Main Research Activities
The target of VISION is to develop dye-sensitized solar cells converting no more visible light but the near-infrared region to pave the way towards transparent and colorless photovoltaics. The project aims at developing (i) new robust NIR sensitizers, (ii) a new generation of mesoscopic semi-conducting film adapted to the opto-electronic properties of the NIR dyes, (iii) a colorless redox couple to regenerate the dye’s reduced state based on one electron redox mediator tailored specifically on modified Fe(+III/+II) and Ni(+IV/III) complexes. Those research activities will rely on a fourth workpackage gathering an arsenal of spectroscopic tools probing from millisecond down to femtosecond processes based on IMVS/IMPS, transient absorption spectroscopy and up-conversion photoluminescence spectroscopy. VISION-NIR targets the development of NIR-DSSC being transparent and colourless exhibiting above 7% power conversion efficiency, stable against IEC61646 protocol,and finally displaying above 75% total transmittance in the whole visible range.Academic Training
Masters (first year) in Physical Chemistry and Chemistry of Materials (Lebanese University, 2016-2017)
Masters (second year) in Advanced Spectroscopy in Chemistry (University of Lille, 2017-2018)
Professional skills
Running Projects
VISOON-NIR / 3 years / ANR
Front Cover: Transparent Near-IR Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Ultrafast Spectroscopy Reveals the Effects of Driving Force and Dye Aggregation
Dr. Mate Kurucz, Dr. Ilias Nikolinakos, Jimmy Soueiti, Dr. Thibaut Baron, Dr. Fionnuala Grifoni, Dr. Waad Naim, Dr. Yann Pellegrin, Dr. Frédéric Sauvage, Dr. Fabrice Odobel, Prof. Stefan Haacke
ChemPhysChem, 2024
Transparent Near-IR Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Ultrafast Spectroscopy Reveals the Effects of Driving Force and Dye Aggregation
Dr. Mate Kurucz, Dr. Ilias Nikolinakos, Jimmy Soueiti, Dr. Thibaut Baron, Dr. Fionnuala Grifoni, Dr. Waad Naim, Dr. Yann Pellegrin, Dr. Frédéric Sauvage, Dr. Fabrice Odobel, Prof. Stefan Haacke
2024
Hybrid sulfurothioate-based electrolyte improving aesthetics, performance, and stability of transparent NIR-dye-sensitized solar cells
W. Naim, F. Grifoni, V. Challuri, D. Mathiron, S. Ceurstemont, P. Chotard, T. Alnasser, I. Dzeba, N. Barbero, S. Pilard, C. Barolo, F. Sauvage
Cells Reports Physical Science, 2023
Transparent and Colorless Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Pyrrolopyrrole Cyanine Sensitizers
Baron, Thibaut; Naim, Waad; Nikolinakos, Ilias; Andrin, Baptiste; Pellegrin, Yann; Jacquemin, Denis; Haacke, Stefan; Sauvage, Frédéric; Odobel, Fabrice
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022
Rationalization of excited state energy transfer in D–π–A porphyrin sensitizers enhancing efficiency in dye-sensitized solar cells
Jonnadula Venkata Suman Krishna; Seelam Prasanthkumar; Iva Dzeba; Vijay Challuri; Waad Naim; Frédéric Sauvage; Lingamallu Giribabu
Materials Advances, 2021
