The Division Transversale Energie de la Société Chimique de France (SCF) (Transversal Energy Division of the Société Chimique de France) has awarded its Thesis Prize to Caroline Keller, a 2022 graduate of Grenoble Alpes University. This distinction is in recognition of her thesis work entitled "Custom synthesis of silicon nanowires for nanocomposites in high energy-density lithium-ion batteries". The growth of silicon nanowires supported on graphite, the choice of catalyst for the growth of nanowires, and the study in operando mode of the lithium insertion by different techniques based on synchrotron radiation have allowed to improve the cyclability and the understanding of such materials.
Caroline Keller completed her PhD thesis from 2019 to 2022 at CEA Grenoble, under the co-direction of Pascale Chenevier and Cédric Haon, between the Molecular Systems and nanoMaterials for Energy and Health (SyMMES) and the Innovation Laboratory for New Energy and Nanomaterials Technologies (CEA-Liten). Since April 2022 she is a postdoctoral fellow at the Laboratoire Interfaces des Systèmes Electrochimiques (
LISE) in Paris.