Aloyse Degiron, CNRS senior researcher at the MPQ laboratory, has just been awarded an ERC Proof of Concept grant.
Aloyse Degiron

A Metamaterial-based technology to create Electricity from Light (AMELI)

The ERC POC AMELI aims to convert light into electricity using metamaterials, i.e. artificial materials whose properties are mainly dictated by their internal geometric parameters. This new approach is based on controlled effects of the temperature of the electrons created by illumination of the structures. A first proof of concept in the field of photovoltaics and/or photodetection will be presented at the end of the project.

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