2026 Avner Rothschild: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	49	10409	10053	46	46	120	11723

Overview

Avner Rothschild is affiliated with the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in Israel and has conducted extensive research in fields primarily related to energy and materials science. Their work includes a significant focus on renewable energy, sustainability, and environmental topics, supported by numerous publications and collaborations.

Rothschild's research contributions encompass a variety of subfields including:

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Materials Chemistry
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

The scientist's primary focus areas include topics such as:

Iron oxide chemistry and applications
Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
Advanced battery technologies research
Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
Mine drainage and remediation techniques

Avner Rothschild has published in multiple academic venues with frequent contributions to:

Nature Materials
Energy & Environmental Science
ECS Meeting Abstracts
Physical Review B
Langmuir

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Rothschild include:

Electrochemical and chemical cycle for high-efficiency decoupled water splitting in a near-neutral electrolyte (2024, Nature Materials)
Extraction of mobile charge carrier photogeneration yield spectrum of ultrathin-film metal oxide photoanodes for solar water splitting (2021, Nature Materials)
High Performance Core/Shell Ni/Ni(OH) ₂ Electrospun Nanofiber Anodes for Decoupled Water Splitting (2021, Advanced Functional Materials)
Wasted photons: photogeneration yield and charge carrier collection efficiency of hematite photoanodes for photoelectrochemical water splitting (2021, Energy & Environmental Science)
Structural sensitivity of the spin Hall magnetoresistance in antiferromagnetic thin films (2020, Physical Review B)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

Daniel A. Grave
David S. Ellis
Yifat Piekner
Elena S. Davydova
Gideon S. Grader

Best Publications

Probing the photoelectrochemical properties of hematite (α-Fe2O3) electrodes using hydrogen peroxide as a hole scavenger

Hen Dotan;Hen Dotan;Kevin Sivula;Michael Grätzel;Avner Rothschild

1083
Citations
Ultrasensitive chemiresistors based on electrospun TiO2 nanofibers.

Il-Doo Kim;Avner Rothschild;Byong Hong Lee;Dong Young Kim

746
Citations
The effect of grain size on the sensitivity of nanocrystalline metal-oxide gas sensors

Avner Rothschild;Yigal Komem

687
Citations
Identifying champion nanostructures for solar water-splitting

Scott C. Warren;Scott C. Warren;Kislon Voïtchovsky;Hen Dotan;Celine M. Leroy

615
Citations
Photoelectrochemical water splitting in separate oxygen and hydrogen cells

Avigail Landman;Hen Dotan;Gennady E. Shter;Michael Wullenkord

560
Citations
Decoupled hydrogen and oxygen evolution by a two-step electrochemical–chemical cycle for efficient overall water splitting

Hen Dotan;Avigail Landman;Stafford W. Sheehan;Kirtiman Deo Malviya

456
Citations
Ultrasensitive and Highly Selective Gas Sensors Based on Electrospun SnO2 Nanofibers Modified by Pd Loading

Dae-Jin Yang;Itai Kamienchick;Doo Young Youn;Avner Rothschild

432
Citations
Selective Detection of Acetone and Hydrogen Sulfide for the Diagnosis of Diabetes and Halitosis Using SnO2 Nanofibers Functionalized with Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanosheets

Seon Jin Choi;Bong Hoon Jang;Seo Jin Lee;Byoung Koun Min

376
Citations
Advances and new directions in gas-sensing devices

Il-Doo Kim;Avner Rothschild;Harry L. Tuller

373
Citations
Resonant light trapping in ultrathin films for water splitting

Hen Dotan;Ofer Kfir;Elad Sharlin;Oshri Blank

364
Citations
Electronic Structure, Defect Chemistry, and Transport Properties of SrTi1-xFexO3-y Solid Solutions

Avner Rothschild;Wolfgang Menesklou;and Harry L. Tuller;Ellen Ivers-Tiffée‡

320
Citations
Enhancement in the Performance of Ultrathin Hematite Photoanode for Water Splitting by an Oxide Underlayer

Takashi Hisatomi;Hen Dotan;Hen Dotan;Morgan Stefik;Kevin Sivula

317
Citations
Hollow ZnO nanofibers fabricated using electrospun polymer templates and their electronic transport properties.

Seung-Hoon Choi;Guy Ankonina;Doo-Young Youn;Seong-Geun Oh

252
Citations
Transpiration Driven Electrokinetic Power Generator

Tae Gwang Yun;Jaehyeong Bae;Avner Rothschild;Il-Doo Kim

244
Citations
Sensing behavior of TiO2 thin films exposed to air at low temperatures

A. Rothschild;F. Edelman;Y. Komem;F. Cosandey

199
Citations
Microsphere templating as means of enhancing surface activity and gas sensitivity of CaCu3Ti4O12 thin films

Il-Doo Kim;Avner Rothschild;Takeo Hyodo;Harry L. Tuller

190
Citations
On the Solar to Hydrogen Conversion Efficiency of Photoelectrodes for Water Splitting.

Hen Dotan;Nripan Mathews;Takashi Hisatomi;Michael Grätzel

174
Citations
Thin-walled SnO₂ nanotubes functionalized with Pt and Au catalysts via the protein templating route and their selective detection of acetone and hydrogen sulfide molecules.

Ji-Soo Jang;Sang-Joon Kim;Seon-Jin Choi;Nam-Hoon Kim

167
Citations
Empirical in operando analysis of the charge carrier dynamics in hematite photoanodes by PEIS, IMPS and IMVS.

Dino Klotz;Dino Klotz;David Shai Ellis;Hen Dotan;Avner Rothschild

165
Citations
Systematic comparison of different dopants in thin film hematite (α-Fe2O3) photoanodes for solar water splitting

Kirtiman Deo Malviya;Hen Dotan;Dmitry Shlenkevich;Anton Tsyganok

155
Citations
Temperature-independent resistive oxygen sensors based on SrTi1−xFexO3−δ solid solutions

Avner Rothschild;Scott J. Litzelman;Harry L. Tuller;Wolfgang Menesklou

147
Citations