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Oxygen evolution reaction: the key to optimize photocatalytic water oxidation – OERKOP
Electrochemical reactions driving the solar water splitting process involve physico-chemical transformations of photoelectrodes generated by charge transfer at interface with the electrolyte. Oxygen evolution reaction (OER) at the photoanode is the main obstacle for achieving efficient hydrogen yiel
Original hydrides designed by dialogue between theory and experiment – HYDROPTERE
HYDROPTERE is an exploratory project aiming at developing new materials for hydrogen storage and energy conversion: hydrides that will be implemented in the next decade and that meet the needs of high gravimetric capacities and moderate equilibrium conditions The project is interdisciplinary and r
Simulations of OH* light emission from H2/air flames in real burners – TOHREAU
TOHREAU addresses the problem of the simulation of H2/air flames stabilized in real burners, i.e. with a complex geometry and operating close to the real conditions, to prepare their optimization for this new combustible and the switch from hydrocarbon fuel powered burners to H2 powered systems. H2/
ISing gArnet hyperKagomE networks for enhanced magnetocaloric effect – SAKE
Alternate coolants are needed to replace the use of increasingly scarce liquid helium, required, for instance, to cool the superconducting magnets used in medical resonance imaging. Magnetocaloric materials, with their entropically driven cooling power when cycled in a magnetic field, are such a re
Scientific Improvement of Ammonia Combustion – SIAC
To reach the Green Deal objective of Europe in 2050, the need to keep a secure electricity supply, the energy storage will play an central role of the modern electricity smart grid. Hydrogen is considered as a good energy carrier even if actually suffers of the storage and transport cost and some sa
Additive Manufacturing of SiGe for ThermoElectricity – FASTE
Project FASTE proposes to develop a new technique to manufacture thermoelectric (TE) materials. More accurately, we propose to develop SiGe materials by Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF), an additive manufacturing (AM) method. If this technique has been very recently applied to few TE materials (Bi2Te3
Gallium Oxide based deviceS for Power ELectronics – GOSPELS
GOSPEL’s aim is the design and demonstration of a novel vertical p-NiO/n-?-Ga2O3 power diode, optimized for high power electronics. This will be done by carefully conceiving, designing and engineering of devices with the appropriate architectures along with controlled thermal, electrical and structu
Operando infrared optical fiber spectroscopy to enter the private chemistry of Li(Na)-ion batteries – SensOLiB
The project is presented in a context where batteries are increasingly used in both the transport and power sectors. Monitoring the dynamic chemical and thermal state of a cell during operation is crucial to make meaningful advancements in battery technology in terms of safety, reliability and even
Waste-Heat Recovery with Complex Liquid Thermoelectrics – WH-RECOLTE
WH-RECOLTE aims to advance the liquid thermoelectric technology by addressing two recently identified physico-chemical and electrochemical phenomena for enhancing their energy conversion performance. Namely, we investigate the role of particle/liquid interface in colloidal suspensions, and develop n
A material-based study of hot carrier / heat synergy in plasmonic CO2 reduction with water in the gas phase – TOGETHER-FOR-CO2
CO2 photoreduction with water is an attractive photosynthesis-like reaction which could lead to the direct, selective, on-site recycling of CO2 industrial emission sources into synthetic natural gas (methane), provided that the reaction can be carried out selectively and in the continuous flow, gas
ow rank tensor decomposition for fast electromagnetic modelling of electrical engineering devices – TensorVim
This project aims to develop powerful calculation tools for the rapid implementation of electromagnetic simulations of electrical engineering devices using volume integral methods. These techniques based on a tensor writing of the numerical resolution have recently been applied to integral methods a
Integrative multiscale investigation of heat and lithium source and pathways in Deep Geothermal System in a rift context: Focus on the Upper Rhine Graben – GLITER
The GLITER project proposes an integrated and multi-scale investigation of the combined "geothermal and lithium" system in the perspective of a lithium-and-heat co-production, with an application in the deep geothermal system of the Upper Rhine Graben. From two fundamental pillars to the understandi
COordination complexes with Multi Electron Transfers as ion-battery Electrode – COMETE
Today, two different types of active materials are mainly used for Li-ion battery system: inorganic and organic compounds. By combining the advantage of both in a sole material, i.e. electron transfer centered on both the metal and the organic moieties, coordination polymers are a very interesting
Exotic silicon: silicon clathrate films – EXOSIL
Several forms of silicon are used in industry, mainly crystalline, multicrystalline and amorphous silicon. Here we propose to investigate a novel form of silicon films, namely silicon clathrates. They are similar to carbon fullerenes as they form hollow spheres. The electronic and optical properties
Catalytic sorbent bed for improved production of methanol – SIMPA
The SIMPA project deals with the Power-To-Methanol process. It aims to shift the thermodynamic limitation of methanol production from CO2 and renewable H2 by combining a water sorption function and a catalytic function within the same bed. It will focus on the development of catalytic sorbent beds o
Femtocatalytic photoconversion of methane – PulseCoMeth
The conversion of Methane into more valuable chemicals and fuels has been identified as a win-win strategy towards a decarbonated industry and for the reduction of the green-house-gas. Methane is an abundant compound, that is considered as a climate bomb but, fortunately, that also constitutes a hug
Conductive Organic-based Materials for ElecTrochemical energy Storage – COMETS
With the population growing and the massive electrification of our life (mobility, technology, …), the number of electrical storage systems will exponentially increase in the future and will induce a considerable demand for raw minerals. One promising alternative to counter-balance this issue is to
Thermoelectric n-type Polymers: design, processing and structure – THERMOPOLYS
Thermoelectric (TE) materials have the capability to convert heat to electricity. Doped conjugated polymers (CPs) have emerged as promising materials since they are light, flexible, easy to process and can be operated at low temperatures. Efficient p-doped and n-doped CPs are required to build TE ge
Thermo-tomography of buried interfaces in micro-supercapacitors – TTIMSCAP
Heat is one of the main challenges in electronics, further exacerbated by continuous component miniaturization and higher power densities. The integration of multiple components on a single chip with the rise of connected and autonomous devices intensifies heat dissipation requirements, as well as o
Predicting room temperature superconductors – TcPredictor
Room temperature superconductors are probably the most desired systems in solid state physics because of their energy implications: superconductors offer conductivity without energy loss. While many materials can reach this state, only those with a sufficiently high critical temperature (Tc) will ha
Magnetic Ageing assisted by Strain: Experimental and Modeling Development – MASTERMIND2
In the framework of climate change, the European Union has set key targets to reduce CO2 emissions, in particular by increasing energy efficiency. As electric motors consume about 45 % of the electrical energy produced in the European Union and considering that, this percentage will inevitably incre
III-V Hetero-EpitaxiaL Lateral Overgrowth on Si tunnel oxide from nano-seeds array for PhotoVoltaics – HELLO_PV
The HELLO_PV project develops an innovative solution to III-V on silicon heterogeneous material integration, a holy grail with wide societal applications in opto-electronics. More precisely, this proposal aims to develop the materials and technological building blocks to develop an AlGaAs/Si tandem
Carbon materials with controlled porosity for sodium-ion batteries – CARAMBAR
The CARAMBAR project aims to elaborate hard carbons for the preparation of negative electrodes for sodium-ion batteries. Hard carbons are extensively studied for this application: they are disordered materials, simply obtained by available precursors such as sugars, some polymers or biomass. Their s
Bioinspired oxidation of methane via caged heme diirion catalysts – BOOM
Producing chemicals and liquid fuels (methanol) from a wasted greenhouse gas (methane), is highly lucrative and an ecological priority. Conceptually, the direct methane-to-methanol oxidation is an ideal “waste-to-wealth” route to both trap CH4 being flared worldwide and fulfill the demand for the me
Aging in Different Environments of Cu(InxGa1-x)Se2 Surfaces – ADECS
The ANR project ADECS (Aging in Different Environments of Cu(InxGa1-x)Se2 surfaces) aims to study the chemical reactivity of Cu (InxGa1-x) Se2 (CIGS) solar absorbers in different environments. Improving the stability of solar cells is a key point in the field of solar technology and requires a funda
Push-pull tandems based on metal CLUSters and PolyOxoMetalates for solar production of H2 – CLUSPOM-H2
The project targets to design functional supramolecular systems based on mixed inorganic molecular building blocks combining “electron-poor” thio-polyoxometalates (thio-POMs) and “electron-rich” octahedral clusters (CLUSs) with complementary optical and electronic properties. The thio-POMs will serv
Bio-inspired nano-composites with polymer matrix as efficient anode materials for electrocatalytic water oxidation – OERNanoCat
The water oxidation into oxygen (OER) remains a bottleneck in the scale-up of water-splitting and CO2-reduction electrolyzers due to slow kinetics and large overpotentials. Key challenges are the development of efficient, robust and cheap earth-abundant OER catalysts and their nanostructuration to i
Earth abundant nitride for tandem solar cell – NITA
Tandem solar cells are considered as the most promising technology for obtaining high efficiencies. , Up to know, efficiencies > 30% have only been obtained with costly III-V multi-junctions and III-V/Si tandem solar cells. Other materials are also intensively investigated by the photovoltaic commun
Unified Understanding of the Zinc Aqueous (Electro)Chemistry from Multiscale Operando Investigations – ZORG
Recent advances in the field of zinc electrodeposition in aqueous electrolytes have enabled to significantly mitigate its two main problems that are, zinc dendritic grain growth and hydrogen evolution, which has strongly boost the development of zinc aqueous batteries (ZnB). From the fundamental poi
Biocatalysis on phase boundary: modelling and design of enzymatic gas-diffusion electrodes – THREENZY
Being efficient and selective, enzymatic biocatalysts composed of abundant elements may successfully replace abiotic heterogeneous catalysts in sustainable energy applications such as fuel cells, bioreactors and solar fuel cells. The use of enzymes is particularly attractive for the catalytic transf
Towards a complete CO2 hydrate slurry-based cooling application – COOLHYD
With a cost equivalent to 20% of global electricity consumption, and highly regulated refrigerants, the refrigeration industry must face several challenges of sustainable development while ensuring its fundamental role for various sectors (food, air conditioning…). The use of phase change material (
Promoting hydrogen storage in clathrate hydrates – PhySH
Clathrate hydrates (or gas hydrates), are nanoporous cristalline materials composed of water molecules self-assembled into cages and stabilized by the presence of small guest atoms or molecules encapsulating within the water host lattice. Clathrate hydrates are found naturally on Earth in deep ocean
Fluid In hyDrophobic mEsopores and cLathrates formatIOn – FIDELIO
Our goal is to bring new insights for the design and best use of nanoporous materials for energy applications. We focus on the conversion mechanism of mechanical and interfacial energies observed by high-pressure intrusion-extrusion of liquids, its consequences on the properties of confined liquid,