Education

 

1988 : DEA (MSc) in Materials Science, Univ. Paris 6, France 

1991 : PhD in Chemistry, Univ. Paris-XI Orsay, France

2000 : Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, Univ. Paris XI Orsay, France

 

Employment history

 

1991-1992 : Military Service, Cadet in the French Navy, EAMEA, Cherbourg, France 

Jan. 1993 - Dec. 1994 : Post-Doc, Osaka National Research Institute (AIST), Ikeda, Japan

Jan. 1995 - Aug. 1996 : Post-Doc, University of Texas at Austin, USA

Sept. 1996 - Aug. 2000 : Associate Professor (MCF), Université Paris-XI Orsay, France

Sept. 2000 - present : Full Professor, LRCS, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France

 

Research Records

 

183 Publications in International Journals

> 100 Invited and Keynote oral presentations in International Conferences

23 PhD thesis defended, as advisor, since 1998

1 Chapter of book

3 Books edited

26 International Patents published, on LiFePO₄, Li₃Fe₂(PO₄)₃, FePO₄.nH₂O, Li₂FeSiO₄, Na₃V₂(PO₄)₂F₃, Argyrodites, Na₂V₂(PO₄)₃, ...

 

Awards / promotions / distinctions

 

2001 : Award of the Solid State Chemistry Division of the Société Française de Chimie

2006 : Nominated as Junior Member of the Institut Universitaire de France

2012 : Promoted “Professeur de Classe Exceptionnelle 1" by the French National Council of Universities

2017 : Promoted “Professeur de Classe Exceptionnelle 2" by the French National Council of Universities

2019 : Research Award of the International Battery Association (IBA)

2021 : Nominated as a Senior Member of the Institut Universitaire de France

2022 : Medal Pierre CHEVENARD of the SF2M (French Society of Metallurgy and Materials) 

 

Administration and collective duties / accomplishments

 

2008 - 2012 : Elected Member of the Administrative Council of the Université de Picardie Jules Verne

2013 : Nominated Member of the Administrative Council of the PRES UFECAP (Amiens - Reims)

2013 - 2015 : President of the French National Network of Doctoral Schools in Chemistry (REDoX)

2007 - 2017 : Director of the Doctorate School in Science and Health of UPJV Amiens (EDSTS)

2016 - 2018 : Chairman of the Crystallography Subcommittee College (5A) in ILL Grenoble

2012 - 2019 : Elected member of Section 33 of the French National Council of Universities

2020 - 2023 : President Section 33 (Materials Science) of French National Council of Universities (CNU)

2006 - 2024 : Coordinator of the ERASMUS MUNDUS Joint Master Degree Course «Materials for Energy Storage & Conversion», now MESC+, that gathers 7 partner Universities (Warsaw, Toulouse, Ljubljana, Bilbao, Amiens, Deakin, Drexel)

2017 - 2024 : Deputy Director of the LRCS, UPJV Amiens

2018 - 2024 : Director of the ALISTORE European Research Institute

2025 - present : Director of the Laboratoire de Réactivité et de chimie des Solides (LRCS)

2020 - present : Coordinator of the Marie Curie COFUND PhD Projects, DESTINY and DESTINY2

2023 - present : Coordinator of the LIMASSE project within the PEPR "Batteries"

 

Keywords and Domains of Expertise

 

Solid State Chemistry, Crystallography, Ionic Conductors, Battery materials, Phosphates, Diffraction, Ceramics, Crystal Chemistry, Na-Ion Batteries, All Solid State Batteries, Phase Transitions, Operando X-Ray diffraction within Batteries, ....,

 

June 3^rd, 2025 : Paper #3 of Ilia TERTOV accepted in Energy Storage Materials Journal, on LNMO cathodes, in strong collaboration with UMICORE, ICMCB Bordeaux, & ILL Grenoble.

 

June 3^rd, 2025 : Paper #2 of Ilia TERTOV accepted in J. Mater. Chem. A, Journal, on LNMO cathodes, in strong collaboration with UMICORE, ICMCB Bordeaux, & ILL Grenoble.

 

May 27^th, 2025 : Duy Linh PHAM is now Doctor in Chemistry of the Université de Picardie Jules Verne. Great work on Li4PS4I and LGPS inorganic solid electrolytes, in strong collaboration with SYENSQO under the DESTINY Marie Curie PhD cofund project  

 

May 26^th, 2025 : Paper #1 of Nikhil SUBASH published in ACS Inorganic Chemistry Journal, on Na- (or Li-) Nb-containing bronzoids as anodes for batteries, in strong collaboration with UMICORE.

 

May 14^th, 2025 : Anastasia GREBENSHCHIKOVA is now Doctor in Chemistry of the Université de Bordeaux. Great work on Fe-containing Phosphates and Sulphates for Na-Ion batteries.  Wonderful collaboration with ICMCB Bordeaux and CEA Grenoble under the DESTINY Marie Curie PhD cofund project.

 

April 18^th, 2025 : Paper #1 of Duy Linh PHAM published in the Special Issue "100" of Solid State Ionics, on Li₄PS₄I, in strong collaboration with SYENSQO

 

March 18 & 19, 2025 : 130 researchers gather in LRCS Amiens for the RS2E bi-annual Meeting, under the leadership of Patrice SIMON, Mathieu MORCRETTE and Christel LABERTY

 

February 19, 2025 : Giving an invited talk (online) organized by Prof. Venkat SRINIVASAN in front of the DOE's LENS Project Consortium on Na-Ion Batteries (Argonne NatL. Lab., USA)

 

February 18, 2025 : Giving an invited talk (online) on Polyanionic Cathodes for Na-Ion Batteries. Organized by Prof. Prabeer BARPANDA in the frame of his famous FaMaL Seminar Series (Bangalore, India) 

 

November 29^th, 2024 : Giving an invited talk at the ESRF Battery HUB Meeting, in Grenoble, France, Spain, on the use of Synchrotron X-Ray diffraction for studying advanced Polyanionic Cathodes for Na-Ion Batteries.....

 

November 18-20, 2024 : Giving an invited talk for the SIGNATURE International Conference in POSTECH University, Pohang, KOREA. great atmosphere, highly focused people there !!

 

October 23^rd, 2024 : Paper of Sunkyu PARK published in Nature Materials on new Na_xV₂(PO₄)₃ cathode materials. Great collaboration with ICMCB Bordeaux, ALBA Barcelona, NUS Singapore and TIAMAT.

 

September 25^th, 2024 : 1^st paper of Ilia TERTOV published in Journal of Power Sources, on LNMO cathode materials. Great collaboration with ILL Grenoble, ICMCB Bordeaux and UMICORE.

 

September 11^th, 2024 : Giving an invited talk at the IBA Meeting in Halifax, Canada, on LFP cathodes.....

 

September 14^th, 2024 : Giving an invited talk at the ALBA User Meeting in Oviedo, Spain, on the use of Synchrotron X-Ray diffraction for studying advanced Polyanionic Cathodes for Na-Ion Batteries.....

 

July 29^th, 2024 : Paper accepted in Chem. Mater. on BaSnF4 as a fluoride ion conductor, with Briseis MERCADIER as first author.

 

July 3-5, 2024 : The 20-years Anniversary of the MESC+ ERASMUS MUNDUS Master Course gathers >180 people in Amiens. Great Celebaration with bright ALumnis from all over the world.

 

June 24-25, 2024 : Attending the IWLNM International Conference in the beautiful city of Peruggia, ITALY 

 

June 17-20, 2024 : Attending the great IMLB Meeting in stunning Hong Kong.  

 

June 4-6, 2024 : The ALISTORE ERI European Research Network celebtrates its 20^th Anniversary in Chalmers University, Sweden. 

 

May 28, 2024 : Attending the GDR Workshop on Chalcogenides, in Rennes, FRANCE. Gave a talk on Argyrodite Solid Electrolytes

 

April 22-25, 2024 : Attending the MRS Spring, located downtown Seattle, USA, kind of a weard place.......     

 

February 13, 2024: Dhanush SHANBHAG is now a Doctor of Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, FRANCE, after his superb work on Argyrodite-type ionic conductors for All Solid State Batteries.  Very fruitful collaboration with V. VIALLET from LRCS Amiens and UMICORE, Belgium. Four Patents are filled.  

 

January 16, 2024: Yearly Review Meeting in Paris of the "PEPR Batteries" project, a 50 MEuros French initiative on disruptive Battery Technologies and Chemistries, coordinated by CNRS (Patrice SIMON & Mathieu MORCRETTE) and CEA (Hélène BURLET). 

 

December 14 & 15, 2023: The traditional "Journées Scientifiques" of the LRCS, with 47 talks given by PhD candidates and Post-Docs. Lots of exciting science + a superb and friendly lunch with local dishes from 22 nationalities !!!!

 

December 6 & 7, 2023: 37^th Bi-Annual Meeting of the ALISTORE European Network. Superb organization by Sergio BRUTTI and his team in Universita Roma La Sapienza. 

 

December 4, 2023: Eunike MAHAYONI is now a Doctor of Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, FRANCE, after her superb work on NZSP Nasicons solid electrolytes, in the frame of the Na-Master ANR Project. Fruitful collaboration with P. CANEPA and S. ADAMS from NUS Singapore, O. GUILLON and Q. MA from Jülich, V. SEZNEC and J.N. CHOTARD from LRCS Amiens. 

 

November 1, 2023: Gave a talk at the 14^th ABAA Conference in Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM. On NASICON Cathodes for Na-Ion Batteries. Solid Electrolytes. Big Crowd. Superb organisation by Khalil AMINE and his team

 

October 18, 2023: Paper on ZrO₂-free NASICON solid electrolytes, published in J. Mater. Chem. A. with Eunike MAHAYONI as second author. Collaborative work with P. CANEPA and his team from NUS SIngapore.

 

October 17, 2023: Briseis MERCADIER is now a Doctor of Sorbonne Université, after her superb work on BaSnF₄-type solid electrolytes.  Collaboration with D. DAMBOURNET from PHENIX Lab. in Paris, B. MORGAN from Univ. of Bath in UK, ICMCB Bordeaux. 

 

October 16, 2023: Paper on BaSnF₄ lone pair published in JACS with Briseis MERCADIER as first author!!

 

October 12, 2023: Online Talk at the Solid State Chemistry Division of the Société Chimique de France.

 

October 5-6, 2023: attending the RS2E bi-annual Meeting in University of Caen @CRISMAT Laboratory.

 

May 17, 2023: Kick Off of the LIMASSE Project on Solid State Batteries, a "target" action of the PEPR on Batteries. 

 

May 10, 2023: Paper on Na3V2(PO4)2(F,O)3 with Chloé PABLOS as first author, accepted in Chem. Mater.

 

March 21, 2023: Attending the RS2E bi-annual Meeting in Bordeaux, @ICMCB Institute. 

 

March 21, 2023:  Paper on the sodium-rich NASICON cathode Na4MnV(PO4)3, by the great Sunkyu PARK, accepted for publication in Chem. Mater.,

 

March 15-17 2023: Selection of Class#19 of MESC+ Master Course, in WUT Warsaw, among
> 400 applicants     

 

March 6-9 2023: Gave a talk at the IBA Conference in Austin, USA, on Argyrodite Solid Electrolytes. Superb organisation by Manthiram and his team.

 

January 11-13, 2023: Kickoff Meeting for Cohort#2 of DESTINY Marie Curie PhD program. In beautiful Bohinj, SLOVENIA. 

 

October 13, 2022: Attending the RS2E bi-annual Meeting in Montpellier @ICG Institute

 

October 5, 2022: Gave a talk at IBA Conference in Slovenia on Na3PS4 Solid Electrolyte

 

September 26, 2022: Gave a talk at Na-Ion Symposium in Berlin, on NASICON electrodes

 

September 19, 2022 : Giving a talk on NASICON electrodes at the E-MRS Meeting in Warsaw

 

July 12 2022 : Sunkyu PARK is now a "Docteur de l'Université de Picardie Jules Verne", Amiens, FRANCE. For his great work on NASICON electrodes for Na Batteries, funded by TIAMAT and ANRT, in strong collaboration with ICMCB Bordeaux and NUS Singapore. Thank you SUNKYU !!

 

December 29, 2021 : Paper on the structure of Na₂V2(PO₄)₃, solved by Sunkyu PARK, published in Chem. Mater. 

 

December 17, 2021 : Cédric BARCHA is now a "Docteur de l'Université de Picardie Jules Verne", Amiens, FRANCE. For his great work on interface stabilities in solid state batteries, in collaboration with RENAULT through a CIFRE funding. Thank you CEDRIC !!

 

December 14, 2021 : Kickoff of the DESTINY PhD Cofund Marie Curie Project (50 PhDs....) in Amiens as a joint event with the ALISTORE bi-annual Meeting

 

December 2, 2021 : Na₂V₂(PO₄)₃ spotted by Ziliang WANG and P. CANEPA'S team (NUS Singapore) through computational methods, published in J. Mater. Chem. A

 

June 19, 2021 : One more great paper from Theodosios FAMPRIKIS on Na₃PS₄, accepted in Chem. Mater. 

 

June 15, 2021 : First paper from Sunkyu PARK on his PhD work, on Na_xFeV(PO₄)₃, accepted in Chem. Mater.

 

March 29 & 30, 2021: Oral interviews for the Marie Curie PhD CO-FUND project DESTINY. 29 topics on "batteries" in Europe. 

 

November 10, 2020: Theodosios FAMPRIKIS is now a "Docteur de l'Université de Picardie Jules Verne", Amiens, FRANCE. For his great work on solid electrolytes, in particular Na₃PS₄, in collaboration with Prof. S. ISLAM @ Univ. Bath, through an ALISTORE funding.  Thanks you THEO !!

 

September 24, 2020 : Paper accepted in J. Mater. Chem. A  on Na₇V₃(P₂O₇)₄, with Vadim KOVRUGIN as main author.

 

September 14, 2020 : Paper accepted in J. Amer. Chem. Soc. on Na₃PS₄ and pressure effects on solid electrolytes, with Theodiosios FAMPRIKIS as main author.

 

August 30, 2020 : Paper accepted in J. Power Sources, a review on Na-Batteries, with Montse CASAS-CABANAS as leader of a great team of contributors.

 

July 13, 2020 : 30 PhD topics received for the first Pre-Call of the MSCA PhD Cofund project DESTINY. An exciting adventure begins.

 

June 8, 2020 : Paper accepted in J. Power Sources on Na-containing Antiperovskites, with Ernest AHIAVI and Theo FAMPRIKIS as main contributors.

 

May 29, 2020 : Omer Ulas KUDU is now a "Docteur de L'Université de Picardie Jules Verne", Amiens, FRANCE. For his great work on solid electrolytes within the Li2S-P2S5 system, in collaboration with SOLVAY.  Thank you ULAS !!

 

April 1, 2020 : Official start of our Bilateral ANR-NSG, i.e. France-Singapore, project on Na-containing solid electrolytes, with Pieremanuele CANEPA, Stefan ADAMS and Tony CHEETHAM as collaborators from NUS, Jean-Noël CHOTARD, Vincent SEZNEC and Christine FRAYRET as co-workers from LRCS.

 

February 3, 2020 : The EU informs me that they accepted our 8 Million Euros Marie Curie COFUND project, DESTINY. 50 PhD projects to be granted to talented students witin the frames of the ALISTORE Network and the BATTERY 2030+ Initiative. 

 

February 6 & 7, 2020 : The National Committee on Materials Science (CNU, Section 33) gathers in Montpellier to examine the files of candidates for "Qualifications" for Assistant-Professor and Full Professor positions in France.  

 

January 8, 2020 : Congrats to Theodosios FAMPRIKIS, recipient of the Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarship Award from ICDD. 

 

December 12, 2019 : Long NGUYEN defended his PhD Thesis in Université de Bordeaux, FRANCE. Wonderful work. He will join Prof. Shirley MENG's group in UCSD, as a PDRA, starting March 2010. 

 

December 10-11, 2019 : The 27th ALISTORE ERI Meeting was held in Barcelona, hosted by M.R. PALACIN. A special tribute to the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was given by Mike THACKERAY. 

 

November 21, 2019 : Mathieu MORCRETTE, the head of LRCS, receives the "Médaille de Cristal" of the CNRS, a prestigious recognition for his achievements in Amiens

 

October 30, 2019 : The Crystal structure of a new polymorph of Na3PS4, discovered by Theo FAMPRIKIS, is published in ACS Materials Letters.

 

October 15-17, 2019 :  Around 120 people gather in Amiens for the RS2E Meeting. Lots of excellent science on many fronts of advanced battery and supercapacitor research.

 

Sept. 26, 2019 : Submission of the DESTINY project under the Marie Curie COFUND Scheme : 40 partners from 12 countries, 50 PhD thesis to be funded.... Results in February 2020 !!

 

June 19-20, 2019 : 28th Meeting of the ALISTORE-ERI in Vitoria (SPAIN) in the premises of our Partner CIC-Energigune

 

March 25-27, 2019 : Meeting of the MESC+ Consortium in Toulouse, FRANCE, to select 20 students for EMJMD Scholarships, among many applicants (>250).

 

March 19-20, 2019 : Bi-annual Meeting of the RS2E Network, Lille, FRANCE.

 

March 4-8, 2019 : IBA International Meeting in UCSD, La Jolla, USA. Organized by Prof. Shirley MENG

 

October 17-18, 2018 :  RS2E bi-annual Meeting (120 participants) in ICG Montpellier

 

October 1^st, 2018 :  Ulas KUDU's review paper on Li₂S-P₂S₅  Solid Electrolytes accepted in J. Power Sources 

 

September 27^th, 2018 : Big proposal submitted for the Marie Curie COFUND action; DESTINY gathers 40 european partners for 53 PhD thesis proposed.

 

July 26^th, 2018 : Fan CHEN's first paper accepted in SMALL Methods, on Na4MnV(PO4)3

 

July 24^th, 2018 : Thibaut BROUX's paper accepted in SMALL Methods, on high rate Na3V2(PO4)2F3

 

June 26^th, 2018 : MESC+ is granted as an EMJMD ERASMUS MUNDUS Master Course for 5 more years, with partners in Spain, Slovenia, Poland, France, USA and Australia

 

April 25^th, 2018: Attending the 34^th PSI Electrochemical Symposium in Villigen, SWITZERLAND. Talk on operando investigations of Li and Na battery materials.

 

April 24^th 2018: Mattéo BIANCHINI's paper accepted in J. Mater Chem. A. on Na⁺ - Ag⁺ ion exchange in Na₃V₂(PO₄)₂F₃ 

 

Jan. 19^th, 2018: Simon MALIFARGE defends his PhD Thesis in UPJV Amiens

 

Dec. 12^th, 2017: ALISTORE Meeting in Amiens, FRANCE. New Direction elected with P. JOHANSSON, R. DOMINKO and myself as Directors. Thanks A LOT to R. PALACIN and P. SIMON for their leadership during the previous term.

 

Dec. 11^th, 2017: Thibault BROUX's paper accepted in Chem. Mater. on transpot properties of Na3V2(PO4)2F3

 

Nov. 29^th, 2017: Attending the 4th International Na-ion Battery Conference in Tokyo, JAPAN. 

 

Nov. 24^th, 2017: Edouard BOIVIN defends hs PhD thesis in UPJV Amiens

 

Sept. 28^th, 2017: Application for a COFUND Programme (Marie Curie Action)

 

May 30^th, 2017: Attending the 8th ICE Conference in Nagoya, JAPAN 

 

February 15^th, 2017: New Application of MESC Consortium for ERASMUS + EMJMD.

 

February 5^th, 2017: the LRCS moves to its new building, the HUB of the RS2E French Network on Electrochemical Energy Storage.

 

February 5^th, 2017: Paper #2 of Thibault BROUX, on VIV disproportionation in NVPF upon charge, accepted in ACS J. Phys. Chem. C

 

February 1^st, 2017: Paper #2 of Yue DENG, on mixed anion effect in solid electrolytes, accepted in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

 

October 24th, 2016 : Paper #2 of Edouard BOIVIN, on LiVPO₄(F,O) accepted in J. Phys. Chem. C.

 

October 6th, 2016 : Paper #1 of Thibault BROUX on Na₃V₂(PO₄)₂F₃ accepted in Chem. Mater.

 

October 5th, 2016 : The Nobel Prize for Chesmistry is attributed to Jean-Pierre SAUVAGE from Strasbourg.

 

June 28-29, 2016 : ERAMUS + Meeting in Brussels on "Mastering Joint Excellence under ERASMUS MUNDUS" 

 

June 14-18, 2016 : IMLB 2016 in Chicago, 1800 attendees......

 

April 12-15, 2016 : Proposals Subcommittees and Scientific Council at ILL, Grenoble, FRANCE

March. 22, 2016 : Talk at IBA Conference, Nantes, France

 

Feb. 18, 2016 : Application of M.E.S.C. for ERASMUS + re-accreditation ......

 

Dec. 5, 2015 : Interview of Mathieu MORCRETTE, Director of LRCS, in "Agir en Picardie".

Interview

 

Nov. 23-25, 2015 :CNRS-sponsored ANF Chimie du Solide, organized in Caen, France.

 

Nov. 9, 2015 : PhD Defense of Fabien LALERE in UPJV Amiens 

Oct. 23, 2015 : PhD Defense of Matteo BIANCHINI in UPJV Amiens 

 

Sept. 15, 2015 : Graduation Ceremony in Amiens of Class#10 of M.E.S.C. Master Course.

 

Sept. 2, 2015 : invited Talk at European Conference on Neutron Scattering, Zaragoza, Spain

 

August 7, 2015 : New Crystal Structure of Na3V2(PO4)3 published in Chem. Mater.

 

July 1, 2015 : Yue DENG's first paper on Li4SiO4-Li3PO4 is published in JACS.

 

July 1, 2015 : Invited talk at ICMAT Singapore on highly defective LiFePO4 powders.

 

June 16, 2015 : Fabien LALERE gives a talk in SSI Conference, Keyston, USA

 

June 4, 2015 : Matteo BIANCHINI is the ECS Battery Student Award winner for 2015

 

June 1, 2015 : Robin AMISSE's paper on highly defective LiFePO4 accepted in Chemistry of Materials 

 

Nov 24, 2014 : the www site 

http://www.docteurs-chimie.fr/ is launched. There is in particular a very convenient Job section.

 

July 23, 2014 : Visit the www site of Nature related to CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, MILESTONES

 

July 11, 2014 : HDR Defense of Joël GAUBICHER, IMN Nantes, France

 

June 15-18 : EPDIC Conference in Aarhus, Denmark.

June 7-12, 2014 : IMLB conference, Como, Italy

May 6, 2014 : Comité de Sélection, Poste 33MCF0269, Amiens

 

April 16th, 2014 : Conseil Académique à l'UPJV Amiens.

 

April 2-4, 2014 : Power our Future at CIC Energigune, SPAIN

 

March 18 & 19, 2014 : ILL Subcommittees for experiments, Grenoble, FRANCE 

 

March 3-7, 2014 : IBA Meeting in Brisbane, Australia

 

Feb. 24-25, 2014 : Meeting of the French RS2E in Lyon, FRANCE.

 

Feb. 11-13, 2014 : Meeting of the MESC Consortium in Marseille for the Selection of CLass#11 (2014-2016)

 

February 7, 2014 : All Solid State Battery Meeting of the RS2E.

 

February 7, 2014 : Na-ion Group Meeting of the RS2E

 

January 24, 2014 : Li-Ion Group Meeting of the RS2E in Collège de France, Paris

 

January  23, 2014 : Prof. J.M. TARASCON gives his Inaugural Lecture at College de France, Paris