Cahen studied chemistry & physics at the Hebrew Univ. (HUJI), materials research at Northwestern Un., biophysics at HUJI and the Weizmann Inst. of Science (WIS). He spe-cializes in opto(bio)electronic materials chemistry & physics, with focuses on sustainable materials, novel PV ones, and on protein electronics. An AVS & MRS fellow, he is active in education and science-for-peace; since 2017 he also heads a group at Bar-Ilan Univ.
As a graduate student in Materials Research at Northwestern Un., many decades back, I recall lectures defining “challenges” for materials research, which included materials to contain nuclear waste “forever” (i.e., 25-50 generations), and materials that are earthabundant and readily available for transparent conductors, and for H2 containment, storage and transport. We’ll take a look at the third of these, which, together with the H2 economy has known ups and downs over the past half century, with emphasis on the sustainability of proposed ideas, concepts and prototypes. The view is that of an outsider, which, apart from obvious
disadvantages, has the advantage of minimizing stake-holder effects.
Fraunhofer Research Institution for Materials Recycling and Resource Strategies IWKS