ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, MATERIALS, ENERGY
The aim of this community is to grow the French-Australian scientific collaboration in the energy and materials science domains. Strong collaborations are underway in the areas of solar energy, electrochemical energy storage and hydrogen technologies including grid technologies, training and education.
Our target is to facilitate the emergence of small and intermediary energy systems, their management in stand-alone locations (islands and remote areas) and/or integrated in the form of micro-grids.
Learn more about the International Research Network on energy materials and integrated systems for electrochemical storage and hydrogen energy: the French-Australian Research Network on Conversion and Energy Storage - FACES
FRANÇOIS AGUEY
Leader Australian side
Francois is leading MERLin at UNSW. His research focuses on the development of advanced materials for hydrogen technologies.
UNSW School of Chemical Engineering, High street Gate 2, NSW 2052, Sydney, Australia
Email: f.aguey@unsw.edu.au
Phone: +61-2-9385 7970
FERMIN CUEVAS
Leader French side
Fermin Cuevas is leading the Interaction of Hydrogen and Matter (IHM) group at ICMPE. His research focuses on the development of materials for hydrogen technologies and batteries.
ICMPE-IHM, CNRS UMR 7182, 2-8, rue H. Dunant, 94320 THIAIS, France
Email: cuevas@icmpe.cnrs.fr
Phone: +33 - 1 49 78 12 25
PARTNERS INVOLVED
Our network includes world leading Institutions with expertise across the entire energy sector, from renewables including solar, to energy storage systems solar and energy management.
SOLAR
French Labs:
IPVF, LPICM, GEEPS : Photovoltaic conversion devices and systems
PROMES, LOCIE-INES, CETHIL, RAPSODEE: Thermal and thermodynamic solar energy conversion
ICCMO, PROMES, IPVF: solar to fuels, artificial photosynthesis
LOCIE-INES, CETHIL, GEEPS : distributed production, monitoring and prediction of solar power generation
Australian Labs:
UNSW:
UNSW School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, School of Built environment and School of Chemical Eng: Photovoltaics, solar thermal, forecasting, solar to chemicals and building integration
ANU:
College of engineering: photovoltaic and Solar Thermal
Deakin:
IFM: Solar to fuels
Uni SA: solar thermal and energy storage
Flinders: organic photovoltaics
BATTERIES
French Labs:
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ICMCB (CNRS UMR 5026) Université de Bordeaux: Energy: Materials and Batteries
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IMN (CNRS UMR 6502) Université de Nantes : Electrochemical Storage and Conversion of Energy” and “Physics of materials and nanostructures
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ICMPE (CNRS UMR 7182) Institut de Chimie et des Matériaux Paris-Est : Metallurgy, and inorganic materials for batteries
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IRCP (CNRS UMR 8247) Institut de Recherche de Chimie, Paris : Physico-chemistry for Improving Sustainability of Chemical Processes and Interfaces and Electrochemistry, Energy including batteries and solid oxide fuel cells
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LAAS (CNRS UPR 8001) Laboratoire d’Analyse et d’Architecture des Systèmes, Toulouse : Integration of the storage systems
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IMS (CNRS UMR5218) Bordeaux: Integration of Materials to Systems
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AMPERE (UMR CNRS 5005) Lyon: Electrical engineering and systems integration
Australian Labs:
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Deakin University (IFM) : Battery materials and BatTRIhub prototyping lab
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The University of New South Wales School of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry: Batteries materials chemistry and operando characterizations of batteries.
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University of South Australia (UNISA) Future Industries Institute: Battery materials and grid integration
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ANU college of engineering: Electrical energy storage and grid integration
HYDROGEN
French Labs:
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IEM, CNRS (UMR5635), Université de Montpellier, ENSCM : Boron-based compounds, including borohydrides, boranes and boron nitride for hydrogen storage
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ICMPE, CNRS (UMR7182), Université Paris-Est Créteil : Hydrogen storage materials (metal and complex hydrides, porous/metal hybrids) and theoritical modelling
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FEMTO-ST, CNRS (UMR6174), Université de Franche-Comté, ENSMM, Univ. T. Belfort-Montbéliard : Hydrogen tanks and systems integration
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IMN, CNRS (UMR6502), Université de Nantes : Solid-oxide fuel cells and electrolysers
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ICMCB, CNRS (UMR5026), Université de Bordeaux : Hydrolysis of metals and metallic hydrides, fuel cells and electrolysers.
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LAPLACE, CNRS (UMR5213) Toulouse: Laboratory for Plasma and Energy Conversion, integration of system, and aviation
Australian Labs:
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University of New South Wales School of Chemical Engineering: Nanoscale for hydrogen storage and catalytic hydrogen production including water electrolysis, photocatalysis and electrocatalysis for fuel cells.
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Flinders: hydrogen production including photocatalysis
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ANU, college of Engineering: Photocatalysis, high temperature hydrogen generation and enhanced photovoltaic water splitting.
GRID TECHNOLOGY
French Labs:
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G2ELAB – Grenoble: Power Electronic, Smart Buildings& Smart Grids, interaction with pro’sumers
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Laplace – Toulouse: optimal design of autonomous and connected micro-grids
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LAAS– Toulouse: Power Electronics architecture of micro-grids
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L2EP – Lille : smart grids smart-buildings, power electronics, social acceptability
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GEEPS – Paris: optimal design, micro-grids
Australian Labs:
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UNSW: School of Electrical and Chemical Engineering – grid management and integration of systems, power electronics and smart building
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Deakin University Energy Centre: Microgrid as test bed and integration of energy storage
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UniSA: Grid management and smart buildings
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ANU College of Engineering: Grid optimisation and systems integration
