SYNFLUX-LUMICALS Project

Synchronizing flux of photons, charges, and molecules for improved sunlight conversion into fuels and chemicals

Coordinators

CEA Saclay 

Keywords

Summary

SYNFLUX-LUMICALS aims to develop innovative strategies for more efficient harvesting and utilization of light in solar fuel production devices. It is based on a nature-inspired approach to better understand, control, and synchronize spatial and temporal aspects ranging from photon absorption to charge generation, transport, and utilization through hybrid interfaces. It builds on advances in photovoltaics and multi-electronic redox catalysis to promote the emergence and scale-up of photocatalytic and photoelectrocatalytic devices composed exclusively of abundant elements, particularly molecular dyes. SYNFLUX-LUMICALS is structured in three parts, supported by a wide range of state-of-the-art characterization techniques.

Scientific expectations

Consortium


CEISAM • Nantes
Chimie Et Interdisciplinarité, Synthèse, Analyse, Modélisation
Stéphane Diring, Fabrice Odobel, Simon Pascal, Yann Pellegrin


I2BC • Gif-Sur-Yvette
Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell
Philipp Gotico, Winfried Leibl, Manuel Llansola Portoles, Pavel Muller, Andrew Pascal, Annamaria Quaranta, Bruno Robert


ICMMO • Orsay
Institut de chimie moléculaire et des matériaux d’Orsay
Zakaria Halime, Marie Sircoglou, Ally Aukauloo


INL • Lyon
Institut des Nanotechnologies de Lyon
Romain Bachelet, Clarisse Furgeaud, Anne Lamirand, José Penuelas, Philippe Regreny, Guillaume Saint-Girons


IPCM • Paris
Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire

Sébastien Blanchard, Guillaume Izzet, Anna Proust, Florence Volatron


IPCMS • Strasbourg
Institut de physique et chimie des matériaux de Strasbourg
Stefan Haacke, Arnaud Marquette


IPVF • Palaiseau
Institut Photovoltaïque d’Île-de-France
Damien Coutancier, Negar Naghavi, Nathanaëlle Schneider


IRCELYON • Lyon
Institut de recherches sur la catalyse et l’environnement de Lyon 
Jérôme Canivet, Laurent Piccolo, Mathieu Prévot, Alessandra Quadrelli


ISMO • Saclay
Institut de science et d’ingénierie supramoléculaires 
Minh-Huong Ha-Thi, Christophe Lefumeux, Thomas Pino, Karine Steenkeste



LASIRE • Lille
Laboratoire de Spectroscopie pour les Interactions 
Vincent De Waele, Julien Dubois, Matthieu Hureau, Alain Moissettte, Thomas Roland


LCBM • Grenoble
Laboratoire Chimie et Biologie des Métaux
Vincent Artero, Murielle Chavarot-Kerlidou, Jennifer Fize, Vincent Forge, Matthieu Koepf, Bertrand Reuillard


LCH • Lyon
Laboratoire de Chimie de l’ENS Lyon
Margarida Costa Gomes, Tangui Le Bahers, Agilio Padua, Stephan Steinmann


LPICM • Palaiseau
Laboratoire de Physique des Interfaces et des Couches Minces
Pavel Boulkine, Pere Roca i Cabarrocas


NIMBE • Saclay
Nanosciences et Innovation pour les Matériaux, la Biomédecine et l’Énergie
Sophie Le Caer, Pierre Picot, Antoine Thill 


SOLEIL/AILES • Saint-Aubin
Source Optimisée de Lumière d’Energie Intermédiaire du LURE
Jean-Blaise Brubach, Emiliano Fonda


SyMMES • Grenoble
Systèmes Moléculaires et nanoMatériaux pour l’Énergie et la Santé
Cyril Aumaître, Renaud Demadrille, Yann Kervella 


UCCS • Lille
Unité de Catalyse et de Chimie du 
Andrei Khodakov, Vitaly Ordomsky 


SYNFLUX-LUMICALS project publications

14 documents

Journal articles

  • Yinghao Wang, Geqian Fang, Vitaly V Ordomsky, Andrei Y Khodakov. Polyoxometalate photocatalysts: solar-driven activation of small molecules for energy conversion and greenhouse gas valorization. Chemical Communications, 2025, 61 (58), pp.10630-10642. ⟨10.1039/D5CC01494H⟩. ⟨hal-05398932⟩
  • Nicolas Queyriaux, Maria Wächtler, Christian Cariño, Sandra Alves, Benjamin Dietzek-Ivanšić, et al.. Covalent POM-Ir hybrid assemblies: tuning redox properties for light-driven multiple charge accumulation. Chemical Communications, 2025, 61 (53), pp.9682-9685. ⟨10.1039/D5CC01951F⟩. ⟨hal-05165875⟩

Conference papers

  • Philipp Gotico. Leveraging CODH Enzyme Functionality for CO2 Reduction Catalyst Design. Department Lecture Series, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Nov 2025, Munich, Germany. ⟨hal-05493297⟩
  • Murielle Chavarot-Kerlidou. A sunny journey in the field of artificial photosynthesis. Séminaire invité au laboratoire SyMMES, CEA Grenoble, Nov 2025, Grenobe, France. ⟨hal-05505765⟩
  • Philipp Gotico. From Nature’s Blueprints to Chemical Innovations: Harnessing Sunlight and Valorizing Carbon Dioxide. I2BC Midday Lectures, Institut de biologie intégrative de la cellule (I2BC), Nov 2025, Gif Sur Yvette, France. ⟨hal-05493222⟩
  • Murielle Chavarot-Kerlidou, Duc Nguyen Ngoc, Emmanouil Giannoudis, Tatiana Straistari, Jennifer Fize, et al.. Unassisted solar syngas production by a molecular dye-cobalt catalyst assembly in a tandem photoelectrochemical cell.. 5th International solar fuels conference, Sep 2025, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. ⟨hal-05493520⟩
  • Vincent Artero. Hydrogen, carbon and nitrogen economies: contributions from photoelectrochemical technologies. 9émes journées du Groupement de recherche des Carburants Solaires (GDR Solar Fuels)- Colloque annuel du GDR Solar Fuels, Jul 2025, Strasbourg, France. ⟨hal-05337431⟩
  • Philipp Gotico. Mimicking Functional Features of CO Dehydrogenase Toward Improved Catalyst Design for CO2 Conversion. The Many Facets of Photosynthesis 2025, French Society of Photosynthesis; GDR Integrative Biology of CO2 Capture; French Society of Photosynthesis, May 2025, Paris, France. ⟨hal-05493235⟩
  • Fabrice Odobel. Chemical approaches to artificial photosynthesis. Japan-France Workshop on Photo-Electro-Responsive Molecules & Materials, Mar 2025, Gif -sur-Yvette, France. ⟨hal-05515618⟩
  • Philipp Gotico. Deciphering Catalysis Control Through Bio-inspired Strategies. Department Lectures, Service de Bioénergétique, Biologie Structurale et Mécanismes, Institut des Sciences du Vivant Frédéric Joliot, Feb 2025, Gif Sur Yvette, France. ⟨hal-05493308⟩

Poster communications

  • Sana Fatima, Philipp Gotico, Zakaria Halime. Development of porphyrin-based photocathodes for CO2 reduction. 9ièmes Journées Nationales des Carburants Solaires, Jul 2025, Strasbourg, France. ⟨hal-05493257⟩
  • Matthieu Laffitte, Christian Cariño, Guillaume Izzet, Anna Proust. Development of photocathodes with improved charge extraction for efficient solar energy conversion. 9ièmes Journées Nationales des Carburants Solaires, Jul 2025, Strasbourg, France. ⟨hal-05493677⟩
  • Albert Buenos, Philipp Gotico, Anja Krieger‐liszkay. Combining Artificial and Bacterial Photosynthesis for CO2 Conversion. 9ièmes Journées Nationales des Carburants Solaires, Jul 2025, Strasbourg, France. ⟨hal-05493919⟩
  • Abhayashri Kamath Kandel, Philipp Gotico. Harnessing light for smarter CO2 reduction on hybrid electrodes. 9ièmes Journées Nationales des Carburants Solaires, Jul 2025, Strasboug, France. ⟨hal-05493182⟩


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