SOLEMS high-tech materials : the silicon-based thin-film semiconductors and alloys, intrinsic or doped, the transparent conducting oxides, the ultra-thin metallic coatings, as well as their physical, optical and electronic properties require scientific and technological knowledge in many fields :
- Solid-state physics,
- Semi-conductor physics,
- PVD and PECVD thin-film coatings
- Opto-electronic properties
- Thermal and mechanical behaviour
- Climatic aging …
This research and development activities are very active both inside SOLEMS and through our partnerships, and research programs both at the national and European level.
French partner laboratories
- Laboratoire GEEPS, Génie électrique et électronique de Paris, Centrale-Supélec
- LPICM , Laboratoire de Physique des Interfaces et des Couches Minces, à l’École Polytechnique
- INES, institut de l’énergie solaire
- Divers laboratoires du CNRS, ICMCB à Bordeaux, LAAS à Toulouse
- Météo-France, INRA, centres de Grignon et d’Avignon notamment
European projects
- SOLINOX Projet Euréka : Cellules solaires sur inox pour applications horlogères, 1997-2000
- EUROPSB, European Polymer Solar Battery, 2002-2005 on polymer flexible solar cells connected to thin-film batteries
- NANOEFFECTS, Nanocomposite with High Colouration Efficiency for Electrochromic Smart Plastic Devices, 2004-2007, on special oxides layers for electrochromic devices
- INNOSHADE Innovative Switchable Shading Appliances based on Nanomaterials and Hybrid Electrochromic Device Configurations, 2008-2012, still about electrchromic organic applications
- SMART-EC, Heterogeneous integration of autonomous smart films based on electrochromic transistors, 2010-2014,
- EnSO, Energy for Smart Objects, 2016-2020
ANR projects (French « Agence Nationale pour la Recherche »)