HYBRID and ORGANIC THERMOELECTRIC SYSTEMS

Innovative Training Networks (ITN) H2020-MSCA-ITN-2020
Funding

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 955837.

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A new international doctoral programme in materials science – coordinated by Heidelberg University – is receiving approximately four million euros in funding from the European Union. The project will focus on the development of organic materials suitable for converting unused waste heat into electricity. 15 young scientists will conduct research on this topic and work on their PhD projects. Besides Ruperto Carola, other participants in the four-year interdisciplinary programme entitled “Hybrid and ORgAnic ThermoElectricSystems” (HORATES) include universities, research centres, and companies in Italy, Sweden, Spain, the Netherlands, and France. Prof. Dr Martijn Kemerink of the Centre for Advanced Materials, the materials science research centre of Heidelberg University, is the programme’s spokesperson.
Waste heat from technical devices and even heat given off by living beings is a ubiquitous source of energy and can be harnessed to produce electricity. One possible application is powering small sensors. “We intend to use a mechanism known as the thermoelectric effect to convert the energy, whereby a difference in temperature can be transformed into electrical energy,” . Until now, inorganic materials have been used for converting and storing energy. The international PhD programme will concentrate on developing organic materials, whose greater mechanical flexibility and low thermal conductivity make them potentially more efficient performers than conventional inorganic materials.
The current state of technology in organic thermoelectrics is not yet far enough for market-ready applications. “For thermoelectric generators, we will explore the properties and processing of newly developed organic materials and then use them in demonstrator devices.” The doctoral candidates will work through the full chain of organic thermoelectrics, from molecular design and chemical synthesis to device development, including theoretical modelling. The structured programme for 15 doctoral candidates, is organised under the auspices of an innovative training network with scientific and practical experts serving as advisors. Funding is being provided within the framework of “Horizon 2020”, the research and innovation funding programme of the European Union.

Prof. Martijn Kemerink, Prof. Jana Zaumseil

Ruprecht-Karls University of Heidelberg, Germany

Dr Mario Caironi

Italian Institute of Technology

Prof. Christian Müller

Chalmers University, Göteborg, Sweden

Prof. Mariano Campoy Quiles, Dr Riccardo Rurali

ICMAB CSIC

Prof. Xavier Crispin, Dr Simone Fabiano, Prof. Igor Zozoulenko

Linkopings Universiteit

Prof. L.J.A. Koster

Rijksuniversiteit Gröningen

Prof. M. Sommer

Technical University of Chemnitz

Dr M. Brinkmann

CNRS - University of Strasbourg

https://www.ics-cnrs.unistra.fr/equipe-sycommor-recherche.html#theme5

Dr A. Moya Lara, Dr C. Delgado, Dr P. Lacharmoise

EURECAT

Prof. W. Kowalsky and Dr C. Melzer

Innovation Lab

Dr B. M. Mihiretie, Dr J. Gustavsson

Hot Disk AB

Johanneberg Science Park Chalmers University of Technology

HORATES workplan

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BRUNETTI Irene

OTEGs fabricated by scalable printing techniques

InnovationLab GmbH Speyerer Straße 4 69115 Heidelberg Germany e-mail: irene.brunetti@innovationlab.de

DASH Aditya

Model development and validation for hybrid and organic thermoelectric

Centre for Advanced Materials Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg Im Neuenheimer Feld 225, room 02.101 D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany Email address:- aditya.dash@uni-heidelberg.de

FERRARI Frederico

Investigating the electronic structure and figures of merit of novel thermoelectric material

Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials Nijenborgh 4 9747 AG Groningen Room: 5118.0017 Mail: f.ferrari@rug.nl Telephone: +39 3476787200

FLORIS Paolo Sebastiano

impact of doping on the thermal properties of polymeric films

CSIC, ICMAB, 08193 Bellaterra Campus de la UAB Barcelona, Spain e-mail: pfloris@icmab.es

GRAIGHERO Mariavittoria

Processing and Doping of Polymer Thin Films and Bulk Materials

Chalmers University Kemigården 4, 412 58 Göteborg, Sweden Email address: marcra@chalmers.se Chemistry Building (kurshuset), floor 8

GUCHAIT Shubhradip

Orientation, structural control and doping mechanism of polymer semiconductor for thermoelectric applications

Institut Charles Sadron, CNRS, UPR22, 23 rue du Loess, BP 84047, 67034, Strasbourg Cedex 2, Office no- G109, Telephone- 0388414118, email- guchaitshubhradip@gmail.com

GUO Jiali

Advanced characterization of the thermoelectric properties of organic systems

Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Room M 3.07, Spain. E-mail: jialiguo@icmab.es Telephone:+34605387074.

HAWKEY Angus

Fabrication and Characterization of Hybrid Thermoelectrics

Heidelberg University, Institute for Physical Chemistry, Im Neuenheimer Feld 253, office 317, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany angus.hawkey@pci.uni-heidelberg.de

KIMPEL Joost

Synthesis and solution processing of novel p-type conjugated polymers

Chalmers University Kemigården 4, Kemi building, Room 8152 412 58 Göteborg, Sweden Email address: kimpel@chalmers.se

LI Qifan

Design and synthesis of n-type conjugated polymers for organic thermoelectric generators

Linköping University, Bredgatan 33, 602 21 Norrköping. Sweden E-mail address: qifan.li@liu.se

PATAKI Nathan James

Design, fabrication and characterization of stable and efficient micro-organic thermoelectric generators (micro-OTEGs)

Center for Nano Science and Technology@PoliMi Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia Via Pascoli 70/3 Milano 20133, Italy

ROPERO-HINOJOSA Diego

Synthesis of n-type and p-type polymers for thermoelectric applications

Technical University of Chemnitz Chemistry Department Chemnitz, Germany e-mail: diego.ropero-hinojosa@chemie.tu-chemnitz.de

ZAHABI Najmeh

Computational simulation, and modelling of novel organic thermoelectric materials

Laboratory of Organic Electronics, ITN Linköping University Phone: +46 (0)11-36 31 89 Mobile: +46 (0)70 149 91 86 Visiting address: 601 74, Norrköping najmeh.zahabi@liu.se

ZENG Zijin

Novel methods for determination of thermal transport properties in organics

Hot Disk AB, Sven Hultins gata 9A SE-412 88, Gothenburg, Sweden e-mail:zijin@chalmers.se

As part of the training activities provided within HORATES, ESRs will have access to a series of short introductory lessons, providing basic knowledge on organic thermoelectrics and related topics, facilitating the access to the highly interdisciplinary research topics of HORATES.

7 December 2021 (15:30-16:15)
Michael Sommer on “Synthesis of conjugated polymers for organic electronics”

11 January 2022 (15:30-16:30)
Martin Brinkmann on “Investigating the structure and morphology in polymer semiconductors by Transmission Electron Microscopy”

25 January 2022 (10:00-12:00) (https://chalmers.zoom.us/j/67982309904)
Igor Zozoulenko on “Conducting polymers for thermoelectric applications: electronic, transport and thermoelectric properties”

25 January 2022 (13:00-14:00) (https://chalmers.zoom.us/j/66596683110)
Martin Brinkmann on “Investigating the structure and morphology in polymer semiconductors by Transmission Electron Microscopy Part 2”

8 Feb 2022 (15:30-17:00) (https://chalmers.zoom.us/j/64874150480)
Riccardo Rurali on “Fundamentals of heat transport, basic ideas, different transport regimes, role of interfaces”

Sebastian Reparaz on “State of the art techniques to measure thermal properties”

Mariono Campy on “Thermal conductivity of polymers (linking with the two seminars above)”

8 March (15:30-17:00) (https://chalmers.zoom.us/j/69032970893)

Mario Caironi on “Introduction to printed electronics and printed OTEGs”

Christian Melzer on “TBA”

5 April (15:30-17:00) (https://chalmers.zoom.us/j/61350983579)
Simone Fabiano on “TBA”

Ana Moya Lara on “TBA” (uncertain whether this presentation will happen given lack of response from Ana, but will get on this)

HORATES ESRs can access the didactics platform using the intranet HORATES link and using their access credentials.
Students outside the HORATES consortium are welcome to request access to the platform and follow the e-lectures as per individual demand.

Please contact martin.brinkmann@ics-cnrs.unistra.fr

Past Events

Title	Date	Day	Location
HOARATES Workshop	25 Oct 2021	Monday	Online Event
NanoGe Fall meeting 2021	18 Oct 2021	Monday	Online Event
E-MRS Spring meeting, Symposia C	31 May 2021	Monday	Online Event
Kick off meeting	16 Mar 2021	Tuesday	Online Event

The intranet of HORATES is accessible via the link below:

https://seafile.unistra.fr/

University of Heidelberg
Mrs Henna Tuikka-Graf, Project Administration

h.tuikka-graf@cam.uni-heidelberg.de

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