BARREAU Nicolas

Categories: PROFESSOR AND RESEARCHER, TEAM MIOPS

University Professor

Functions :

Lecturer (P.U. section 63, Nantes University, Physics Department)

Qualifications:

Doctor-HDR

Expertises:

Synthesis and characterization of thin films for optoelectronic applications

Main research themes:

Photovoltaic conversion using chalcopyrite-structured chalcogenide thin films

Current research projects :

ANR: GASPER, SIPHON
Europe: SITA (RIA), PARACELSIS (M-Era Net)
ADEME: PRINCIPLE
PEPR: H2-GreeNH3, TASE-IOTA, SPLEEN-POWERCO2

Activities in the research community

Steering committee: GDR Chalco, PEPR-TASE project targeting IOTA
Board member of the FedPV research federation

Biography

Nicolas Barreau holds a PhD in materials science from the University of Nantes (2001), and was awarded a “habilitation à diriger des recherches” in 2010. Following his PhD, he completed a post-doctoral contract (2002-2003) at the Hahn-Meitner Institute in Berlin. In 2005, he was appointed Maître de Conférences, section CNU63, at Nantes University, where he carried out his research in the Photovoltaic Materials Laboratory (LAMP, Dir. John Kessler). In 2008, he joined the Institut des Matériaux de Nantes Jean Rouxel (IMN, UMR6502). His research activities focus on photovoltaic conversion based on thin films of chalcogenide materials (eg. Cu(In,Ga)(Se,S)2) for applications ranging from tandem cells to photoelectro-catalytic conversion. He has (co-)authored over 200 papers (including proceedings) and seven patents.

Teaching :

General physics, photovoltaics

Publications :

Number of publications: 173

Léo Choubrac, Fabien Pineau, Eugène Bertin, Ludovic Arzel and Nicolas Barreau. Rethinking CIGS solar cells for rear illumination applications. (2025) J. Phys. Energy 7 02LT01. DOI 10.1088/2515-7655/ad9acf
Nicolas Barreau, Eugène Bertin, Alexandre Crossay, Olivier Durand, Ludovic Arzel, Sylvie Harel, Thomas Lepetit, Lionel Assmann, Eric Gautron, Daniel Lincot. Investigation of co-evaporated polycrystalline Cu(In,Ga)S2 thin film yielding 16.0% efficiency solar cell. (2022) EPJ Photovoltaics, Volume 13, 27. DOI: 10.1051/epjpv/2022014
N. Barreau, O. Durand, E. Bertin, A. Létoublon, C. Cornet, P. Tsoulka, E. Gautron, D. Lincot. Epitaxial growth of CIGSe layers on GaP/Si (001) pseudo-substrate for tandem CIGSe/Si solar cells. (2021) Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 2021, 233, 111385. DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2021.111385.
Pati, P.B., Wang, R., Boutin, E., Diring, S., Jobic, S., Barreau, N., Odobel, F., Robert, M.. Photocathode functionalized with a molecular cobalt catalyst for selective carbon dioxide reduction in water (2020) Nature Communications, 11 (1), art. no. 3499. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17125-4

Number of patents : 7

Link to orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8423-153X

Link to scholar.google.fr: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vr2jHQoAAAAJ&hl=fr