M. BELLET Daniel

Activités / CV

Professor since 1998, now at PHELMA (Engineer School PHysics ELectronics and Materials at Grenoble Institute of Technology); previously Assistant Professor at University of Grenoble between 1990 and 1998.
Junior member of Institut Universitaire de France (IUF) from 1999 to 2004.

STUDIES AND DIPLOMA:
- Master research 2R-DEA (1987): Matter and Radiation (major of promotion)
- Thesis at Grenoble University (1990)
- Habilitation (1996)

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES:
- 1987-1992: Structural properties of single crystal superalloys by using neutrons, g and synchrotron radiation
- 1994-1996: Scientific collaborator at ESRF (European Synchrotron Radiation Facilities)
- 1992-1999: Physical and structural properties of porous silicon
- 1999-2006: Investigation of the wetting at grain boundaries and liquid metal embrittlement for the Al/Ga system
- 2000-2008: Sintering of metallic powders observed by synchrotron micro-tomography
- Since 2006 : Material science for photovoltaics applications
- Since 2010: Transparent Conductive Materials

MAIN RECENT RESPONSABILITIES:
* Scientific Director of Carnot Energies du Futur (for Grenoble INP)
* Responsible of the Mention Master “Science and Engineering of Materials” at Grenoble INP
* Coordinator of an ANR project MEANING (2019-2022)
* Coordinator of an ANR project INDEED (2016-2019)
* Director of the Academic Research Community “Energies” at the Région Auvergne Rhône-Alpes from 2011 to 2017.
* Leader of the group “materials for energy” at LMGP from 2007 to 2014;
* Leader of Transparent Conductive Materials axis at LMGP since 2010;
* President of the committee: Habilitation of Grenoble INP in Materials and Process Engineering 2011-2012;
* Associate Director of the European School HERCULES (large instruments: synchrotron and neutrons) from 2003 to 2010;
* Co-organizer of the European School “Physics of Solar cells” at Les Houches (France) in 2009 and 2011; organizer of a European School “NanoTCMS” at Grenoble (May 2012)
* Coordinator of an ANR project ASYSCOL (2009-2012)

MAIN TEACHING DOMAINS:
Materials science; General Physics; Statistical Physics; Physics and Energy; Nanomaterials.

SABBATICAL VISITS:

• Sabbatical visit (6 months) at the Earth Science Department at Cambridge (England) in 1992-1993 devoted to the study of the structural studies of porous silicon.
• Sabbatical year in 2006-2007 at Photovoltaics Centre of Excellence at Sydney (Australia) in Third Generation Group leaded by Gavin CONIBEER devoted to Sn and Si quantum dots for third generation photovoltaics

RECENT SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

- “The relationship between material properties and transparent heater performance for both bulk-like and percolative networks”, S. Sorel, D. Bellet, J.N. Coleman, ACS Nano 8 (2014) 4805-4814
- “Silver nanowire networks: physical properties and potential integration in solar cells”, D.P. Langley, G. Giusti, M. Lagrange, R. Collins, C. Jiménez, Y. Bréchet, D. Bellet, Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells 125 (2014) 318-324.
- “High Performance ZnO-SnO2:F nanocomposite transparent electrodes for energy applications”, G. Giusti, V. Consonni, E. Puyoo, D. Bellet, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 6 (2014) 14096-14107.
- “Metallic Nanowire Networks: Effects of Thermal Annealing on Electrical Resistance”, D.P. Langley, M. Lagrange, G. Giusti, C. Jiménez, Y. Bréchet, N.D. Nguyen, D. Bellet, Nanoscale 6 (2014) 13535.
- “Optimization of silver nanowire-based transparent electrodes: effects of density, size and thermal annealing”, M. Lagrange, D.P. Langley, G. Giusti, C. Jiménez, Y. Bréchet, D. Bellet, Nanoscale 7 (2015) 17410-17423.
- “Metallic Nanowire-Based Transparent Electrodes for Next Generation Flexible Devices: a Review”, T. Sannicolo, M. Lagrange, A. Cabos, C. Celle, J.-P. Simonato, D. Bellet, Small 12 (2016) 6052-6075.
- “Direct Imaging of the Onset of Electrical Conduction in Silver Nanowire Networks by Infra-Red Thermography: Evidence of Geometrical Quantized Percolation”, T. Sannicolo, D. Muñoz-Rojas, N.D. Nguyen, S. Moreau, C. Celle, J.-P. Simonato, Y. Bréchet, D. Bellet, Nano. Lett. 16 (2016) 7046-7053.
- “Tuning the properties of F:SnO2 (FTO) nanocomposites with S:TiO2 nanoparticles as promising hazy transparent electrodes for photovoltaics applications”, S. Zhang, H. Roussel, V. Consonni, E. Pernot, L. Schmidt-Mende, L. Rappenne, C. Jiménez, J.-L. Deschanvres, D. Muñoz-Rojas, D. Bellet, J. Mater. Chem. C 5 (2017) 91-102.
- “Oxidation of copper nanowires based transparent electrodes in ambient conditions and their stabilization by encapsulation. Application to transparent film heaters”, C. Celle, A. Cabos, T. Fontecave, B. Laguitton, A. Benayad, L. Guettaz, N . Pélissier, V.H. Nguyen, D. Bellet, D. Muñoz-Rojas, J.-P. Simonato, Nanotechnology 29 (2018) 085701
- “Electrical mapping of silver nanowire networks: a versatile tool for imaging network homogeneity and degradation dynamics during failure”, T. Sannicolo, N. Charvin, L. Flandin, S. Kraus, D.T. Papanastasiou, C. Celle, J.-P. Simonato, D. Muñoz-Rojas, C. Jiménez, D. Bellet, ACS Nano 12 (2018) 4648−4659
- “Stability enhancement of silver nanowire networks with conformal ZnO coatings deposited by atmospheric pressure spatial atomic layer deposition", A. Khan, V.H. Nguyen, D. Muñoz-Rojas, S. Aghazadehchors, C. Jiménez, N.D. Nguyen, D. Bellet, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 10 (2018) 19208-19217
- “What really limits conductivity in highly doped polycrystalline TCOs? The case of ZnO:Al thin film”, V. H. Nguyen, U. Gottlieb, A. Valla, D. Muñoz, D. Bellet, D. Muñoz-Rojas, Materials Horizons, 5 (2018) 715-726
- “Percolation in networks of 1-Dimensional objects: Comparison between Monte Carlo simulations and experimental observations”, D. P. Langley, M. Lagrange, N.D. Nguyen, D. Bellet, Nanoscale Horizons, 3 (2018) 545-550.
- “Bending stability of CuxCrO2- a transparent p-type conducting oxide for large area flexible electronics”, E. Norton, L. Farrell, D. Mullarkey, D. Caffrey, D. Oser, D. Bellet, I. V. Shvets, K. Fleische, AIP Advances, 8 (2018) 85013
- “Increasing the Electron Mobility of ZnO-Based Transparent Conductive Films Deposited by Open-Air Methods for Enhanced Sensing Performance”, V.H. Nguyen, D. Bellet, B. Masenelli, D. Muñoz-Rojas, ACS Applied Nano Materials 1, 12 (2018) 6922–6931
- “Influence of the geometric parameters on the deposition mode in spatial atomic layer deposition: a novel approach to area-selective deposition, C. Masse de la Huerta, V. H., J.-M. Dedulle, D. Bellet, C. Jiménez, D. Muñoz-Rojas, Coatings, 9 (2019) 5.