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University Professor

Function:

• University Professor
• Professor, Department of Chemistry, UFR des Sciences et Techniques, Nantes Université, Nantes, France
• Co-director of the joint IMNBlue Lab(IMN – BlueSolutions)
• Honorary member of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), junior member 012/2017

Previously

• 2002-2012: Assistant Professor in Chemistry and Electrochemistry at the University of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
• 2011-2014: Coordinator of the thematic network “Sustainable Storage” of the French Research Network on Electrochemical Energy Storage (RS2E).
• 2010-2012: Coordinator with F. Dolhem of the research group “Electrochemistry of organic and organo-metallic systems” of the Institut de Chimie de Picardie (ICP, FR 3085, France)

Qualifications :

• 2010: Habilitation qualification “Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches” (highest academic qualification) from University of Picardie Jules Verne, speciality Materials science.
• 1998-2001: Doctoral Thesis, speciality Materials science, University of Picardie Jules Verne: “Des vanadates aux oxydes simples de métaux de transition, une réactivité électrochimique inhabituelle vis-à-vis du lithium”; thesis number: 01AMIE0011, inist: 23519902

Expertises :

• Analytical electrochemistry
• Solid state electrochemistry
• Materials Science
• Batteries
• Organic batteries
• Inorganic and organic insert materials

Main research themes:

• Development of cation- and anion-inserted organic batteries
• Collaborative research with Blue Solutions on GENERATION 4 Li batteries

Current research projects :

• IMNBlue Lab
• PEPR SONIC
• MUSIC European project

Activities in the research community:

Chairman of the Board, Organic Battery Days Conference

Teaching :

• Co-director – Masters in Chemistry (Masters mention Chimie), Nantes University, France. Webpage
• Co-director – Masters in Materials Science, Nantes University, France. Webpage
• Co-director of the Masters, 2nd year in Renewable Energies (M2 Energies Nouvelles et Renouvelables – M2 ENR), Nantes University, France. Webpage
• M2 ENR – Practical info & Content: OPTION #1
• M2 ENR – Practical info & Content: OPTION #2
• Co-director of the Graduate Programme Innovative Materials and Energy Systems (E-Mat), Nantes University, France. Webpage
• Since 2015: Elected Member of the Council of the Department of Chemistry of the Faculty of Science / Nantes University
• Since 2022: Elected Member of both Scientific council (Conseil Scientifique) and Education council (Conseil des Etudes) of the Faculty of Sciences / Nantes University

Distinction:

2001: Bronze medal from the SEP “Société d’Encouragement au Progrès” (for the discovery of the electrochemical reversibility at room temperature of the “conversion reactions“)

Publications

• Number of publications: > 110

See below and the section “Online Resources”; h-Index: 53, citations > 28000 (Google Scholar)

• Illustrative major publications:

“Nano-sized transition-metal oxides as negative-electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries”.
P. Poizot, S. Laruelle, S. Grugeon, L. Dupont, J-M. Tarascon, Nature, 407(6803), 496-499 (2000).

“Lithium salt of tetrahydroxybenzoquinone: toward the development of a sustainable Li-ion battery”.
H. Chen, M. Armand, M. Courty, M. Jiang, C. P. Grey, F. Dolhem, J-M. Tarascon, P. Poizot, Journal of American Chemical Society, 131(25), 8984-8988 (2009).

“Clean energy new deal for a sustainable world: from non-CO2 generating energy sources to greener electrochemical storage device”.
P. Poizot, F. Dolhem, Energy and Environmental Sciences, 4(6), 2003-2019 (2011).

“Raising the redox potential in carboxyphenolate-based positive organic materials via cation substitution”.
A. Jouhara, N. Dupré, A.-C. Gaillot, D. Guyomard, F. Dolhem, P. Poizot, Nature Communications, 9, 4401 (2018).

“Safe and recyclable lithium-ion capacitors using sacrificial organic lithium salt”.
P. Jeżowski, O. Crosnier, E. Deunf, P. Poizot, F. Béguin, T. Brousse, Nature Materials, 17(1), 167-173 (2018).

“Opportunities and challenges for organic electrodes in electrochemical energy storage”.
P. Poizot, J. Gaubicher, S. Renault, L. Dubois, Y. Liang, Y. Yao, Chemical Reviews, 120(14), 6490-6557 (2020)

Link to HAL : philippe-poizot

Link to orcid: https: //orcid.org/0000-0003-1865-4902

Link to scholar.google.fr : https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=fr&user=AzkEJ24AAAAJ

LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/philippe-poizot-b977323b/

CNRS Research Fellow

Version française

Position:

• Since 2008, CNRS research scientist in Section 17 – Chemistry of materials, nanomaterials and processes
• Team “Electrochemical storage and conversion of energy” (ST2E) in the field of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC)

Qualifications:

• 10/10/2002: PhD Thesis, LCPS (UCCS now), Villeneuve d’Ascq (France)
  “New high-valent transition metal oxides obtained by electrosynthesis: stacking layers, twinning and composite structures”.
• 10/07/2023: Habilitation to supervise research (HDR), Nantes University
  “Crystallochemistry applied to energy materials”.

Main research topics:

• Synthesis, characterizations and properties of new materials for SOFC.
• Structure determination by X-Ray diffraction (single crystals, powder).

Biography:

• 2003-2005: Post-doc under the supervision of Pr. Kanatzidis, East Lansing (USA).
  Thermoelectric properties of new chalcogenides with high figure of merit.
• 2005-2007: ATER (Temporary Teaching and Research Position), LRCS, Amiens (France).
  Teaching: Solid state chemistry and crystallography.
  Research: Na+/Ag+ conductivity in new iron phosphate materials.
• 2007-2008: Post-doc, IMN, Nantes (France).
  Proton conduction in new barium indate related compounds.

ORCID link: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7887-892X
Google Scholar link: https://scholar.google.fr/citations?user=RWOpWy4AAAAJ&hl=en

French version

Functions :

• Since 2008, CNRS research fellow in Section 17 – Chemistry of materials, nanomaterials and processes.
• Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion (ST2E) team in the field of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC).

Qualifications :

• 10/10/2002: Thesis, LCPS (now UCCS), Villeneuve d’Ascq (France).

“New high-valent transition metal oxides obtained by electrosynthesis: layer stacks, macles and composite structures”.

• 10/07/2023: Habilitation to direct research (HDR), Nantes University.

“Cristallochemistry applied to energy materials”.

Main research themes:

• Synthesis, characterization and properties of new materials for SOFCs.
• Structure determination by X-ray diffraction (single crystals, powder).

Biography:

• 2003-2005: Post-doc under the supervision of Prof. Kanatzidis, East Lansing (USA).
  Thermoelectric properties of new high merit chalcogenides.
• 2005-2007: ATER (Temporary teaching and research associate), LRCS, Amiens (France).
• Teaching: Solid state chemistry and crystallography.
  Research: Na+/Ag+ conductivity in new iron phosphate materials.
• 2007-2008: Post-doct, IMN, Nantes (France).
  Proton conduction in new compounds derived from barium indate.

ORCID link: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7887-892X
Google Scholar link : https://scholar.google.fr/citations?user=RWOpWy4AAAAJ&hl=en

Senior Lecturer

Position:

• Since September 2025: Postdoctoral researcher at IMN (Electrochemical Storage and Transformation of Energy group – ST2E)
• 2023-2025: Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford (Hayward group)

Qualifications:

2023: PhD from the University of Bordeaux. Thesis titled “Crystal chemistry and redox mechanisms of vanadium phosphates and Prussian blue analogues for K-ion batteries” carried out under the supervision of Dr. Laurence Croguennec (ICMCB), Prof. Dany Carlier (ICMCB) and Dr. Laure Monconduit (ICGM).

Expertise:

• Synthesis of inorganic materials
• crystal chemistry
• X-ray and neutron diffraction
• X-ray absorption spectroscopy and redox mechanisms
• Electrochemical characterisations.

Biography:

After graduating from the University of Bordeaux in the field of solid-state chemistry applied to battery electrode materials (January 2023), I moved to the University of Oxford, working in Mike Hayward’s group as a postdoctoral research assistant. During that time, I was exploring anionic intercalation chemistry in Ruddlesden-Popper compounds. I developed and applied sequential topochemical anion insertion-deinsertion reactions of fluoride ions in oxide-based frameworks to tailor the transition metal’s electron count, local coordination and magnetic properties. Moving back home in Nantes, in September 2025, I joined the Electrochemical Storage and Transformation of Energy group, and more precisely the “power batteries” team led by Prof Thierry Brousse. My research interest lies in the design of new oxide negative electrode materials for fast-charging batteries. I am interested in understanding how the crystal structures and nature of chemical bonds rule properties of inorganic solids and achieving comprehension from the microscopic scale using local probes, to the long-distance scale using diffraction techniques.

Prizes:

• Battery Young Researcher Award from the Battery Innovation Days (Novembre 2023, Bordeaux) European jury.
• Best Thesis Award (2022-2023) from Société Chimique de France section Aquitaine (April 2023, Bordeaux).

Link to orcid : https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5073-4008

Link to scholar.google.fr : https://scholar.google.fr/citations?user=_zZGv-YAAAAJ&hl=fr