Current projects
Agrivoltaic system with improved electricity generation and minimal impact on agricultural crop
Cooperation: Elena Vitoshkin, Gur Mittelman
Support: Israel Innovation Authority
Duration: 2023 – 2025
A continuous process for hydro-thermal liquefaction (HTL) of urban waste
Past projects since 2010
An innovative solar system based on spectral beam splitting for open field Agrivoltaics
Cooperation: Ricardo Hernandez , Elena Vitoshkin, Gur Mittelman
Support: BARD - US-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development
Duration: 2020 – 2023
Solar electricity generation in open field agriculture (Agrivoltaics) using a novel spectral splitting collector
Cooperation: Elena Vitoshkin, Benny Lew, Ido Halperin, Efrat Hadas, Yechiel Steinmetz, Gur Mittelman
Support: Israel Ministry of Energy
Duration: 2020 – 2023
Layered materials photovoltaics: from few-atom thick films to solar cells
Cooperation: Ariel Ismach
Support: Israel Ministry of Energy
Processes for biomass deconstruction for biofuels production
Cooperation: Alex Golberg, Lior Guttman
Support: Israel Ministry of Energy
Development of a photo-thermionic solar converter
Cooperation: Yossi Rosenwaks, Alon Hoffman
Support: Israel Ministry of Energy
Production Method of Electrical Energy by Enhanced Thermal Electron Emission by the Use of Superior Semiconductors (PROMETHEUS)
Cooperation: Danielle Trucchi, Andreas Bett, Alon Hoffman, Yossi Rosenwaks, ...
Support: European Commission FP7
Solar photo-thermionic conversion
Cooperation: Yossi Rosenwaks, Alon Hoffman
Support: Israel Ministry of Energy
Development of advanced latent-heat thermal energy storage systems for solar energy applications
Cooperation: Gennady Ziskind, Elena Palomo del Barrio
Support: Israel Ministry of Science
Optimized volumetric absorbers for high efficiency solar thermal conversion
Cooperation: Cyril Caliot
Support: Israel Ministry of Science
Solar power with steam injection gas turbine (STIG) cycle
Cooperation: Selvarasan Iniyan, Loganathan Suganthi
Support: Israel Ministry of Science
Photothermal coatings based on functional nanomaterials for the efficient conversion of solar energy
Cooperation: Daniel Mandler, Shlomo Magdassi, Ben Steinberg, Daniel Feuermann
Support: Israel Ministry of Science
Enhanced Energy Production of Heat and Electricity by Solar Thermionic-Thermoelectric Unit System (EPHESTUS)
Cooperation: Emilia Cappelli, Danielle Trucchi, Tullio Caselli, Cem Kaypmaz, ...
Support: European Commission FP7