumination Intensity Dependent Electronic Properties in Quantum Dots Sensitized Solar Cells. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2011. 2. 1998-2003. - Shalom, M., Hod, I., Tachan, Z., Buhbut, S., Tirosh, S. and Zaban, A.
Quantum dot based anode and cathode for high voltage tandem photo -electrochemical solar cell.
Energy & Dynamic Environmental Science, 2011. 4. 1874-1879. - Hod, I., Tachan, Z., Shalom, M. and Zaban, A.
Internal Photoreference Electrode: A Powerful Characterization Method for Photoelectrochemical Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells.
J .Phys. Chem. Lett., 2011. 2. 1032-1037. - Tachan, Z., Shalom, M., Hod, I., Ruhle, S., Tirosh, S. and Zaban, A.
PbS as a highly catalytic counter electrode for polysulfide-based quantum dot solar cells.
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2011. 115. 6162-6166. - Salant, A., Shalom, M., Hod, I., Faust, A., Zaban, A. and Banin, U.,
Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells with Improved Efficiency Prepared Using Electrophoretic Deposition.
ACS Nano, 2010. 4. 5962-5968. - Hod, I., Shalom, M., Tachan, Z., Rühle, S. and Zaban, A.,
SrTiO3 Recombination Inhibiting Barrier Layer for Type II Dye Sensitized Solar Cells.
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2010. 114. 10015-10018. - Barea, E.M., Shalom, M., Giménez, S., Hod, I., Mora-Seró, I., Zaban, A. and Bisquert, J.
Design of Injection and Recombination in Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells.
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010. 132 6834-6839. - Rühle, S., Shalom, M. and Zaban, A.
Quantum-dot-sensitized solar cells.
ChemPhysChem, 2010. 11. 2290 - 2304. - Shalom, M., Albero, J., Tachan, Z., Martínez-Ferrero, E., Zaban, A. and Palomares, E.
Quantum Dot-Dye bi-Layer Sensitized Solar Cells: Breaking the limits imposed by the low absorbance of dye monolayers.
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2010. 1. 1134–1138. - Buhbut, S., Itzhakov, S., Tauber, E., Shalom, M., Hod, I., Geiger, T., Garini, Y., Oron, D. and Zaban, A.
Built-in Quantum Dot Antennas in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells.
ACS Nano, 2010. 4. 1293–1298. - Shalom, M., Ruhle, S., Hod, I., Yahav, S. and Zaban, A.,
Energy Level Alignment in CdS Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells Using Molecular Dipoles.
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009. 131. 9876-9877. - Shalom, M., Dor, S., Rühle, S., Grinis, L. and Zaban, A.,
Core / CdS Quantum Dot / Shell Mesoporous Solar Cells with Improved Stability and Efficiency Using an Amorphous TiO2 Coating.
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2009. 113. 3895-3898.
Posters