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2026

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Materials Science

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115
Citations
48434
World Ranking
580
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3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in Israel Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Israel Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Materials Science in Israel Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Israel Leader Award
  • 2013 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society

Overview

David Cahen is affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. Their research spans multiple disciplines primarily centered on engineering and materials science, with a significant focus on electrical and electronic engineering as well as materials chemistry.

Their recent publications include studies in various high-impact scientific venues. Notable papers are:

  • "Temperature-Dependent Optical Band Gap in CsPbBr3, MAPbBr3, and FAPbBr3 Single Crystals" (2020) published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • "Eppur si Muove: Proton Diffusion in Halide Perovskite Single Crystals" (2020) published in Advanced Materials
  • "Are Defects in Lead-Halide Perovskites Healed, Tolerated, or Both?" (2021) published in ACS Energy Letters
  • "Coherent Electron Transport across a 3 nm Bioelectronic Junction Made of Multi-Heme Proteins" (2020) published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • "Impact of SnF2 Addition on the Chemical and Electronic Surface Structure of CsSnBr3" (2020) published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Research topics they have frequently addressed include:

  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • Optical properties and cooling technologies in crystalline materials

David Cahen has published extensively in several key scientific journals and platforms, including:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Advanced Materials
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Their frequent collaborators are Mordechai Sheves, Gary Hodes, Davide Raffaele Ceratti, Israel Pecht, and Jerry A. Fereiro, with collaboration counts ranging from 12 to 19 publications each.

In recognition of their contributions to materials research, David Cahen was awarded the title of Fellow of the Materials Research Society in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Hybrid organic—inorganic perovskites: low-cost semiconductors with intriguing charge-transport properties

    Thomas M. Brenner;David A. Egger;Leeor Kronik;Gary Hodes

  • How Important Is the Organic Part of Lead Halide Perovskite Photovoltaic Cells? Efficient CsPbBr3 Cells.

    Michael Kulbak;David Cahen;Gary Hodes

  • Photovoltaic solar cell technologies: analysing the state of the art

    Pabitra K. Nayak;Suhas Mahesh;Henry J. Snaith;David Cahen

  • Comparison of Electronic Transport Measurements on Organic Molecules

    Adi Salomon;David Cahen;Stuart Lindsay;John Tomfohr

  • Cesium Enhances Long-Term Stability of Lead Bromide Perovskite-Based Solar Cells.

    Michael Kulbak;Satyajit Gupta;Nir Kedem;Igal Levine

  • Electron Energetics at Surfaces and Interfaces: Concepts and Experiments†

    David Cahen;Antoine Kahn

  • Physical Chemical Principles of Photovoltaic Conversion with Nanoparticulate, Mesoporous Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

    Juan Bisquert;David Cahen;Gary Hodes;and Sven Rühle

  • Interface energetics in organo-metal halide perovskite-based photovoltaic cells

    Philip Schulz;Eran Edri;Saar Kirmayer;Gary Hodes

  • Why Lead Methylammonium tri-IODIDE perovskite-based solar cells requires a mesoporous electron transporting scaffold (but not necessarily a hole conductor)

    Eran Edri;Saar Kirmayer;Alex Henning;Sabyasachi Mukhopadhyay

  • Why Lead Methylammonium Tri-Iodide Perovskite-Based Solar Cells Require a Mesoporous Electron Transporting Scaffold (but Not Necessarily a Hole Conductor)

    Eran Edri;Saar Kirmayer;Alex Henning;Sabyasachi Mukhopadhyay

  • Advances in Perovskite Solar Cells

    Chuantian Zuo;Henk J. Bolink;Hongwei Han;Jinsong Huang

  • Photoelectrochemical energy conversion and storage using polycrystalline chalcogenide electrodes

    Gary Hodes;Joost Manassen;David Cahen

  • Elucidating the charge carrier separation and working mechanism of CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3− x Cl x perovskite solar cells

    Eran Edri;Saar Kirmayer;Sabyasachi Mukhopadhyay;Konstantin Gartsman

  • High Open-Circuit Voltage Solar Cells Based on Organic–Inorganic Lead Bromide Perovskite

    Eran Edri;Saar Kirmayer;David Cahen;Gary Hodes

  • Rain on Methylammonium Lead Iodide Based Perovskites: Possible Environmental Effects of Perovskite Solar Cells.

    Bekele Hailegnaw;Saar Kirmayer;Eran Edri;Gary Hodes

  • Halide Perovskites: Is It All about the Interfaces?

    Philip Schulz;Philip Schulz;David Cahen;Antoine Kahn

  • Preparation of Single-Phase Films of CH3NH3Pb(I1-xBrx)3 with Sharp Optical Band Edges.

    Aditya Sadhanala;Felix Alexander Deschler;Tudor Thomas;Sian Elizabeth Dutton

  • Crystallization of Methyl Ammonium Lead Halide Perovskites: Implications for Photovoltaic Applications

    Yaron Tidhar;Eran Edri;Haim Weissman;Dorin Zohar

  • Hybrid Organic–Inorganic Perovskites (HOIPs): Opportunities and Challenges

    Joseph Berry;Tonio Buonassisi;David A. Egger;Gary Hodes

  • Stability of CdTe/CdS thin-film solar cells

    Kevin D. Dobson;Iris Visoly-Fisher;Gary Hodes;David Cahen

  • Chemical bath deposited CdS/CdSe-sensitized porous TiO2 solar cells

    Olivia Niitsoo;Shaibal K. Sarkar;Christophe Pejoux;Sven Rühle

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary Hodes
Gary Hodes Weizmann Institute of Science
Mordechai Sheves
Mordechai Sheves Weizmann Institute of Science
Israel Pecht
Israel Pecht Weizmann Institute of Science
Leeor Kronik
Leeor Kronik Weizmann Institute of Science
Antoine Kahn
Antoine Kahn Princeton University
Abraham Shanzer
Abraham Shanzer Weizmann Institute of Science
Ron Naaman
Ron Naaman Weizmann Institute of Science
Shmuel Malkin
Shmuel Malkin Weizmann Institute of Science
Rommel Noufi
Rommel Noufi National Renewable Energy Laboratory
David S. Ginley
David S. Ginley National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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