FUN

Functional Nanomaterials

Leader: Christine Videlot-Ackermann

Introduction

The research team "Functional Nanomaterials" (FUN) is internationally recognized for its multidisciplinary expertise in the development of opto-electronic and plasmonic nanomaterials, deep studying of transport and morphology at nanoscale as wel as solution processing of corresponding devices including organic solar cells and photodetectors, hybrid LEDs, gaz sensors and transistors.

The designed materials are mostly nanocomposite materials based on metal or metal oxide nanoparticles, organic/inorganic hybrid nanoparticles using pi-conjugated ligands and polymer blends.

The research activities of FUN are focused on the control of the opto-electronic properties at nanoscale towards improving or generating novel material properties. The optoelectronic properties of the developed nanomaterials are furthermore studied in detail concerning their nano structuration, charge transport and photostability. As FUN aims to process organic and hybrid printed devices such as solar cells, we have also a major focus on ink development to render the materials compatible with different printing techniques including ink jet printing, doctor blading, slot die or spin coating into devices structures. This allows us to correlate nanoscale morphology, size and nanocomposite organization, printing behavior to improve material properties in printed devices including not only solar cells, but also light emitting diodes (LEDs), photodetectors, Bio- and Gas sensors as well as plasmonic camouflage. By closely working with French companies such as Dracula Technologies and Armor ASCA we also developed expertise in lab to fab transfer of organic solar cells including large area processing in air towards OPV module processing.

 

 

 

In 2016, the FUN team created, together with the OPTO-PV team of the IM2NP laboratory, a joint team called "FUN-PV" which is dedicated to the development of organic and hybrid nanomaterials aiming photovoltaic applications.

Équipe Ackermann

 

Publications

2024

Correlation between materials and band‐selective detection in organic photodetectors based on bulk heterojunction

Quentin Eynaud, Anass Khodr, Mohamed El Amine Kramdi, Gilles Quéléver, Olivier Margeat, Jörg Ackermann, Christine Videlot-Ackermann

Journal of Applied Polymer Science (2024)10.1002/app.55481

Toward Air Stability of Efficient Filter‐Free Band‐Selective Organic Photodetectors Based on Bulk Heterojunction: Avoiding Environmental Degradation with Atomic Layer Deposition Encapsulation

Quentin Eynaud, Mohamed El Amine Kramdi, Vyshnav Kannampalli, Tomoyuki Koganezawa, Noriyuki Yoshimoto, Lionel Santinacci, Jörg Ackermann, Christine Videlot-Ackermann

Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research 2300262 (2024)10.1002/aesr.202300262

Ternary Polymer Solar Cells: Impact of Non-Fullerene Acceptors on Optical and Morphological Properties

Quentin Eynaud, Tomoyuki Koganezawa, Hidehiro Sekimoto, Mohamed El Amine Kramdi, Gilles Quéléver, Olivier Margeat, Jörg Ackermann, Noriyuki Yoshimoto, Christine Videlot-Ackermann

Electronics 13:1752 (2024)10.3390/electronics13091752

Statistical and Correlative Characterization of Individual Nanoparticle in Gap Plasmon Resonator Sensors

Peeranuch Poungsripong, Vyshnav Kannampalli, Lionel Santinacci, David Grosso, Dominique Chatain, David Duché, Olivier Margeat, Beniamino Sciacca

Advanced Materials Technologies 202400083 (2024)10.1002/admt.202400083

Insights into the relationship between molecular and order-dependent photostability of ITIC derivatives for the production of photochemically stable blends

Y. Quiroz Avalos, Quentin Eynaud, Pavlo Perkhun, Agnès Rivaton, Wolfgang Köntges, Rasmus R Schröder, Tomoyuki Koganezawa, Noriyuki Yoshimoto, A. Kumar Bharwal, David Duché, Carmen M M Ruiz, Olivier Margeat, Cyril Aumaitre, Renaud Demadrille, Christine Videlot-Ackermann, Jörg Ackermann

Journal of Materials Chemistry C (2024)10.1039/D3TC04614A

Designer metasurfaces via nanocube assembly at the air-water interface

Beniamino Sciacca, Muhammad L. Fajri, Nicolas Kossowski, Ibtissem Bouanane, F. Bedu, Peeranuch Poungsripong, Renato Juliano-Martins, Clement Majorel, Olivier Margeat, Judikaël Le Rouzo, Patrice Genevet

ACS Nano 18 (2024)https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.4c06022

2023

Design of infrared optical absorber using silver nanorings array made by a top-down process

Ibtissem Bouanane, F. Bedu, Igor Ozerov, Beniamino Sciacca, Lionel Santinacci, David Duché, Gérard Berginc, Ludovic Escoubas, Olivier Margeat, Judikaël Le Rouzo

Scientific Reports 13:7770 (2023)10.1038/s41598-023-34579-w

Nanoparticle Imprint Lithography: From Nanoscale Metrology to Printable Metallic Grids

Anna Capitaine, Mehrnaz Bochet-Modaresialam, Peeranuch Poungsripong, Clémence Badie, Vasile Heresanu, Olivier Margeat, Lionel Santinacci, David Grosso, Erik Garnett, Beniamino Sciacca

ACS Nano (2023)10.1021/acsnano.3c01156

Towards efficient NFA-based selective near-infrared organic photodetectors: impact of thermal annealing of polymer blends

Q. Eynaud, Y. Avalos Quiroz, T. Koganezawa, R. Sato, N. Yoshimoto, O. Margeat, C. Ruiz, J. Ackermann, Christine Videlot-Ackermann

Journal of Materials Chemistry C 11:9657-9669 (2023)10.1039/D3TC01180A

Star-shape non-fullerene acceptor featuring an aza-triangulene core for organic solar cells

Yann Kervella, José Maria Andrés Castán, Yatzil Alejandra Avalos-Quiroz, Anass Khodr, Quentin Eynaud, Tomoyuki Koganezawa, Noriyuki Yoshimoto, Olivier Margeat, Agnès Rivaton, Antonio Riquelme, Valid Mwatati Mwalukuku, Jacques Pécaut, Benjamin Grévin, Christine Videlot-Ackermann, Jörg Ackermann, Renaud Demadrille, Cyril Aumaître

Journal of Materials Chemistry C 11:8161-8169 (2023)10.1039/d2tc05424h

Magnetic functionalization of ZnO nanoparticles surfaces via optically generated methyl radicals

D. Marin, G. Gerbaud, O. Margeat, F. Ziarelli, F. Ferrer, O. Ouari, A. Campos, S. Bertaina, Adrien Savoyant

The Journal of Chemical Physics 158:184704 (2023)10.1063/5.0152015

2022

Hole transport layers in organic solar cells: A review

Riva Alkarsifi, Jörg Ackermann, Olivier Margeat

Journal of Metals, Materials and Minerals 32:1-22 (2022)10.55713/jmmm.v32i4.1549

Exploring Charge Transport in High‐Temperature Polymorphism of ITIC Derivatives in Simple Processed Unipolar Bottom Contact Organic Field‐Effect Transistor

Yatzil Alejandra Avalos Quiroz, Tomoyuki Koganezawa, Pavlo Perkhun, Elena Barulina, Carmen Ruiz Herrero, Jörg Ackermann, Noriyuki Yoshimoto, Christine Videlot-Ackermann

Advanced Electronic Materials 8:2100743 (2022)10.1002/aelm.202100743

Improved ultraviolet stability of fullerene-based organic solar cells through light-induced enlargement and crystallization of fullerene domains

Elena Barulina, Anass Khodr, Sadok Ben Dkhil, Pavlo Perkhun, Yatzil Alejandra Avalos Quiroz, Tomoyuki Koganezawa, Noriyuki Yoshimoto, Wolfgang Köntges, Rasmus Schröder, Martin Pfammöller, Olivier Margeat, Jörg Ackermann, Christine Videlot-Ackermann

Thin Solid Films 757:139394 (2022)10.1016/j.tsf.2022.139394

Highly emissive layers based on organic/inorganic nanohybrids using Aggregation Induced Emission effect

Jonathan Phelipot, Nicolas Ledos, Thomas Dombray, Matthew P Duffy, Mathieu Denis, Ting Wang, Yahia Didane, Meriem Gaceur, Qinye Bao, Xianjie Liu, Mats Fahlman, Pietro Delugas, Alessandro Mattoni, Denis Tondelier, Bernard Geffroy, Pierre-Antoine Bouit, Olivier Margeat, Jörg Ackermann, Muriel Hissler

Advanced Materials Technologies 7:2100876 (2022)10.1002/admt.202100876

Nanohybrids as a tool to control the dispersion of organic emitters in solution-processed electroluminescent layers

Jonathan Phelipot, Payal Manzhi, Nicolas Ledos, Denis Tondelier, Bernard Geffroy, Pierre- Antoine Bouit, Jörg Ackermann, Muriel Hissler, Olivier Margeat

New Journal of Chemistry 46:22574-22580 (2022)10.1039/D2NJ05016A

Synthesis and Electron Accepting Properties of Two Di(benz[f]indenone)-Fused Tetraazaanthracene Isomers

Bruno Salgues, Rudraditya Sarkar, Muhammad Fajri, Yatzil Avalos-Quiroz, Anne-Doriane Manick, Michel Giorgi, Nicolas Vanthuyne, Yannick Carissan, Christine Videlot-Ackermann, Jörg Ackermann, Gabriel Canard, Jean-Luc Parrain, Boris Le Guennic, Denis Jacquemin, Muriel Amatore, Laurent Commeiras, Elena Zaborova, Fréderic Fagès

Journal of Organic Chemistry 87:3276-3285 (2022)10.1021/acs.joc.1c02942

2021

Organic-Inorganic doped Nickel Oxide Nanocrystals for Hole Transport Layers in Inverted Polymer Solar Cells with Color Tuning

Riva Alkarsifi, Yatzil Alejandra Avalos-Quiroz, Pavlo Perkhun, Xianjie Liu, Mats Fahlman, Anil Kumar Bharwal, Carmen M. Ruiz, David Duché, Jean-Jacques Simon, Christine Videlot-Ackermann, Olivier Margeat, Jörg Ackermann

Materials Chemistry Frontiers (2021)

Non-Fullerene Acceptors with an Extended Pi-Conjugated Core: Third Components in Ternary Blends for High-Efficiency, Post Treatment-Free, Organic Solar Cells

Yatzil Alejandra Avalos Quiroz, Olivier Bardagot, Yann Kervella, Cyril Aumaître, Lydia Cabau, Agnès Rivaton, Olivier Margeat, Christine Videlot-Ackermann, Uyxing Vongsaysy, Jörg Ackermann, Renaud Demadrille

ChemSusChem 14:3502-3510 (2021)10.1002/cssc.202101005

Theoretical insight on PTB7:PC 71 BM, PTB7-th:PC 71 BM and Si-PCPDTBT:PC 71 BM interactions governing blend nanoscale morphology for efficient solar cells

Claudia Caddeo, Alessio Filippetti, Andrea Bosin, Christine Videlot-Ackermann, Jörg Ackermann, Alessandro Mattoni

Nano Energy (2021)

High‐Efficiency Digital Inkjet‐Printed Non‐Fullerene Polymer Blends Using Non‐Halogenated Solvents

Pavlo Perkhun, Wolfgang Köntges, Florent Pourcin, Daniel Esteoulle, Elena Barulina, Noriyuki Yoshimoto, Pascal Pierron, Olivier Margeat, Christine Videlot-Ackermann, Anil Kumar Bharwal, David Duché, Carmen Ruiz Herrero, Cedric Gonzales, Antonio Guerrero, Juan Bisquert, Rasmus Schröder, Martin Pfannmöller, Sadok Ben Dkhil, Jean-Jacques Simon, Jörg Ackermann

Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research 2000086 (2021)10.1002/aesr.202000086

2020

Direct Observations of the Structural Properties of Semiconducting Polymer: Fullerene Blends under Tensile Stretching

Mouaad Yassine Aliouat, Dmitriy Ksenzov, Stéphanie Escoubas, Jörg Ackermann, Dominique Thiaudière, Cristian Mocuta, Mohamed Cherif Benoudia, David Duche, Olivier Thomas, Souren Grigorian

Materials 13:3092 (2020)10.3390/ma13143092

In situ measurements of the structure and strain of a π-conjugated semiconducting polymer under mechanical load

Mouaad Yassine Aliouat, Stephanie Escoubas, Mohamed Chérif Benoudia, Dmitriy Ksenzov, David Duché, Evangéline Bènevent, Christine Videlot-Ackermann, Jörg Ackermann, Olivier Thomas, Souren Grigorian

Journal of Applied Physics 127:045108 (2020)10.1063/1.5127226

Direct correlation of nanoscale morphology and device performance to study photocurrent generation in donor enriched phases of polymer solar cells

Sadok Ben Dkhil, Pavlo Perkhun, Chieh Luo, David Müller, Riva Alkarsifi, Elena Barulina, Yatzil Alejandra Avalos-Quiroz, Olivier Margeat, Stephan Thierry Dubas, Tomoyuki Koganezawa, Daiki Kuzuhara, Noriyuki Yoshimoto, Claudia Caddeo, Alessandro Mattoni, Birger Zimmermann, Uli Würfel, Martin Pfannmöller, Sara Bals, Jörg Ackermann, Christine Videlot-Ackermann

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2020)10.1021/acsami.0c05884

Robust transparent conducting electrode based on silver nanowire coating on polyelectrolytes multilayers

Jedsada Chavalitkul, Olivier Margeat, Jörg Ackermann, Stephan T Dubas

Thin Solid Films 711:138272 (2020)10.1016/j.tsf.2020.138272

Visualizing morphological principles for efficient photocurrent generation in organic non-fullerene acceptor blends

Wolfgang Köntges, Pavlo Perkhun, Jochen Kammerer, Riva Alkarsifi, Uli Würfel, Olivier Margeat, Christine Videlot-Ackermann, Jean-Jacques Simon, Rasmus Schröder, Jörg Ackermann, Martin Pfannmöller

Energy & Environmental Science 13 (2020)10.1039/c9ee03535d

Rectifying antennas for energy harvesting from the microwaves to visible light: A review

C.A. Reynaud, David Duché, Jean-Jacques Simon, Estéban Sanchez-Adaime, O. Margeat, Jörg Ackermann, Vikas Jangid, Chrystelle Lebouin, Damien Brunel, Frederic Dumur, Didier Gigmes, Gérard Berginc, C.A. A Nijhuis, Ludovic Escoubas

Progress in Quantum Electronics 72:100265 (2020)10.1016/j.pquantelec.2020.100265

Long-standing Optically-excited Magnetic States in ZnO Nanoparticles

Adrien Savoyant, Clément Sebastiao, Olivier Margeat

physica status solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research Letters (2020)10.1002/pssr.202000176

2019

UV-enhanced Ozone Sensing Response of Al-doped Zinc Oxide Nanocrystals at Room Temperature

Sandrine Bernardini, Tomas Fiorido, Khalifa Aguir, O. Margeat, J. Ackermann, C. Videlot-Ackermann

Materials Today: Proceedings 6:310-313 (2019)

Financement

Ingénierie moléculaire et matériaux fonctionnels Ingénierie moléculaire et matériaux fonctionnels 1 Sources et sondes ponctuelles 2Équipe Ackermann 1

  • Scholar ship Doc2AMU: Digital printing of organic solar cells using non-fullerene acceptors

  • ANR NFA-15 : Non-Fullerene-Acceptor based polymer solar cells with 15% efficiency and 10-year lifetime

  • ANR Fluohyb: New FLUOrescent HYBrid nanomaterials based on Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE) organic ligands grafted to inorganic nanoparticles

  • ANR BELUGA : Lab-on-disc for in situ monitoring of surface water quality by algae biosensors and physicochemical sensors

  • Research collaboration contract with the company Dracula Technologie to develop digital printing processes of organic solar cells

Facilities

  • Manufacturing room of printed opto-electronic devices using printing techniques such as inkjet printing techniques, doctor blading and spin coating. Processing under inert atmosphere inside gloveboxes or in air.

  • Equipment for the synthesis of nanoparticles, characterization of nanoparticles by TGA and infrared spectroscopy, equipment for formulating and characterizing inks.

  • Test bench for the stability of solar cells.

  • Equipment for the production of organic or metallic thin films by vacuum evaporation.

  • I-V, EQE, IQE measurements.

  • Measurement of charge mobility by field effect (transistor).

Collaborations

National

  • Dr. A. Mattoni, CNR IOM SLACS, Italy
  • Prof. Mats Fahlamn, University of Linkoping, Sweden
  • Dr. Antonio Guerrero, University Jaume 1, Spain
  • Prof. N. Yoshimoto, Iwate University, Japan
  • Dr. M. Pfannmöller, Heidelberg University, Germany
  • Dr. U. Würfel, Fraunhofer−Institut für Solare Energiesysteme ISE, Germany
  • Prof. P. Bäuerle, University Ulm, Germany.
  • Prof. J. Hou, Dr. H. Hao, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, China .

Patents

  • “Photovoltaic cell and method of manufacturing the same”.

Brevet national, P. Pierron, S. Ben Dkhil, O. Margeat,  J. Ackermann, N° 856062 date de dépôt le 29 juin 2018

 

  • “Conductive polymer composition and process for producing the same”.

Brevet national, P. Pierron, S. Ben Dkhil, O. Margeat,  J. Ackermann, N° 1856060 date de dépôt le 29 juin 2018

 

  • “Multicolour solar cells and modules as well as LEDs by using structured photoactive layers composed of different photovoltaic materials”.

Brevet international, S. Ben Dkhil, O. Margeat, C. Videlot-Ackermann, J. Ackermann, D. Duché, L. Escoubas J.-J. Simon. EP 17157916.2 , date de dépôt : 24 février 2017

 

  • “Multicolored energy conversion device and three-dimensional structuring method”.

Brevet national, Roussot, T.; Barret, M.; Pierrot P.; Duché, D., Simon, Jean-Jacques, Escoubas L.;  Ackermann, J.;  Margeat, Olivier, Ben Dkhil Sadok, No.16 50813

 

  • Luminescent hybrid nanomatériaux with agregation induced emission.

M. Hissler, P.A. Bouilt, O. Margeat, J. Ackermann, Brevet national, jour de depot:18/06/2014, N°: 14173001.0-1508

Useful links

  • GDR CNRS 3368 Organic Electronics for the New Era (OERA)