moranb[at]mit.edu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Ave, Room 8-240
Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
PhD, Grand Technion Energy Program (GTEP), Technion, Israel, 2016
Thesis: Development of a Perfluorocarbon modified Air Cathode/Non-aqueous Electrolyte System for Li-air Batteries
MA, Energy Engineering, Technion, Israel, 2013
BSc, Materials Science and Engineering, Technion, Israel, 2011
BSc, Chemistry, Technion, Israel, 2011
Moran Balaish’s research focuses on the development and study of Lithium-based materials for solid-state electrochemical sensors tracking the environment for COx, SOx, NOx, etc. and Li-based resistive switching (memristors) for non-volatile memory applications and neuromorphic computing.
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Processing thin but robust electrolytes for solid-state batteries *Joint first authorship |
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Solid‐State Li–Metal Batteries: Challenges and Horizons of Oxide and Sulfide Solid Electrolytes and Their Interfaces *Joint first authorship. |
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Widening the Range of Trackable Environmental and Health Pollutants for Li-Garnet-Based Sensors |
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Design of Triple and Quadruple Phase Boundaries and Chemistries for Environmental SO2 Electrochemical Sensing |
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A binary carbon-free aluminum anode for lithium-ion batteries |
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Widening the Range of Trackable Environmental and Health Pollutants for Li-Garnet-Based Sensors |
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Processing thin but robust electrolytes for solid-state batteries *Joint first authorship
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Lithium-film ceramics for solid-state lithionic devices |
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Solid‐State Li–Metal Batteries: Challenges and Horizons of Oxide and Sulfide Solid Electrolytes and Their Interfaces *Joint first authorship
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Lithium-Battery Anode Gains Additional Functionality for Neuromorphic Computing through Metal-Insulator Phase Separation J. C. Gonzalez-Rosillo, M. Balaish, Z. Hood, N. Nadkarni, D. Fraggedakis, K. Kim, K.M. Mullin, R. Pfenninger, M. Z. Bazant, J.L.M Rupp Advanced Materials, 1907465 (2020) |
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Electrospun Ionomeric Fibers with Anion Conducting Properties M. Meirav, M. Halabi, G.E. Shter, V. Beilin, M. Balaish, Y. Ein‐Eli, D.R. Dekel, and G.S. Grader Advanced Functional Materials, 1901733 (2019) |
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Enhanced Li‐O2 Battery Performance in a Binary “Liquid Teflon” and Dual Redox Mediators M. Balaish, X. Gao, P.G. Bruce, and Y. Ein‐Eli Advanced Materials Technologies, 201800645 (2019) |
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A Critical Review on Functionalization of Air‐Cathodes for Nonaqueous Li–O2 Batteries M. Balaish, J. Jung, I. Kim, and Yair Ein-Eli Advanced Functional Materials, 201808303 (2019) |
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Diffusivity and Solubility of Oxygen in Solvents for Metal/Oxygen Batteries: A Combined Theoretical and Experimental Study A. Schürmann, R. Haas, M. Murat, N. Kuritz, M. Balaish, Y. Ein-Eli, J. Janek, A. Natan, and D. Schröder Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 165, no. 13 (2018) |
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Investigation of Rechargeable Poly(ethylene oxide)-Based Solid Lithium–Oxygen Batteries M. Balaish, M. Leskes, and Y. Ein-Eli ACS Applied Energy Materials, 1, 3048-3056 (2018) |
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Meso-pores Carbon Nano-tubes (CNTs) Tissues-Perfluorocarbons (PFCs) Hybrid Air-electrodes for Li-O2 Battery
M. Balaish and Y. Ein-Eli Journal of Power Sources, 379, 219-227 (2018) |
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Low voltage electric potential as a driving force to hinder biofouling in self-supporting carbon nanotube membranes
C. Thamaraiselvan, A. Ronen, S. Lerman, M. Balaish, Y. Ein-Eli, and C. Dosoretz Water Research, 129, 143-153 (2018) |
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Enhancing Oxygen Adsorption Capabilities in Li-O2 Battery Cathodes through Solid Perfluorocarbons M. Balaish and Y. Ein-Eli Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 5, 14152-14164 (2017) |
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The Role of Air–Electrode Structure on the Incorporation of Immiscible PFCs in Nonaqueous Li–O2 Battery
M. Balaish and Y. Ein-Eli Journal of Applied Materials and Interfaces , 9, 9726-9737 (2017) |
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PFC and Triglyme for Li–Air Batteries: A Molecular Dynamics Study
N. Kuritz, M. Murat, M. Balaish, Y. Ein-Eli, and A. Natan The Journal of Physical Chemistry B , 120, 3370-3377 (2016) |
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Liquid-Free Lithium-Oxygen Batteries
M. Balaish, E. Peled, D. Golodnitsky and Y. Ein-Eli Angewandte Chemie International Edition , 54, 436-440 (2015) |
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A Critical Review on Li-air Battery Electrolytes
M. Balaish, A. Kraytsberg and Y. Ein-Eli The Journal of Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics , 16, 2801-2822 (2014) |
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Realization of an Artificial Three-Phase Reaction Zone in a Li–Air Battery
M. Balaish, A. Kraytsberg and Y. Ein-Eli ChemElectroChem , 1, 90-94 (2014) |
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Distinct View on Batteries Performance Analysis
M. Balaish, A. Kraytsberg and Y. Ein-Eli Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry , 707, 85–88 (2013) |
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Spray Prolysis of Lithium Salt Films Y. Zhu, M. Balaish, L. Kong, J.L.M. Rupp PCT/US21/59339 (2021) |
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| 1 | Gas sensor device containing Lithium garnet M. Balaish, Z.D. Hood, J.L.M. Rupp US 63 (2021) |
| Zuckerman Israeli Postdoctoral Scholarship, 2018 MIT-Technion Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2018 |
| J. William Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2018-2019 |
| International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE) member, 2018 |
| Rieger -JNF Fellow in Environmental Studies, 2015 |
| The ECS (Electrochemical Society) Student Travel Grant recognizing promising students in the science and engineering areas of electrochemical energy storage, 2015 |
| The Ministry of Science, Technology and Space Student Travel Scholarship, 2015 |
| 1st prize oral presentation -Israel Electrochemistry conference, 2014 |
| Ph.D. candidate scholarship in the field of energy, Ministry of Energy and water resources, 2014-2015 |
| ElectroChemical Society (ECS) member, 2013 |
| The Ministry of Science, Technology and Space Student Travel Scholarship, 2013 |
| Rieger -JNF Fellow in Environmental Studies, 2012 |
| 1st prize poster - 2nd Israel Electrochemistry conference, 2012 |
| Master graduate scholarship in the field of energy, Ministry of Energy and water resources, 2013 |