Obiettivo
The accelerated urgency of transitioning away from fossil fuels is driven by climate change, but also by the European energy crisis in
the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. It reinforces the demand for competitive solar energy conversion technologies. Organic
photovoltaics (OPV), based on non-toxic abundant raw materials offer an inexpensive technology with vast opportunities for largescale
roll-to-roll production that is scalable to the multi-terawatt level. After a decade of R&D, several European companies are
entering the market with OPV products. However, new materials, so-called non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs), have recently been
discovered and have yielded higher power conversion efficiencies. This development occurred mainly in China, so that Europe is at
risk of losing its leading industrial position to the Asia. To reverse this alarming trend, Europe needs to increase its strategic
investments into OPV research. Two key directions of particular importance are: tailored novel NFA materials and NFA-based solar
cells with long operational lifetime.
Our scientific goal within EIFFEL – EffIcient Fullerene-Free organic solar cELs – is to recruit, train and supervise 10 talented Early Stage
Researchers (ESRs) to design and synthesise novel NFAs suitable for both solution and vacuum processing, for the next generation of
efficient and stable OPV. In EIFFEL, the unprecedented combination of targeted simulations, organic synthesis, device
characterisation and engineering based on industrial needs paves the way to products that overcome OPV’s present-day limitations.
EIFFEL’s training programme is uniquely designed to provide the ESRs with multidisciplinary training interlinking chemistry, materials
science, physics, computer science, and transferable skills. EIFFEL’s ambition is to form a new generation of creative, entrepreneurial
and innovative young researchers with the organisational abilities needed to succeed in interdisciplinary high-tech sectors.
Campo scientifico
- medical and health scienceshealth sciencesinfectious diseasesRNA virusescoronaviruses
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciences
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsenergy conversion
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energysolar energyphotovoltaic
Parole chiave
Programma(i)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Meccanismo di finanziamento
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN - HORIZON TMA MSCA Doctoral NetworksCoordinatore
01069 Dresden
Germania
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Partecipanti (9)
09111 Chemnitz
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7000 Mons
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9712CP Groningen
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01139 Dresden
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08290 Cerdanyola Del Valles (Barcelona)
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28006 Madrid
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75794 Paris
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4040 Jyllinge
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1678 Nicosia
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Partner (11)
OX1 2JD Oxford
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97070 Wuerzburg
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08290 Cerdanyola Del Valles Barcelona
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0X11 0DE Didcot
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TN35 4NR Hastings
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Partecipazione conclusa
97318 Kitzingen
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69115 Heidelberg
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08193 Cerdanyola Del Valles
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49035 Angers Cedex 01
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01069 Dresden
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97318 Kitzingen
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