Meital Shviro is a staff scientist in the Chemistry and Nanoscience Center at NREL. She holds a doctorate in materials chemistry from Bar-Ilan University in Israel. She has worked in various areas of electrochemical energy conversion and storage, including proton and anion exchange membrane based electrolyzers and fuel cells.

Her current research includes understanding electrochemical and degradation processes, component development, and materials integration and optimization.

Research Interests

Degradation processes

Catalyst development

Materials integration and optimization

Advanced characterization methods

Education

Ph.D., Materials Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University

Professional Experience

Group Leader, Institute of Energy and Climate Research, IEK-14, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany (2019–2022)    

Humboldt Research Fellow, Institute of Energy and Climate Research, IEK-3, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany (2017–2019)

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Ernst Ruska-Centre (ER-C) and Peter Grünberg Institute (PGI-5), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany (2016–2017)

Featured Work

Composition-Dependent Morphology, Structure, and Catalytical Performance of Nickel–Iron Layered Double Hydroxide as Highly-Efficient and Stable Anode Catalyst in Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis, Advanced Functional Materials (2022)

Multi-Scale Multi-Technique Characterization Approach for Analysis of PEM Electrolyzer Catalyst Layer Degradation, Journal of the Electrochemical Society (2022)

Multistep Sulfur Leaching for the Development of a Highly Efficient and Stable NiSx/Ni(OH)2/NiOOH Electrocatalyst for Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2022)

Challenges and Important Considerations When Benchmarking Single-Cell Alkaline Electrolyzers, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (2022)

Nickel Structures as a Template Strategy To Create Shaped Iridium Electrocatalysts for Electrochemical Water Splitting, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2021)

Exploring the Interface of Skin-Layered Titanium Fibers for Electrochemical Water Splitting, Advanced Energy Materials (2021)