LUCAS Ivan

Categories: PROFESSOR AND RESEARCHER, TEAM ST2E

Senior Lecturer

Functions :

Lecturer – Senior Lecturer HC Nantes université (Sorbonne Université 2012-2023)

Qualifications :

HDR Sorbonne Université (2018), Thesis Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie (2007)

Expertises :

Energy storage / Operando analysis / Spectroscopy and near-field microscopy / Electrochemistry

Main research themes:

Li-ion & Zn-ion batteries, exalted Raman spectroscopy

Current research projects :

2023-2026 – European project OPINCHARGE(OPerando analyses and modelling of INterface dynamics and CHARGE transport in lithium-ion batteries) – Programme HORIZON-RIA call “Cross-sectoral solutions for the climate transition “, – 10 international partners (Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Spain and France) – Leader: Santhana Eswara Moorthy – 5 million euros – IMN partners: P. Moreau and P. Abellan.
2024-2027: ARNT IMN/SAFT project – D. NEAU – ” Etude operando de l’interfaceMnO2/électrolyte au sein des accumulateurs Zn-ion ” – SAFT : F. CHAUVEAU, J. MARBAIX – Direction: I.T. LUCAS, co-direction J. GAUBICHER
2023-2027 – ANR Project ZORG – ” Unified Understanding of the Zinc Aqueous (Electro)Chemistry from Multiscale Operando Investigations ” – 42 months – 371 k€ – Lead: J. Gaubicher (IMN) – Partners Ceisam (F. Odobel, C. Queffélec et Y. Pellegrin), CEA (I. Profatilova, S. Genies), CIC (M. Armand).
2025-2028: Thesis ED3MG/Tandem Région – In situ/operando diagnosis by fibered vibrational spectroscopy – Direction I. LUCAS, co-direction B. Humbert

Activities in the research community :

Elected member of the CNRS national committee, section 14 2021-2025

Biography:

A specialist in nanomaterials and electrochemistry, my research focuses on the development of various operando tools for characterizing functional materials, including exalted Raman spectroscopies (TERS, SERS) and local probe microscopies through various academic and industrial collaborations. In 2019, I received the “Young Researcher in Electrochemistry” award from the Société Chimique de France (SCF) and the French section of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE). After a PhD at Sorbonne University (Dir. P. Turq), a postdoc at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, California (R. Kostecki), I was appointed lecturer at SU (LISE laboratory) then transferred to the University of Nantes in 2023 (IMN).

Teaching :

Light-matter interaction (including geometric and wave optics, as well as optical and vibrational spectroscopy from L1 to M2) / Electrochemistry (including impedance) / General chemistry (from atomistics, chemical bonding and molecular interactions to crystallography and thermochemistry) / Master MEEF (thermochemistry and electrochemistry, preparation for lessons and set-ups).

Distinction:

ISE Young Researcher Prize in Electrochemistry awarded in 2019.

Publications :

Number of publications: > 50

Major illustrative publications:

” Dynamics of transition metal dissolution and cross-contamination in operating Lithium-ion batteries,” Journal of Power Sources, 630, 2025, 236031 – IF 8,1 – https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2024.236031
” Solid Electrolyte Interphase Instability in Operating Lithium-Ion Batteries Unraveled by Enhanced-Raman Spectroscopy,” ACS Energy Letters 6 (5), 2021 – 1757-1763 – https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.1c00436
“Electrochemical tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy for the elucidation of complex electrochemical reactions”” Anal. Chem. 96, 2024, 2791-2798 – IF 8 – https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.3c02601”

Link to publi HAL : ivant-lucas https://cnrs.hal.science/search/index/q/*/authIdHal_s/ivant-lucas

Link to orcid: 0000-0001-8930-0437 / IdRef: 121556352

Link to scholar.google.fr : https://scholar.google.fr/citations?user=0UBm5oMAAAAJ&hl=en

LinkedIn link : https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivantlucas/