DEVIC Thomas

Categories: RESEARCHER, TEAM ST2E

CNRS Research Director

Functions :

CNRS Research Director (Section 17)

Expertise :

Organic-inorganic hybrid materials
Coordination chemistry
Energy storage
Porous materials
In situ studies
Crystal chemistry
Structure-property relationships

Main research themes:

Synthesis of new functional MOFs
New electroactive materials
Binders and coordination coatings for battery electrodes
Hybrid materials and thermal energy storage.

Current research projects:

As coordinator :

ANR PRC CE05, 2024-2027. Thermal management of metal organic framework materials (TEM-MOF). Partners: LTeN (X. Py), ICMN (B. Cagnon).

As partner manager :

ANR PRC CE50, 2022-2026. Catalytic sorbent bed for improved production of methanol (SIMPA). Coordinator A.C- Roger (ICPEES); partners IMN (T. Devic), CP2M (P. Fongarland), ICGM (P. Trens).
ANR PRC CE08, 2025-2029. Novel MOFs for singlet oxygen generation storage and delivery (MOFSONG). Coordinator A. Fateeva (LMI); partners IMN (T. Devic), CEISAM (V. Coeffard), CRMN (G. Pintacuda), LRGP (C. Frochot).

As a participant :

IMN-Blue solutions joint laboratory (IMNBlue), 2023-2027. New-generation all-solid batteries.

Biography:

Thomas Devic obtained his PhD in 2003 from the University of Angers. After a postdoctoral stay at Cornell University, USA, under the supervision of Stephen Lee, he was recruited to the CNRS at the Institut Lavoisier in Versailles, France, in 2004, within the “Porous Solids” research group headed by Gérard Férey. In 2016, he joined the Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel, in Nantes, France, where he is currently CNRS Research Director. His research focuses mainly on organic-inorganic hybrid materials, with a particular emphasis on synthesis and structural characterization. He is interested in the development of new hybrid compounds (salts, complexes and coordination polymers, MOFs), in particular based on non-trivial organic building blocks, the use of high-throughput tools to achieve this, their in-depth structural characterization using various analytical techniques (XRD, NMR, infrared…) and their applications in various fields, such as gas capture and electrochemical and thermal energy storage. He has supervised more than 20 doctoral and post-doctoral students, and participates in various academic and industrial collaborative projects.

Teaching:

Courses and practical work on porous coordination polymers, Master’s level (Nantes University)

Publications :

Number of publications: 155

Illustrative major publications:

A Fe-thiolate layered metal organic framework as a high-performance electrode material for potassium-ion batteries. L.H.B. Nguyen, P. Salcedo-Abraira, D. Le Thanh, N. Gedikoglu, N. Guillou, R. Coatleven, P. Poizot, F. Salles, N. Louvain, L. Stievano, T. Devic, Chem. Commun. 2025, 61, 9614 – 9617.

Expanding the horizons of porphyrin metal-organic frameworks via catecholate coordination: exploring structural diversity, materials stability and redox properties. S. De, G. Mouchaham, F. Liu, M. Affram, B. Abeykoon, N. Guillou, E. Jeanneau, J.-M. Grenèche, L. Khrouz, C. Martineau-Corcos, L. Boudjema, F. Salles, P. Salcedo-Abraira, G. Valente, M. Souto, A. Fateeva, T. Devic, J. Mater. Chem. A 2023, 11, 25465-25483.

Is there any benefit of coating Si particles for negative electrode material for Li-ion batteries with a MOF? The case of Al fumarate. N. Kana, K. Touidjine, S. Olivier-Archambaud, E. Gkaniatsou, M. Paris, N. Dupré, N. Gautier, P. Moreau, C. Sicard, B. Lestriez, T. Devic, ACS Applied Energy Mater. 2023, 6, 9218-9230.

Coordinatively cross-linked binders for silicon-based electrodes for Li-ion batteries: beneficial impact on mechanical properties and electrochemical performance. L. Huet, D. Mazouzi, P. Moreau, N. Dupré, M. Paris, S. Mittelette, D. Laurencin, T. Devic, L. Roué, B. Lestriez, ACS Applied Mater. Interfaces 2023, 15, 15509-15524.

Deciphering the thermal and electrochemical behaviors of dual redox-active iron croconate violet coordination complexes. M. Denis, J.-M. Grenèche, N. Gautier, P. Poizot, T. Devic, Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 9308-9317.

Silicon Electrodes for Li-ion Batteries. Addressing the Challenges through Coordination Chemistry. T. Devic, B. Lestriez, L. Roué, ACS Energy Lett. 2019, 4, 550-557.

Number of patents: 4

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Link to orcid: https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0001-7074-6498