Edri Lab
We are a group that designs materials and devices for solar energy conversion, carbon capture, and CO₂ utilization.
Our Research10
Active members
Students & researchers, all levels
20
Alumni
Including 2 high-school researchers
100%
Proud of our people
Every level, every project
Research Focus Areas
Energy, Materials & Electrochemistry
We combine materials synthesis, thin-film fabrication, and electrochemical methods to develop semiconductor devices for solar energy conversion and CO₂ utilization
PV & Self-Healing Semiconductors
Investigating quasi-1D and layered semiconductor materials with intrinsic self-healing properties for SWIR solar cells and next-generation photovoltaics
Photoelectrochemistry & Carbon Capture
Using illuminated perovskite and silicon photoelectrodes to capture CO₂ with sunlight — lowering the energy cost of carbon capture
Graduate Training & Research
Students here take ownership of a real research question from day one — a CO₂-to-formate gas-diffusion electrode, a self-healing antimony-selenide absorber, a CO₂-capturing electrocatalytic membrane — and build the electrochemistry, thin-film growth, and microscopy skills to answer it. Several have co-authored papers before finishing their degree, and former members have gone on to postdoctoral positions and, in some cases, faculty roles.
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A Collaborative Research Environment
Our 120 m² lab carries an idea from synthesis to working device under one roof: atomic-layer and thermal deposition, CO₂ electrolyzers, a multi-channel potentiostat bench, deep-level transient spectroscopy, and an FTIR spectrometer configured for in-situ electrochemistry — complemented by access to BGU’s IKI Center for XPS and electron microscopy.
Explore Our FacilitiesShitrit, Y.; Karmel, T.; Pachmanov Dvir, S.; Rubinstein, A. A.; Arazi, Z.; Maman, N.; Caspary Toroker, M.; Udachyan, I.; Cohen, Y. S.; Edri, E. The Dual Role of Antimony in Enhancing the Durability of Bismuth-Based CO₂ Reduction Gas Diffusion Electrodes. Small Struct. 2026, 7 (1), e202500505. https://doi.org/10.1002/sstr.202500505
Sadhujan, S.; Shitrit, Y.; Rajput, S.; Udachyan, I.; Friedman, T.; Pevzner, S.; Sharma, C. P.; Arnusch, C. J.; Cohen, Y. S.; Edri, E. A Dual-Functional Membrane for CO₂ Capture and Electrocatalytic Reduction. ChemSusChem 2025, 18 (17), e202500474. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202500474
Vashishtha, A.; Balakrishnan, S. K.; Dror, Y.; Kumar, J.; Parambil, P. C.; Edri, E. What Can Chemical Bonding Tell Us about Photoinduced Phase Transition Reactions in Inorganic Semiconductors? Insight from Bismuth–Antimony Selenide. Inorg. Chem. 2024, 63 (47), 22492–22501. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c02630
Balakrishnan, S. K.; Parambil, P. C.; Houben, L.; Asher, M.; Yaffe, O.; Edri, E. Revealing Hidden Phases and Self-Healing in Antimony Trichalcogenides and Chalcoiodides. Cell Rep. Phys. Sci. 2023, 4 (3).
Balakrishnan, S. K.; Parambil, P. C.; Edri, E. Mechanistic Insight into the Topotactic Transformation of Trichalcogenides to Chalcohalides. Chem. Mater. 2022, 34 (7), 3468–3478.
