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Senior Lecturer

Expertises :

• PVD thin film deposition
• Cold plasmas
• DC and RF magnetron sputtering
• Optical emission spectroscopy
• Profilometry

Senior Lecturer

Senior Lecturer

Senior Lecturer

Functions :

• 2021- : Senior Lecturer (IMN, Nantes University)
• 2019-2021: R&D Engineer ARMOR/CNRS IMS Pessac
• 2017-2019: Postdoctoral researcher, SPECIFIC IKC, Swansea University, Wales, UK
• 2014-2017: Postdoctoral researcher, KAUST, Saudi Arabia

Qualifications :

• 2013 PhD of the Université de Toulouse. Title: “Fabrication and characterization of silicon nanocrystals encapsulated in amorphous silicon matrices: role of interfaces and matrix on structural, optical and electrical properties”.
• 2009 INSA Rennes Engineer – Materials and Nanotechnologies

Expertises :

• Thin films deposition using plasma techniques (Reactive sputtering, DC, RF)
• High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering (HiPIMS)
• Functional oxide and nitride thin films

Main research themes:

• Plasma deposition for functional materials and energy applications (reactive sputtering)
• Nitride and oxide thin film electrodes for microsupercapacitors and high-power microbatteries
• Reactive magnetron sputtering, high power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS)
• Thin films for solar cells (interfacial selective layers)
• Thin film and surface characterizations (electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy…)

Current research projects :

• Bourse doctorale Nantes Université: Perovskite oxide thin films as electrodes for high power microbatteries.
• ANR JCJC PERFORM: Plasma-Processed 3D Electrodes for Microsupercapacitors
• CHIPS: Combinatorial HiPIMS for Sovereignty (CEA – IMN project)
• ASTERIX: Advanced surface technologies for resilient and innovative materials in extreme environments (PEPR DIADEM project, CEA-LPGP-IMN-SIMaP collaboration)

Activities in the research community :

• Member of IRN (Franco-Quebec) NMC
• Cold Plasma Network

Biography

English:

Jérémy Barbé is a researcher at the Institut des Matériaux de Nantes Jean Rouxel (IMN), in the Plasma and Thin Films group (PCM), and a teacher in the Materials department at Polytech Nantes (Nantes University). A specialist in functional materials for energy, his research focuses on thin films deposition by plasma methods such as sputtering and HiPIMS, with applications in electrochemical energy storage microdevices, and thin-film solar cells.

After graduating in materials and nanotechnology engineering from INSA Rennes (2009), he obtained a PhD from Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse III) in 2013, with a thesis on the fabrication by PECVD of silicon nanocrystals in thin-film silica matrices, carried out at CEA LITEN and CNRS LAPLACE. He then moved on to various post-doctorates focusing on sol-gel deposition techniques for thin-film solar cells (CIGS, perovskites and organics). These stopovers took him under the burning sun of Saudi Arabia in KAUST (2014-2016), then under the Welsh clouds in Swansea (2017-2019), before joining the ARMOR group and CNRS IMS in Pessac.

In 2021, he joined IMN as a lecturer where he works on the development of innovative thin-film materials used as electrodes for electrochemical energy storage devices. His research focuses in particular on oxides, nitrides and oxynitrides obtained by reactive sputtering (HiPIMS, DCMS…).

Active in the scientific community, he is a member of IRN NMC and the Cold Plasma Network. His work is regularly published and cited in the field of energy materials.

French :

Jérémy Barbé is a lecturer at the Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel (IMN) in Nantes, in the Plasma and Thin Films group (PCM), and a teacher in the Materials department at Polytech Nantes. A specialist in functional materials for energy, his research focuses on plasma deposits, electrodes for microsupercapacitors, and thin-film solar cells, particularly organic and perovskite.

A graduate in materials and nanotechnology engineering from INSA Rennes (2009), in 2013 he obtained a PhD from Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse III), with a thesis on the PECVD fabrication of silicon nanocrystals in thin-film silicate matrices, carried out at CEA LITEN and CNRS LAPLACE. He then moved on to various post-doctorates focusing on sol-gel deposition techniques for thin-film solar cells (CIGS, perovskites and organics). These stopovers took him under the burning sun of Saudi Arabia in KAUST (2014-2016), then under the Welsh clouds in Swansea (2017-2019), before joining the ARMOR group, linked to the CNRS IMS in Pessac.

In 2021, he joined IMN as a lecturer where he works on the manufacture of innovative thin-film materials used as electrodes for electrochemical energy storage devices. His research focuses in particular on oxides, nitrides and oxynitrides obtained by reactive sputtering (HiPIMS, DCMS…).

Active in the scientific community, he is a member of the IRN NMC and the Cold Plasma Network. His work is regularly published and cited in the field of materials for energy.

Teaching :

• Teaching in Polytech Nantes (semiconductors, thin films, sensors, material characterizations)

Publications :

• 35 articles in peer-reviewed journals

Major publications:

• A Lebreton, J Barbé, C Lethien, JN Coleman, T Brousse, Tuning Deposition Conditions for VN Thin Films Electrodes for Microsupercapacitors: Influence of the Substrate Bias Voltage, Journal of The Electrochemical Society 171 (9), 090513, (2024)
• J Barbé, M Newman, S Lilliu, V Kumar, H Ka Hin Lee, C Charbonneau, C Rodenburg, D Lidzey, WC Tsoi, Localized effect of PbI2 excess in perovskite solar cells probed by high-resolution chemical-optoelectronic mapping, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 6 (45), 23010-23018 (2018)
• A Lebreton, C Lethien, JN Coleman, T Brousse, J Barbé, Tuning Deposition Conditions for VN Thin Films Electrodes for Microsupercapacitors: Influence of the Substrate Bias Voltage, Journal of The Electrochemical Society 172 (4), 040523 (2025)
• J Barbé, ML Tietze, M Neophytou, B Murali, E Alarousu, AE Labban, et al, Amorphous tin oxide as a low-temperature-processed electron-transport layer for organic and hybrid perovskite solar cells, ACS applied materials & interfaces 9 (13), 11828-11836 (2017)

Link to orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3366-4567

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

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

Senior Lecturer

Function:

Senior Lecturer

Expertise:

Optical and vibrational spectroscopy

Teaching:

Head of CUPGE Physics PSR – Enhanced Scientific Course

Link to orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8976-8371

Senior Lecturer

Functions :

Senior Lecturer, Vice-Dean for Bachelor’s Degrees, UFR Sciences et Techniques

Qualifications :

Doctor, HDR

Expertise:

Life physics, biophysics

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8508-2962

Senior Lecturer

Senior Lecturer

Functions:

Lecturer and researcher

Qualifications:

Senior Lecturer HDR

Main research themes :

Synthesis of coordination polymers and MOFs based on lanthanides, luminescence thermometry

Biography:

Hélène Brault obtained her PhD in inorganic chemistry (2009) from the University of Bordeaux (ICMCB, France), where she worked on the optoelectronic properties of zinc oxide and fluoride. In 2009, HB was awarded a Humboldt Fellowship to join Martin Jansen’s group (Max-Planck Institute of Solid-State Chemistry, Stuttgart, Germany) as a postdoctoral researcher to study the role of high pressure on oxides containing lone-pair metals. HB then joined Dr. Michel Mortier’s group (LCMCP, Paris, France), working on luminescent fluoride glasses. Since 2011, HB has been a lecturer in chemistry at the University of Nantes, where she began working on various luminescent inorganic materials. Since 2016, her current research topics are mainly focused on lanthanide-based coordination polymers and MOFs for luminescence thermometry.

Teaching:

• Crystal chemistry
• Inorganic chemistry
• Materials chemistry
• Soft Matter Chemistry
• X-ray diffraction (Bachelors and Masters)

Publications :

Number of publications: 54

Major illustrative publications:

• Engineering Eu3+/Tb3+-bearing metal-organic framework luminescent thermometers for tunable thermal performance
  V. Trannoy, A. N. Carneiro Neto, C. D. Brites, L. D. Carlos, H. Serier-Brault
  Advanced Optical Materials, 9, 2001938 (2021)
• Tuning of thermometric performances of mixed Eu-Tb metal-organic frameworks through single-crystal coordinating solvent exchange reactions
  A. Kourtellaris, W. Lafargue-Dit-Hauret, F. Massuyeau, C. Latouche, A. J. Tasiopoulos, H. Serier-Brault
  Advanced Optical Materials, 2200484 (2022)
• Rare-earth UiO-66 for temperature sensing near room temperature
  E. Djanffar, H. A. Bicalho, Z. Ajoyan, A. J. Howarth, H. Serier-Brault
  Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 12, 8024-8029 (2024)

Number of patents: 1

Link to orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3300-1347

Link to scholar.google.fr: https://scholar.google.fr/citations?user=5pTQdbUAAAAJ&hl=fr

LinkedIn link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/h%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne-brault-4966611a8/

University Professor

Fonctions actuelles / Current

• Since 2024: Vice-Dean in charge of Research and International Partnerships, Polytech Nantes
• Since 2023: Chair Division 3 (Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage)Chair Division 3 (Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage) International Society of Electrochemistry
• Since 2012: Associate Editor for Journal of the Electrochemical Society (Battery technology)
• Since 2010: Senior Scientist and CTO of ERIMAT (BO Capacités SAS)

Functions precedents / Before

• 2013-2020: Vice-Dean in charge of technology transfer at the University of Nantes
• 1999-2019: Elected at the National Council of the Universities (CNU section 33)
• 2005-2011: Director of Laboratoire de Génie des Matériaux et Procédés Associés (LGMPA – EA2664)
• 2010-2013: President of the evaluation committee of National Research Agency (ANR) call for proposal STOCK-E and PROGELEC

Qualifications

• Engineer degree from ISMRa-ENSI Caen (1987)
• PhD from University of Caen (High Tc superconductive thin films)
• HDR from University of Nantes (functional thin films for energy storage)
• Fellow of the International Society of Electrochemistry (Since 2022)

Research Themes

• Supercapacitors: from materials (pseudocapacitive oxides and nitrides, functionalized carbons) to devices (asymmetric supercapacitors, hybrid devices)
• Microdevices for energy storage: microbatteries (Li-ion, metal-air,…), microsupercapacitors

Research Community Activities / Teaching Responsibilities

• Co-coordinator of Capacitive storage area for RS2E (http://www.energie-rs2e.com/en/organisation-chart)
• Member of the Global Innovation in Research Program at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
• In charge of supercapacitor topic in the team ST2E at IMN

Publications

• 230 publications in international peer-reviewed journals (H-Factor: 39 – source Google Scholar)
• 12 book chapters
• 8 patents
• 66 invited talks at national/international conferences, 46 oral conference presentations, 36 invited seminars,
• 12 (co)organisations of conferences

Links

• ResearcherID : ORCID 0000-0003-2243-8508
• ResearchGate: https: //www.researchgate.net/profile/Thierry_Brousse
• Google Scholar: https: //scholar.google.com/citations?user=ITua4w4AAAAJ&hl=fr&oi=ao
• LinkedIn: https: //www.linkedin.com/in/thierry-brousse-a050559a/

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University Professor

Fonctions actuelles / Current

• Professor (CNU section 33), accredited to direct research (HDR), Department of Chemistry, University of Nantes
• Head of 6 teaching units in inorganic and materials chemistry at bachelor (L2-L3) and master (M1-M2) levels in 2020.
• Researcher within the MIOPS group “Innovative Materials for Optical, Photovoltaic and Storage” at the Institute of Materials Jean Rouxel – Nantes (IMN)

Functions precedents / Before

• 2001-03: Postdoctoral position at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland under the supervision of Prof. André Merbach. “Studies of solvatation mechanisms of
• Eu2+ and Gd3+ ions in nonaqueous solutions. Synthesis and characterization of new Eu2+ complexes stabilized with heterocyclic ligands.”

Qualifications

• 2016: Habilitation to Supervise Research, University of Nantes. “New hybrid organic-inorganic and inorganic materials with photoinduced properties.”
• 1998-2001: PhD thesis, University of Versailles. “New thiometallic complexes. Reactivity of tetraoxothiometalates [MO4-nSn]x- (n = 1-4) (M = Mo, V, Re) towards carbon disulfide and substituted alkynes.”
• 1998: Postgraduate degree (DEA) “De la molécule au matériau”, Universities of Versailles, Paris VI, Paris XI, and ENSCP, ESPCI, ENS Ulm, ENS Cachan high schools

Research Themes

• Elaboration of new organic-inorganic and inorganic hybrid materials with photoinduced properties (photochromism, photoluminescence, vapoluminescence, UV absorber, photocatalysis, SERS detection, luminescent sensors)
• Hybrid polyoxometalate chemistry
• Design of new plasmonic hybrid Ag@metal-oxide semiconductor nanostructures

Research Community Activities / Teaching Responsibilities

• Coordinator of the “Photoactive Hybrid Materials” subgroup of the MIOPS team
• In charge of several public research projects (ANR BIOOPOM, HYPODS, ASPOD) for the Institute of Materials Jean Rouxel
• Head of the third year of Licence “Physique-Chimie”, University of Nantes
• Scientific board member of the “UFR Sciences et Techniques”, University of Nantes
• Board member of the department of chemistry, University of Nantes
• Board member of the Institute of Materials Jean Rouxel
• Member of the project “Recherche-Formation-Innovation” (RFI) LUMOMAT supported by la Région des Pays de la Loire (France) (2014-2018). Partner of the “Ecole Universitaire de Recherche” (EUR) LUMOMAT (since 2020).
• Supervisor of 3 PhD students, co-supervisor of 5 other PhD students, 2 postdoctoral fellows, 25 bachelor and master students.

Publications

• 48 publications in international peer-reviewed journals (h-Factor: 18)
• 1 Patent
• 2 book chapters
• 6 invited talks at national/international conferences, 3 invited seminars, 44 oral conference presentations, 30 poster conference presentations

Ressources en ligne / Online resources

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2862-7767
ResearcherID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/M-4043-2016
ResearchGate: https: //www.researchgate.net/profile/Remi_Dessapt