Publications by Xavier François Mettan

Interplay between disorder and electronic correlations in compositionally complex alloys

László Forró, Luka Ciric, Xavier François Mettan, Jan Hugo Dil, Edoardo Martino, Davor Tolj, Trpimir Ivsic

Owing to their exceptional mechanical, electronic, and phononic transport properties, compositionally complex alloys, including high-entropy alloys, represent an important class of materials. However, the interplay between chemical disorder and electronic ...

Nature Research2024

Acoustic-Pressure-Assisted Engineering of Aluminum Foams

László Forró, Jacim Jacimovic, Xavier François Mettan, Edoardo Martino

Shaping metals as a foam modulates their physical properties, enabling attractive applications where lightweight, low thermal conductivity, or acoustic isolation are desirable. Adjusting the size of the bubbles in the foams is particularly relevant for tar ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2021

Fighting Health Hazards in Lead Halide Perovskite Optoelectronic Devices with Transparent Phosphate Salts

László Forró, Endre Horvath, Xavier François Mettan, Pavao Roko Andricevic, Márton Kollár

Organic-inorganic lead halide perovskite (CH3NH3PbI3) solar cells have surpassed 25% power conversion efficiency, being ready for industrial-scale production of cheap photovoltaic (PV) panels. In this action, the major hurdle is its lead content, which in ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2021

Tuning ferromagnetism at room temperature by visible light

László Forró, Bálint Náfrádi, Massimo Spina, Endre Horvath, Xavier François Mettan, Andrea Pisoni, Péter Szirmai

Most digital information today is encoded in the magnetization of ferromagnetic domains. The demand for ever-increasing storage space fuels continuous research for energy-efficient manipulation of magnetism at smaller and smaller length scales. Writing a b ...

National Academy of Sciences2020

Tailoring thermal conduction in anatase TiO2

Luca Rossi, Helmuth Berger, László Forró, Jacim Jacimovic, Endre Horvath, Xavier François Mettan, Andrea Pisoni, Péter Szirmai

Thermal conductivity (κ) plays an essential role in functional devices. It is advantageous to design materials where one can tune κ in a wide range according to its function: single-crystals and nanowires of anatase polymorph of titanium dioxide, broadly u ...

Springer2019

Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cells of Single Crystal Hybrid Halide Perovskite with Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes Contacts

László Forró, Andrzej Sienkiewicz, Bálint Náfrádi, Tonko Garma, Endre Horvath, Xavier François Mettan, Pavao Roko Andricevic, Márton Kollár

Based on the reported ion migration under an electric field in hybrid lead halide perovskites we have developed a bright, light-emitting electrochemical cell with CH3NH3PbBr3 single crystals directly grown on vertically aligned carbon nanotube forests as c ...

2019

Tailoring thermal properties of functional materials

Xavier François Mettan

Thermal conductivity (k) plays an essential role in functional devices. In some cases, high value is required to transfer heat efficiently. In others, low k assists in maintaining a temperature gradient necessary for device operation. It is profitable to d ...

EPFL2019

Three-Dimensionally Enlarged Photoelectrodes by a Protogenetic Inclusion of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes into CH3NH3PbBr3 Single Crystals

László Forró, Andrzej Sienkiewicz, Bálint Náfrádi, Klara Hernadi, Endre Horvath, Xavier François Mettan, Pavao Roko Andricevic, Márton Kollár

We demonstrate that single crystals of methylammonium lead bromide (MAPbBr(3)) could be grown directly on vertically aligned carbon nanotube (VACNT) forests. The fast-growing MAPbBr3 single crystals engulfed the protogenetic inclusions in the form of indiv ...

2017

Tuning of the Thermoelectric Figure of Merit of CH3NH3MI3 (M=Pb,Sn) Photovoltaic Perovskites

László Forró, Davor Pavuna, Bálint Náfrádi, Massimo Spina, Endre Horvath, Xavier François Mettan, Andrea Pisoni, Péter Krisztián Matus, Riccardo Pisoni

The hybrid halide perovskites, the very performant compounds in photovoltaic applications, possess large Seebeck coefficient and low thermal conductivity, making them potentially interesting high figure of merit (ZT) materials. For this purpose, one needs ...

American Chemical Society2015

Spectral cola or how to turn green laser light red

Csaba Forro, Thibaud Humair, Xavier François Mettan

A green laser pointer shone through a glass of cola will appear red when looking from above the glass. Lowering the laser so that it is deeper in the cola, the colour will vary from orange to deep red. Fluorescence and absorption spectra were recorded cons ...

Iop Publishing Ltd2014

Enhanced low-temperature thermoelectrical properties of BiTeCl grown by topotactic method

Helmuth Berger, Philippe Bugnon, László Forró, Richard Gaal, Arnaud Magrez, Ana Akrap, Jacim Jacimovic, Xavier François Mettan, Sergiy Katrych, Andrea Pisoni

We developed a topotactic strategy to grow BiTeCl single crystals. Structural characterization by means of X-ray diffraction was performed, and the high crystallinity of the material was proven. Measurements of the thermoelectrical coefficients electrical ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2014