A Metamaterial-based technology to create Electricity from Light

Funder	European Commission
Recipient Organization	Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS
Country	France
Start Date	Nov 01, 2023
End Date	Apr 30, 2025
Duration	546 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Coordinator
Data Source	European Commission
Grant ID	`101113333`

Grant Description

AMELI aims at developing a family of hot carrier devices that operate on a technology discovered by the PI during the course of his ERC-CoG project.

This hot carrier technology does not rely on a P-N junction (or one of its many derivatives) to create electricity, giving access to a parameter space that is different from that of traditional solar cells.

The goal of AMELI is to assess the potential for disruption of this approach and to propose a first proof of concept photovoltaic (if we can reach a 10% energy conversion efficiency threshold) or photodetector prototype at the end of the project.