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This project concerns the properties of bulk superconductors. Indeed, they have high critical currents and can be magnetized to very high magnetic flux densities of several Tesla. The main applications of the bulk samples are levitation, supermagnets, electrical motors and magnetic gears. New type o

The challenge of this research is to produce a societal analysis of the challenges of the energy transition based on an innovative empirical and experimental device, at the intersection of the spheres of knowledge, governance, research and innovation. practices (uses). It is based on a newly created

This ANR project CoolMagEvo is focused on the development of an alternative technology for cooling applications: magnetic cooling systems using magnetocaloric alloys. The innovative goal of this project is to explore the relevance of an artificial evolution-based digital approach for the design and

The SunSTONE project aims to develop a tool for the smart control of district heating networks (DH). This new tool should be particularly relevant in the frame work of high solar fraction DH with seasonal thermal storage. Compared to existing work on the subject, SunSTONE innovates at physical mode

Water electrolysis is potentially one of the most environmentally friendly hydrogen production processes. However, the large-scale deployment of proton exchange membrane electrolyzers will be slowed down in the near future by limited iridium resources (IrO2 is the conventional catalyst used at the a

Silicon-based photovoltaics represent ca. 90 % of the market. This technology is integrated where their properties are advantageous (roof-top or PV plants). Nevertheless, the success of PV penetration into the energetic mix strongly depends on how PV technologies can be diversified to integrate the

Thermoelectricity has seen a renewed emphasis in the last decade due to significant advances in materials nano-fabrication processes with improved performances. This growing interest is reinforced by the fact that the solid-state thermoelectric (TE) devices can convert waste heat from sources such a

Solar cells based on colloidal nanocrystal QDs and hybrid perovskite have shown remarkable progress in terms of power-conversion efficiency over the past decade. Yet the Achilles heel of these devices lies in their environmental instability. This project thus aims to develop fundamental understandin

It has become compulsory worldwide to reduce carbon fingerprint due to global warming. In addition to renewable energies which reduce CO2 emissions, sequestration and re-use of CO2 is a significant challenge and could represent a new energetic paradigm. Moreover, CO2 valorization could decelerate fo

The objective of the GENERATE (Renewable Energies Geopolitics and Future Studies on Energy Transition ) project led by IFPEN and IRIS is to analyse the geopolitical consequences of a diffusion of renewable energies (RE) at the international level. The challenges targeted by energy transition policie

The present PRC deals with the Redox Flow Batteries (RFB) used for the conversion and the storage of renewable electrical energies under chemical form, as well as the reversal procedure. The project, based on the knowledge acquired into the RFB “all-liquid-all-Vanadium/V-RFB” and the Semi-Solid l

The development of renewable energy sources requires the ability to use abundant elements in the earth's crust in order to meet extremely high demand on a global scale over the coming decades. Indeed, the most effective current solutions use critical elements from an abundance point of view but also

The OXIGEN Project aims at developing a new silicon PV cell generation using homojunction (HMJ) technologies to reach 23% efficiency with industrial processes. HMJ technologies represent today more than 90% of the production worldwide, and their enhancement rely on 2 main issues: - The use of passi

The needs for mobile and stationary storage systems will increase sharply in the decade with a market four times larger than the current market. Liquid electrolyte lithium-ion batteries are expected to capture most of this growth. However, these batteries suffer from two drawbacks: safety, which is

Electrochemical pressure impedance spectroscopy (EPIS) is known to show a high sensitivity towards transport processes in cells with gaseous reactants. For polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFC), EPIS is expected to allow the observation of mass transport, i.e. gas transport in the gas diff

G sulphuraria is able to grow in phototrophic regime (exclusive use of light as a source of energy), heterotrophic (fermentation or reduced carbon respiration) as well as in mixotrophic conditions (simultaneous use of light and reduced carbon). G. sulphuraria is considered as an emerging system for

WSPLIT is a basic science project designed to provide a deep understanding of the production of radical pairs resulting from the photoinduced dissociation of water sensitized by an organic chromophore. Our working hypothesis is that such radical reactions may be applied as co-catalysts to water spli

Low-power electronic devices (autonomous sensors, micro-robots, mobile phones, medical sensors, industrial processes, housing, etc.) are expected to accompany us on a daily basis. The use of batteries is not always possible to power these devices. They have limited lifetimes and require an external

Reliability and durability are the most important factors for the deployment of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFCs). Starting from the fact that the influences of defects at the material, Membrane Electrode Assembly (MEA) and stack scales are now well-known, the LOCALI project (Unveiling the

Our species and our civilization are facing the most important and unprecedented agricultural, environmental, industrial and economic challenges in their history. Photosynthesis, the most efficient solar energy converter on Earth, provides energy and carbon for nearly all life on our planet and is t

Carbon dioxide has become increasingly recognized as a valuable resource, and its large scale conversion into useful chemicals has the potential to provide cheap and renewable alternatives to fossil fuels. However, a current scientific bottleneck is the development of effective catalysts for CO2 red

Polymer solar cells (PSC) are promising technologies for production of photovoltaic solar energy at low cost. Thanks to their flexibility, semi-transparency and color tuning PSCs are only interesting for building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV), but also unique energy provider for indoor and consumer

The evolution of energy requirements due to increased electrical applications and consumption but also to the diversification of technologies linked to the renewable energy development lead to modify transport, distribution and energy management methods (i.e smart-grids, HVDC,…). In this context, th

The Hy-walHy project proposes to develop magnetically-enhanced alkaline water electrolyzers (AWE), on which LEPMI and LPCNO have recently established a proof-of-concept. The magnetic enhancement is due to the local transformation of a high-frequency alternating magnetic field (AMF) into heat using m

The objective of the ECPOR project is to contribute to this subject by evaluating the effectiveness of the elastocaloric effect in polymers for refrigeration applications and realizing, as proof of concept of the demonstrators. A multidisciplinary approach, combining experiments and modeling is used

Based on our transdisciplinary consortium, DENSSCAPIO aims at increasing the energy density and the safety of innovative all-solid state microsupercapacitors (µSC), by integration of novel nanotechnologies and nanomaterials. The strategy is to develop high surface electrodes based on pseudocapacitiv

The actual technology used to worldwide and real-time track birds is a device that contains GPS sensor and an emitter. A solar panel is embarked to power the device. However, due to the mass limitation in terms of embarkable technology on animals, only species in excess of 170 g can be equiped with

Raman spectroscopy, in particular in situ analysis, should be able to elucidate mechanisms that are still debated in the literature, such as the one associated with anionic redox encountered in Li-rich positive electrode materials. These materials are of particular interest in the community because

The efficient production, storage and use of clean energy at large scale is arguably one of the major challenges that society will have to face in the next decades. The dependence of the current energy sector on dwindling fossil fuel resources makes this a timely concern for the next generation of s

There are basically two main interconnected barriers to overcome for boosting the technology: i) developing new and better performing individual components; ii) designing optimized combined architectures with optimized charge generation and collection properties. The electronic and structural prope

Hole transporting materials for perovskite solar cells with enhanced stability and processability: from design to devices (ESPOIR2). In the last ten years, we have witnessed one of the most impressive evolutions in the history of photovoltaics: the rise of perovskite solar cells with power conve

This project will push the boundaries of WBG technology by studying the implementation of AlN-based technology, which compared to GaN (and any other WBG semiconductor) has even better material properties. The ultimate goal of this proposal is to reach a breakthrough in the development of high voltag

ANISOTHERM project focuses on the fabrication of new polymer thermoelectric materials and to explore how their processing in thin films by crystallization, orientation and soft doping can improve their thermoelectric (TE) properties. This pluridisciplinary project involved four laboratories ( Strasb

Organic solid waste is emerging as an attractive resource for the production of biofuels and synthons through anaerobic bioprocesses. However, waste matrix is complex, heterogeneous, and temporally variable and such features contribute to the complexity of their valorization: organic waste biorefine

The project MITO is an ambitious applied research project which aims to integrate for the first time promising thermoelectric (TE) materials based on oxides into micrometric TE modules for efficient thermal management onto micro-opto-electronic platforms. The TE oxides will be based on perovskite st

In order to overcome the issue of intensive use of fossil fuel energies, scientists need to rapidly propose new energy resources. For example, a fuel economy based on hydrogen is a major challenge. In particular, a sustainable approach relies on its synthesis from solar energy which appears as a gre

Cities in the developing and emerging countries experience many problems of electricity supply, which conventional responses such as extending the grid cannot fix. Therefore, collective and individual alternatives such as decentralized and hybrid systems evolve. Applying the concept of hybridization