Projet EIFFEL (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Doctoral Networks
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The accelerated urgency of transitioning away from fossil fuels is driven by climate change, but also by the European energy crisis in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. It reinforces the demand for competitive solar energy conversion technologies. Organic photovoltaics (OPV), based on non-toxic abundant raw materials offer an inexpensive technology with vast opportunities for largescale roll-to-roll production that is scalable to the multi-terawatt level. After a decade of R&D, several European companies are entering the market with OPV products. However, new materials, so-called non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs), have recently been discovered and have yielded higher power conversion efficiencies. This development occurred mainly in China, so that Europe is at risk of losing its leading industrial position to the Asia. To reverse this alarming trend, Europe needs to increase its strategic investments into OPV research. Two key directions of particular importance are: tailored novel NFA materials and NFA-based solar cells with long operational lifetime. Our scientific goal within EIFFEL – EffIcient Fullerene-Free organic solar cELs – is to recruit, train and supervise 10 talented Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) to design and synthesise novel NFAs suitable for both solution and vacuum processing, for the next generation of efficient and stable OPV. In EIFFEL, the unprecedented combination of targeted simulations, organic synthesis, device characterisation and engineering based on industrial needs paves the way to products that overcome OPV’s present-day limitations. EIFFEL’s training programme is uniquely designed to provide the ESRs with multidisciplinary training interlinking chemistry, materials science, physics, computer science, and transferable skills. EIFFEL’s ambition is to form a new generation of creative, entrepreneurial and innovative young researchers with the organisational abilities needed to succeed in interdisciplinary high-tech sectors.

Mots clés : organic photovoltaics, non fullerene acceptors, materials by design, operational stability, efficiency limiting processes, photophysics, microstructure characterization, quantum chemistry

Participants :
- Université de Groningue (Pays-Bas) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 274370.4 €
- Leibniz-Gemeinschaft (Allemagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 260539.2 €
- Infinitypv aps (Danemark) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 301788.0 €
- Université de technologie de Chemnitz (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 260539.2 €
- Kurt J. Lesker (United Kingdom) (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Chypre (Chypre) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 235080.0 €
- Université technologique de Dresde (Allemagne) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Wurtzbourg (Allemagne) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Mons (Belgique) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 262620.0 €
- Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 455372.27 €
- Heliatek (Germany) (Allemagne) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Diamond Light Source (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, associated partner, Autres, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université autonome de Barcelone (Espagne) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Conseil supérieur de la recherche scientifique (Espagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 251971.2 €
- ALBA Synchrotron (Spain) (Espagne) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes publics (hors enseignement & recherche), subvention : 0.0 €
- Université d'Angers (France) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Asca gmbh & co kg (Allemagne) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Université d'Oxford (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université polytechnique de Catalogne (Espagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 251971.2 €
- Saso kocevar (Allemagne) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €