CHEMABEL
Low-temperature CHEMical approaches to novel materials based on earth ABundant ELements. Towards advanced electronic and optoelectronic applications
| Coordinatore | CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
Organization address
address: Rue Michel -Ange 3 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | France [FR] |
| Totale costo | 100˙000 € |
| EC contributo | 100˙000 € |
| Programma | FP7-PEOPLE
Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) |
| Code Call | FP7-PEOPLE-2013-CIG |
| Funding Scheme | MC-CIG |
| Anno di inizio | 2014 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2014-03-01 - 2018-02-28 |
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CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
Organization address
address: Rue Michel -Ange 3 contact info |
FR (PARIS) | coordinator | 100˙000.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'The renewable energy technologies already available are not yet capable of competing with fossil fuels mainly due to a poor ratio cost/efficiency. A clear example is photovoltaic energy, for which high costs and moderate performances yield too long payback times, despite the huge amount of solar energy constantly reaching the Earth. The key to cheap and more efficient renewable energy sources lies in the materials at the heart of the different technologies. The synthesis of novel materials with superior tailored properties for each particular energy application, and the development of cheap and scalable fabrication protocols is therefore crucial if renewable energy technologies are to take a main share of modern society energy mix. Thus I plan to focus on the synthesis and study of novel materials based on earth abundant elements, with tailored properties for application in photovoltaic cells and other electronic devices, such as transparent electronics. On a complementary research line, the design of simpler and more efficient cell (nano)architectures is another key factor in maximizing the efficiency/cost ration of solar cells. In this sense I intend to develop novel nanoarchitectures in which the two main processes in solar cells, namely light abslorption and charge extraction, are decoupled and thus can be separately tackled and optimized. I want to address these goals by using and developing facile, low-cost and scalable approaches. The hydrothermal method has proven to be a very effective synthetic approach yielding both known and new phases. Moreover, it is a low cost method and easily scalable. I have also shown the efficiency of hydrothermal reactions for the fabrication of hybrid nanostructures. Additionally, other low-cost, solution-based methods will be explored (electrochemistry, chemical oxidation, etc). Finally, an exciting new approach to Atomic Layer Deposition that operates at atmospheric pressure will be developed and implemented.'