Genesis of materials, structures and systems

The synthesis of functional polymers is a historical domain of the GUIDE team. This theme has been taken up and amplified in the context of our integration into INES (National Institute of Solar Energie).

Today, we synthesize a wide range of functional polymers for electronics and photovoltaics: low-gap polymers, organic-inorganic hybrids, single and double cation perovskites (in collaboration with the CEA).

This genesis activity also concerns a larger scale with the creation of architectured objects, i.e. whose function results from the properties of the materials and their geometry at the scale of the finished part.

Here is a selection of publications related to this theme:

• El Moussawi, Z., Nourdine, A., Flandin, L., "A key progress in introducing single walled carbon nanotubes to photovoltaic devices",  Applied Nanoscience,  55, 2020.
• Murugesan, V., De Bettignies, R., Mercier, R., Guillerez, S., Perrin, L., “Synthesis and characterizations of benzotriazole based donor–acceptor copolymers for organic photovoltaic applications", Synthetic Metals, 162, 1037-1045, 2012.
• Nourdine, A., Perrin, L., De Bettignies, R., Guillerez, S., Flandin, L., Albérola, N., “Synthesis and characterization of fullerene based systems for photovoltaic applications: Evidence for percolation threshold“, Polymer, 52, 26, 6066-6073 , 2011.