IFCPAR AR (ENGLISH) for CD - CEFIPRA

CEFIPRA
Centre Franco-Indien pour la Promotion de la Recherche Avancée
Duration: Three years (March, 2010 to February, 2013)
Objectives
Project 4208-1
ORGANIC MATERIALS FOR ENERGY DEVICES
i) Develop new materials for the next generation of energy
devices. In particular towards the development of
materials for organic devices such as solid electrolyte for
lithium-ion (Li+) rechargeable batteries, and polar liquid
crystalline materials. The goal is to optimize material
properties by adjusting the chemical functionalization and
modification of fullerene-type materials and conjugated
organic molecules. On the other hand the new polar liquid
crystalline materials will self-organize into a columnar
structure driven by attractive interactions between the
spherical fullerene moieties and the functionalized
aromatic side groups of a neighboring group
ii) Structural characterization of these materials with TEM,
SEM and AFM would lead to inputs for generating new
materials for energy devices. A different type of
functionalization is proposed utilizing electron rich
functional groups by which one can control the acidity of
functionalized fullerenes. Increasing fullerene acidity is
expected to lower the barrier for proton hopping and thus
achieve proton transport properties superior to that of
Nation
Accomplishments
i) Synthesis of penta-tegylated fullerene carried out
according to the modified protocol
ii) Synthesis of butane substituted penta-phenyl fullerene
carried out according to the synthetic route
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iii) The synthesized compounds were characterized by H NMR
Research papers published: Nil
Research Activities 2010-11
Material Sciences
Dr. Satish Patil
Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore
Dr. Daniel Guillon
Ecole Européenne de Chimie
Polynieres et Matériaux
Strasbourg
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