Course Overview

> Knowledge and stakes associated to fuel cells, energy storage,
battery materials, materials for organic electronics, etc. concerning:

- Thermodynamical and electrochemical properties.
- Materials (solid state and molecular chemistry, material science).
- Current technological locks.

Learning Achievement

Competence

Course prerequisites

- Academic level: BSc / Master 1.
- Language prerequisites: English.

Grading Philosophy

- Closed-book final exam (1 hour and a half,  0,67 coeff.).
- Project oral defence (30 minutes, 0,33 coeff.).

Course schedule

_>__ GENERAL PRESENTATION AND TUTORED PROJECT (7 LECTURES)_
Students form groups and work on the building of a system based on
organic and inorganic materials, such as a computer  (storage,
energy, display, processing, input/output and communication systems).
Fuel cells (4 lectures)

- Fundamentals of fuel cells
- Materials for PEMFC
- Water management in PEMFC
- Materials for SOFC
- Limiting factors in the development of fuel cells
- Recent industrial developments of fuel cells

_> BATTERIES: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE (4 LECTURES)_
_> HYDROGEN (4 LECTURES)_

- Production

            - Classical production (steam reforming etc.)
            - New production modes (algae, electrolysis,
etc.)

- Direct and indirect uses
- Storage

             - Gases
             - Liquids
             - Solids

- Recent trends

> _ORGANIC ELECTRONICS (19 LECTURES_)
1.Introduction, overview

- Examples of applications of polymer-based electronic devices
- General features of conjugated polymers
- Operating principles of a LED

2. Electronic Structure

- Molecular structure / electronic properties relationships of
conjugated polymers : orbital treatment
- Polymers doping and electrical conduction

3.Interaction of conjugated polymers with light

- Non-linear polarization phenomena
- Optical excitations

4. Charge transport in conjugated polymers

- Charges movement mecanisms
- Analysis methods at various scales

5. Structure of conjugated polymers in the solid state

- Molecular conformation, local order
- Morphology

6. Synthesis and design

- Main synthesis methods of conjugated polymers
- Impact of synthetic tools on electronic properties

7. Applications and devices principles

Course type

- Lectures projects and exercise sessions: 51 hours total. - 105 Self-study hours (50 hours private reading, 25 hours exam preparation, 30 hours project preparation).

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Other information

> The teaching team is constitued of Georges Habziioannou and
Lean-Louis Bobet
> Bibliography:

- Techniques de l'ingénieur, ¨Piles à combustible, Ph. STEVENS et
al, D3 340-1 D3 340-28
- Electrochimie des solides, Ch. DESPORTES et al, ed. PUG
- La pile à combustible: structure fonctionnement application,
M.Boudellal, L'Usine nouvelle, Dunod
- Polymer Electronics, M. GEOGHEGAN, G; HADZIIOANNOU, Oxford
University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-953383-1 (2013).

> This course is part of the Erasmus Mundus Master FAME (Functional
Advanced Materials Engineering)_ a_nd the EIT-labelled Master AMIS
(AdvancedMaterials for Innovation and Sustainability).Duration: 8 weeks

Language of instruction: English
Mode of delivery: Face-to-face teaching

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