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2 Volt Organic battery deveLopment & implemenTAtion – VOLTA
The present basic research project aims to identify and develop highly performing bulk (monomolecular) insertion materials for positive and negative electrode applications of Li-based batteries, and will end by a first prototyping of high performance organic batteries operating at least 2 V in non a
Improved Carbon-based Redox-active Organic Storage Systems – ICROSS
This project addresses the point 4.2 of the call for proposal, dedicated to electrochemical capacitors (ECs) so called supercapacitors or ultracapacitors. This point mentions that : « A major effort of research must focus on improving the energy density, including implementation of new organic elect
Development of NEW Si-based nanocomposite MAterials with Stabilized surface for negative electrodes of Li-ion batTEries – NEWMASTE
NEWMASTE is a 3-year multidisciplinary project involving three academic and two industrial companies. The main aim is to develop a newly discovered Si-based nanostructured composite and to scale-up the optimized material for being used as negative electrode in Li-ion batteries. This material has bee
Innovative Multijunction with movPe and Epitaxy at low-TemperatUre for Solar – IMPETUS
Multijunction solar cells hold by far the highest conversion efficiency for any photovoltaic cell, with a 44% efficiency record under concentration, and offer a viable solution for photovoltaic power plants in high irradiation countries. If the technology trends hold true, III-V cells are poised to
Photovoltaics Integration into Grid with distributed storage – PARADISE
The main idea is to define and develop technics of DG clustering. These technics aim to create a set of microgrids with a minimum of assets able to communicate , to provide reserves and interacting with the main grid. The various steps are : - Definition of the multi cluster architecture - Iden
High-Efficiency Long-lived Organic Solar modules – HELIOS
The industrial large-scale production of organic solar modules (OPV) is imminent in Europe especially in France. Organic solar cells have many advantages. They are large-area printed at low-cost from processes at room temperature. They have conversion efficiencies of photovoltaic records beyond 10%
Health-monitoring of power semiconductor modules in photovoltaic inverters – MEMPHIS
The aim of MEMPHIS project is to develop a set of tools to monitor the health of power modules. The primary effort is to provide tools applicable to the majority of commercial inverters used in photovoltaic power systems. The path toward a solar-powered world requires efforts both in PV systems co
Complex and isotropic silicide materials based on eco-sustainable elements for thermoelectric devices working in intermediate and high temperature – MASCOTH
A thermoelectric device is able to transform thermal into electric energy (Seebeck effect) and vice versa (Peltier effect). Two challenges concerning materials hinder a large scale production and integration of these devices. The first one is related to the high price and toxicity of the atoms compo
Applying PhOtonic Crystals and Asymmetric plasma LaYer Processing for SOlar cells – APOCALYPSO
Thin-film (TF) silicon solar cells deposited by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) remain the most economically viable photovoltaic (PV) technology because they combine abundant low-cost material and low-cost, large area, low-temperature processes. The best candidate to achieve the lo
Versatile Converters for Energy Efficiency in Electric Railway networks – COVEREEF
Today, the electrical energy consumption of rail transportation accounts for 2.8% of the national consumption that is to say 12.2 TWh a year. Thus, in the context of rail traffic increase, both in freight and in people transport, the quality of the power supply becomes a critical problem. For the ra
Single-ion block copolymers as electrolyte for lithium metal polymer battery – COPOLIBAT2
Electrochemical energy storage is one of the major societal challenges of this century. The performances of classical lithium–ion technology based on liquid electrolyte have made great strides in the past two decades, but the intrinsic instability of the liquid electrolyte results in safety issues.
efficient sOluble small molecules foR photovoltaIc applicatiONs – ORION
The multidisciplinary ORION project involves three partners who have been collaborating since already several years. The first partner is specialized in the synthesis of semiconducting materials for organic photovoltaic applications (N. Leclerc team from ICPEES). The second partner is specialized in
Electrodes / electrolyte interfaces optimization for the durability of Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells – DJANGO
The DJANGO project is dedicated to High Temperature Steam Electrolysis (HTSE). This technology is really promising, with a high efficiency, but an important drawback delays its rise up. Indeed, the degradation rate of the electrochemical cells (2 or 3 %/1000h), for an objective of 1%/1000h, limits i