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Antonin Faes

antonin.faes@epfl.ch +41 76 210 01 80 https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoninfaes/

Nationality: Swiss & Italian

EPFL STI IEM PV-LAB
Rue de la Maladière 71b
2000 Neuchâtel

CSEM PV-Center
MC A2 298 (Bâtiment MC)
Rue de la Maladière 71b, CP 526
2002 Neuchâtel 2

Expertise

Research in Energy Field a) Fuel Cell (SOFC) b) Organic Photovoltaic Cell TEM & SEM imaging and analysis

Mission

Team Leader on PV Modules and Reliability at EPFL PV-Lab
Dr. Antonin Faes is leading the PV Module and Reliability activity at EPFL PV-Lab and Solar Mobility Area Manager at CSEM Sustainable Energy Center. He graduated as materials science engineer at EPFL in Lausanne and got his PhD in 2010 on Solix Oxide Fuel cells. From 2012, he developed the advanced Smart-Wire Connection Technology (SWCT®) with Meyer Burger. He is Work Package leader in HighLite EU project about monitoring advanced solar module technologies including VIPV. He is author and co-author of more than 40 peer reviewed papers cited about 3000 times, few patents, and book chapters.

Awards

"DuPont des Matériaux" Award 2012

RedOx Stability of Anode Supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cells. Thesis EPFL, no 4893 (2011). Dirs.: Jan Van herle, Aïcha Hessler-Wyser.

2012

Issued by Microscopy Conference - MC2009 Graz

Best Poster Award

2009

Selected publications

Reduction and Oxidation Study of Anode Supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cell

A. Faes, A. Hessler-Wyser, and J. Van herle
Published in Euromat2007 (2007) Nuernberg, Germany. in

Methods for quantification of anode support microstructure

A. Faes, A. Hessler-Wyser, C. Monachon, M. Zahid, E. Tagliaferri, and J. Van herle
Published in 4th Real-SOFC Workshop (2007) Grenoble, France. in

A quick method for characterizing Nickel-Yttria stabilized Zirconia cermet microstructure by scanning electron microscopy

C. Monachon, A. Hessler-Wyser, A. Faes, J. Van herle, and E. Tagliaferri
Published in Journal of the American Ceramic Society. in

On the use of cyanine dyse as low-bandgap materials in bulk heterojunction photovoltaic devices

F. Castro, A. Faes, T. Geiger, C. Graeff, M. Nagel, F. Nuesch, R. Hany
Published in Syntetic Metals 156 (2006), pp. 973-978. in

Counterion effects in cyanine heterojunction photovoltaic devices

F. Nuesch, A. Faes, L. Zuppiroli, F. Meng, K. Chen, H. Tian
Published in Journal of Materials Science 40 (2005) pp. 1353-1357. in

Cyanine dyes as low-bandgap materials in bulk heterojunction photovoltaic devices

A. Faes, F. Castro, T. Geiger, F. Nuesch, R. Hany
Published in European Conference on Organic Electronics and Related Phenomena (ECOER'05) (2005) Winterthur, Switzerland. in

Teaching & PhD

PhD Students

Marie Amélie Camille Courtant, Seyedehmaryam Mirirostamkolaei

Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector

Alejandro Borja Block