The paper on the impact of electrical effects at metal-semiconductor thermal boundary conductance is now out! Thx to the Reims team! See pubs.aip.org/aip/jap/arti...
So EF(F)ICACE 👍!
So EF(F)ICACE 👍!
Influence of electrical properties on thermal boundary conductance at metal/semiconductor interface
Recent experimental investigations have demonstrated that doping a semiconductor is a route to increase the thermal boundary conductance at metal/semiconductor
pubs.aip.org
January 8, 2026 at 4:06 PM
The paper on the impact of electrical effects at metal-semiconductor thermal boundary conductance is now out! Thx to the Reims team! See pubs.aip.org/aip/jap/arti...
So EF(F)ICACE 👍!
So EF(F)ICACE 👍!
Check out our new preprint devoted to limits of photon absorption in membrane-based bolometers. Thx to Olivier M. and the VTT team for the work over the years, and #EU for funding.
Olivier Merchiers, Aapo Varpula, Kirsi Tappura, Pierre-Olivier Chapuis, Mika Prunnila: Far- and near-field photon noise limits to the detectivity of nanometer-thick thermal detectors https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.19192 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.19192 https://arxiv.org/html/2512.19192
December 26, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Check out our new preprint devoted to limits of photon absorption in membrane-based bolometers. Thx to Olivier M. and the VTT team for the work over the years, and #EU for funding.
The article 'Performances of far- and near-field thermophotonic refrigeration devices from the detailed-balance approach' is now out in JAP. Congrats to Thomas C..
pubs.aip.org/aip/jap/arti...
pubs.aip.org/aip/jap/arti...
Performances of far- and near-field thermophotonic refrigeration devices from the detailed-balance approach
We study a near-field thermophotonic (NF-TPX) refrigerating device, consisting of a light-emitting diode and a photovoltaic cell in close proximity. Calculation
pubs.aip.org
November 9, 2025 at 7:52 AM
The article 'Performances of far- and near-field thermophotonic refrigeration devices from the detailed-balance approach' is now out in JAP. Congrats to Thomas C..
pubs.aip.org/aip/jap/arti...
pubs.aip.org/aip/jap/arti...
Congrats to now Dr Carlos Acosta!
(and thanks to all collaborators, including those of the EF(F)ICACE project, and the committee members :-))
(and thanks to all collaborators, including those of the EF(F)ICACE project, and the committee members :-))
November 2, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Congrats to now Dr Carlos Acosta!
(and thanks to all collaborators, including those of the EF(F)ICACE project, and the committee members :-))
(and thanks to all collaborators, including those of the EF(F)ICACE project, and the committee members :-))
Carlos Acosta will defend his PhD thesis entitled "Thermal and thermoelectric phenomena in doped silicon, titanium and their metal-semiconductor interface" on Tuesday, October 28th at 2pm in the Emilie du Châtelet Auditorium, Marie Curie library, INSA Lyon.
October 21, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Carlos Acosta will defend his PhD thesis entitled "Thermal and thermoelectric phenomena in doped silicon, titanium and their metal-semiconductor interface" on Tuesday, October 28th at 2pm in the Emilie du Châtelet Auditorium, Marie Curie library, INSA Lyon.
Nobel prize for physics 2025 awarded for quantum electronics early steps to M. Devoret and colleagues:
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi...
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi...
Nobel Prize in Physics 2025
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 was awarded jointly to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an...
www.nobelprize.org
October 8, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Nobel prize for physics 2025 awarded for quantum electronics early steps to M. Devoret and colleagues:
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi...
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi...
#fetedelascience au CETHIL @cnrsingenierie.bsky.social à l' @insa-lyon.fr ! Rejoignez-nous ce samedi 4/10 après-midi, après les scolaires ces jeudi-vendredi, pour nos activités thermique et énergétique...
October 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
#fetedelascience au CETHIL @cnrsingenierie.bsky.social à l' @insa-lyon.fr ! Rejoignez-nous ce samedi 4/10 après-midi, après les scolaires ces jeudi-vendredi, pour nos activités thermique et énergétique...
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Many openings of tenure-track CNRS positions this year spanning a broad range of fields. This is a different procedure than the usual one. Deadline for application July 14.
carrieres.cnrs.fr/en/chair-rec...
carrieres.cnrs.fr/en/chair-rec...
Chair recruitment - CNRS Careers
The CNRS is recruiting 59 Junior Professorships (CPJ) in a wide range of scientific fields, from sustainable metallurgy and artificial intelligence to open science and the habitability of the Earth.
carrieres.cnrs.fr
June 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Many openings of tenure-track CNRS positions this year spanning a broad range of fields. This is a different procedure than the usual one. Deadline for application July 14.
carrieres.cnrs.fr/en/chair-rec...
carrieres.cnrs.fr/en/chair-rec...
Notre article décrivant la conversion THERMOPHOTOVOLTAIQUE est paru dans les Techniques de l'Ingénieur. Points communs et différences avec le photovoltaïque classique à découvrir pour les novices/curieux/etc. ;-)
www.techniques-ingenieur.fr/base-documen...
www.techniques-ingenieur.fr/base-documen...
June 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Notre article décrivant la conversion THERMOPHOTOVOLTAIQUE est paru dans les Techniques de l'Ingénieur. Points communs et différences avec le photovoltaïque classique à découvrir pour les novices/curieux/etc. ;-)
www.techniques-ingenieur.fr/base-documen...
www.techniques-ingenieur.fr/base-documen...
The program of the TPV workshop in Lyon starting on Monday 19 at noon is now online: tree.ies.umontpellier.fr/workshop-2025/
Workshop 2025 - Thermal Radiation to Electrical Energy conversion (TREE)
May 19 (2 PM) – May 21 (~12 noon) Organized by CETHIL (CNRS, INSA Lyon, Université Lyon 1) The main objectives are to favor: – discussions with scientists whose expertise is likely to meet the scienti...
tree.ies.umontpellier.fr
May 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The program of the TPV workshop in Lyon starting on Monday 19 at noon is now online: tree.ies.umontpellier.fr/workshop-2025/
I am currently looking for a very-good candidate for a PhD thesis on experimental near-field TPV and electroluminescence. Please contact me asap if your CV demonstrates excellency (French Master 2 average requirement > 14/20).
Deadline to contact me (CV, grades of last 2 years): Wednesday May 21.
Deadline to contact me (CV, grades of last 2 years): Wednesday May 21.
May 12, 2025 at 7:11 AM
I am currently looking for a very-good candidate for a PhD thesis on experimental near-field TPV and electroluminescence. Please contact me asap if your CV demonstrates excellency (French Master 2 average requirement > 14/20).
Deadline to contact me (CV, grades of last 2 years): Wednesday May 21.
Deadline to contact me (CV, grades of last 2 years): Wednesday May 21.
Comment évaluer les chercheurs ? Un avis intéressant de l'Académie des sciences.
www.academie-sciences.fr/evaluation-d...
www.academie-sciences.fr/evaluation-d...
« Évaluation des enseignants-chercheurs, des chercheurs, de leurs équipes et de leurs projets scientifiques dans le contexte de la science ouverte » | Académie des sciences
« Évaluation des enseignants-chercheurs, des chercheurs, de leurs équipes et de leurs projets scientifiques dans le contexte de la science ouverte »
www.academie-sciences.fr
April 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Comment évaluer les chercheurs ? Un avis intéressant de l'Académie des sciences.
www.academie-sciences.fr/evaluation-d...
www.academie-sciences.fr/evaluation-d...
Reposted by POCdeLyon
The GDR TREE (Thermal Radiation To Electrical Energy) workshop devoted to thermophotovoltaics and related technologies will take place in Lyon on May 19-21, 2025. Please register there if interested:
tree.ies.umontpellier.fr/workshop-2025/
tree.ies.umontpellier.fr/workshop-2025/
April 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
The GDR TREE (Thermal Radiation To Electrical Energy) workshop devoted to thermophotovoltaics and related technologies will take place in Lyon on May 19-21, 2025. Please register there if interested:
tree.ies.umontpellier.fr/workshop-2025/
tree.ies.umontpellier.fr/workshop-2025/
See Thomas' manuscript related to near-field electroluminescent radiative cooling here: polivier.chapuis.free.fr/Chapuis/P48.... . Soon on ArXiV ;-)
polivier.chapuis.free.fr
April 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM
See Thomas' manuscript related to near-field electroluminescent radiative cooling here: polivier.chapuis.free.fr/Chapuis/P48.... . Soon on ArXiV ;-)
Julien's paper on 'dual radiative heat engines' (TPX, thermoradiative-negative electroluminescence, etc.) is finally about to be published in Phys. Rev. App.. Early versions are available on ArXiV.
journals.aps.org/prapplied/ac...
arxiv.org/abs/2402.07527
journals.aps.org/prapplied/ac...
arxiv.org/abs/2402.07527
Physical Review Applied - Accepted Paper: Operating conditions and thermodynamic bounds of dual radiative heat enginessearch iconuser iconsearch iconuser iconuser iconopen iconclose iconopen iconclose...
journals.aps.org
February 19, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Julien's paper on 'dual radiative heat engines' (TPX, thermoradiative-negative electroluminescence, etc.) is finally about to be published in Phys. Rev. App.. Early versions are available on ArXiV.
journals.aps.org/prapplied/ac...
arxiv.org/abs/2402.07527
journals.aps.org/prapplied/ac...
arxiv.org/abs/2402.07527
'Solar cells for stored energy': TPV and high-temperature thermal storage are highlighted in this week's issue of Nature Nanotechnology.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Solar cells for stored energy - Nature Nanotechnology
Thermophotovoltaics has made great progress recently and the first start-ups are entering the market with storage systems for renewable energy. But how promising is this technology?
doi.org
February 19, 2025 at 9:13 AM
'Solar cells for stored energy': TPV and high-temperature thermal storage are highlighted in this week's issue of Nature Nanotechnology.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
The French research network on thermophotovoltaics and related technologies GDR TREE is officially born :-)
tree.ies.umontpellier.fr
tree.ies.umontpellier.fr
Welcome page - Thermal Radiation to Electrical Energy conversion (TREE)
tree.ies.umontpellier.fr
February 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The French research network on thermophotovoltaics and related technologies GDR TREE is officially born :-)
tree.ies.umontpellier.fr
tree.ies.umontpellier.fr
The paper detailing Julien's drift-diffusion code for heterostructures based on fluctuational electrodynamics and working in near field is now out in IEEE TED:
ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/108...
The code is available on GitHub:
github.com/JulienLegend...
ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/108...
The code is available on GitHub:
github.com/JulienLegend...
CRESCENT-1D: A 1-D Solver of Coupled Charge and Light Transport in Heterostructures for the Design of Near-Field Thermophotonic Engines
Thermophotonic (TPX) devices are radiative heat engines in which the exchange of electroluminescent (EL) radiation between a heated light-emitting diode (LED) and a cool photovoltaic (PV) cell allows ...
ieeexplore.ieee.org
January 31, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The paper detailing Julien's drift-diffusion code for heterostructures based on fluctuational electrodynamics and working in near field is now out in IEEE TED:
ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/108...
The code is available on GitHub:
github.com/JulienLegend...
ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/108...
The code is available on GitHub:
github.com/JulienLegend...
We are looking for a Master student internship (~6-month stay) for studies related to thermophotovoltaics and thermophotonics. See
cethil.insa-lyon.fr/sites/cethil...
cethil.insa-lyon.fr/sites/cethil...
cethil.insa-lyon.fr
December 16, 2024 at 7:21 PM
We are looking for a Master student internship (~6-month stay) for studies related to thermophotovoltaics and thermophotonics. See
cethil.insa-lyon.fr/sites/cethil...
cethil.insa-lyon.fr/sites/cethil...
Thanks to the TF2+Radboud colleagues for the nice meeting in Nijmegen (NL) 👍
December 16, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Thanks to the TF2+Radboud colleagues for the nice meeting in Nijmegen (NL) 👍
Hi everyone,
I am back!
I am back!
December 15, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Hi everyone,
I am back!
I am back!