Sandrine Berthon-Fabry

Research Professor

Center · PERSEE

Email address: sandrine.berthon-fabry@minesparis.psl.eu
Discipline(s): Coordination Chemistry, Catalysis, Materials, Energy, Thermal Sciences
Topic(s): Biomaterials, Catalyst, Energy Efficiency

Keywords

Awards & distinctions

2019 European PEGASUS Project: Recognized by the European Commission as the Best Success Story of 2019

Team

MATPRO - Matériaux Procédés pour l'énergie

Biography

Sandrine Berthon-Fabry is a researcher specializing in carbon materials and metal oxides and their applications for energy storage and conversion. Her work primarily focuses on the synthesis, functionalization, and optimization of (nano)porous materials, such as those derived from sol-gel, for applications in electrochemistry, including lithium-ion batteries, supercapacitors, and fuel cells. She explores the structure-property relationships of these materials, studying the impact of synthesis parameters (such as precursor type, pH, drying method, pyrolysis cycles, or dopant addition) on their electrochemical performance. Her research also includes the integration of these materials into energy devices. Her expertise also covers the chemical modification of carbon surfaces, for example, the grafting of functional groups, to improve their stability and catalytic activity.

Publication(s)

2026
Insight into molecular grafting of carbon aerogels for electrochemical capacitors applications DOI : 10.1016/j.carbon.2026.121301
2026
Tunable synthesis of C-SiOxCy monoliths DOI : 10.1016/j.micromeso.2025.113863
2025
Evidence for the stabilization of FeN4 sites by Pt particles during acidic oxygen reduction DOI : 10.1038/s41467-025-61806-x
2025
Correlation of synthesis parameters and physicochemical properties of biomass-derived carbon-titania composites DOI : 10.1007/s10853-025-10874-x
2023
Spontaneous aerobic ageing of Fe–N–C materials and consequences on oxygen reduction reaction kinetics DOI : 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2023.232829
2023
Fluorination and its Effects on Electrocatalysts for Low-Temperature Fuel Cells DOI : 10.1002/aenm.202204304
2023
Modulating the Fe-N4 Active Site Content by Nitrogen Source in Fe-N-C Aerogel Catalysts for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell DOI : 10.1021/acscatal.2c05394
2021
Optimized Electrode/Electrolyte Interface of MWCNT/SnO2Composite through Gas-Solid Fluorination DOI : 10.1021/acsami.1c05261
2021
Influence of the synthesis parameters on the proton exchange membrane fuel cells performance of Fe–N–C aerogel catalysts DOI : 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230561
2021
One-Pot Synthesis of Fe-N-Containing Carbon Aerogel for Oxygen Reduction Reaction DOI : 10.1007/s12678-020-00633-8
2021
Relationship between tin environment of SnO2 nanoparticles and their electrochemical behaviour in a lithium ion battery DOI : 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2020.123461
2020
Advances in tailoring the water content in porous carbon aerogels using RT-pulsed fluorination DOI : 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2020.109633
2020
Influence upon cycling of oxygen amount in tin-based compound used as negative electrode in lithium-ion battery DOI : 10.1016/j.synthmet.2020.116477
2019
Tin-based materials: The future of anode materials for lithium ion battery? DOI : 10.1109/ESPC.2019.8932045
2019
Activity and Durability of Platinum-Based Electrocatalysts with Tin Oxide–Coated Carbon Aerogel Materials as Catalyst Supports DOI : 10.1007/s12678-018-0505-z
2018
Tin dioxide coated carbon materials as an alternative catalyst support for PEMFCs: Impacts of the intrinsic carbon properties and the synthesis parameters on the coating characteristics DOI : 10.1016/j.micromeso.2018.05.019
2018
Utilization of graphitized and fluorinated carbon as platinum nanoparticles supports for application in proton exchange membrane fuel cell cathodes DOI : 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2018.10.004
2018
Activity and durability of platinum-based electrocatalysts supported on bare or fluorinated nanostructured carbon substrates DOI : 10.1149/2.031806jes
2017
Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell with Enhanced Durability Using Fluorinated Carbon As Electrocatalyst DOI : 10.1051/e3sconf/20171617001
2017
Evaluation of lightweight and flexible insulating aerogel blankets based on Resorcinol-Formaldehyde-Silica for space applications DOI : 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2017.06.009
2016
Lightweight superinsulating Resorcinol-Formaldehyde-APTES benzoxazine aerogel blankets for space applications DOI : 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2016.02.019
2016
Synthesis of carbon nanospheres for the development of inkjet-printed resistive layers and sensors DOI : 10.1088/2058-8585/1/1/015003
2016
Doped TiO2 aerogels as alternative catalyst supports for proton exchange membrane fuel cells: A comparative study of Nb, v and Ta dopants DOI : 10.1016/j.micromeso.2016.06.003
2015
First Insight into Fluorinated Pt/Carbon Aerogels as More Corrosion-Resistant Electrocatalysts for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Cathodes DOI : 10.1007/s12678-015-0267-9
2015
Suricat, a project dedicated to stable PEMFC catalyst supports
2014
The 3 omega transient line method for thermal characterization of superinsulator materials developed for spacecraft thermal control
2014
Correlations between the catalytic layer composition, the relative humidity and the performance for PEMFC carbon aerogel based membrane electrode assemblies DOI : 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.09.107
2014
Cellulose-based nanostructured carbons for energy conversion and storage devices DOI : 10.4032/9789814411141
2013
Efficient Pt/carbon electrocatalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cells: Avoid chloride-based Pt salts! DOI : 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2013.03.188
2013
Inkjet printing of 200 nm monodisperse carbon nanoparticles: From nanoparticles synthesis to smart ink formulation
2012
Influence of the carbon texture of platinum/carbon aerogel electrocatalysts on their behavior in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell cathode DOI : 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.03.085
2012
Thin chromium nitride PVD coatings on stainless steel for conductive component as bipolar plates of PEM fuel cells: Ex-situ and in-situ performances evaluation DOI : 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.04.035
2011
Synthesis and properties of platinum nanocatalyst supported on cellulose-based carbon aerogel for applications in PEMFCs DOI : 10.1149/1.3585744
2011
Carbon aerogels as catalyst supports and first insights on their durability in proton exchange membrane fuel cells DOI : 10.1002/fuce.201000182
2010
Preparation of highly loaded Pt/carbon xerogel catalysts for Proton Exchange Membrane fuel cells by the Strong Electrostatic Adsorption method DOI : 10.1016/j.cattod.2009.06.022
2010
Elaboration and characterizations of platinum nanoparticles supported on cellulose-based carbon aerogel DOI : 10.1149/1.3484543
2010
Functionalisation and chemical characterisation of cellulose-derived carbon aerogels DOI : 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.03.005
2009
Highly porous PEM fuel cell cathodes based on low density carbon aerogels as Pt-support: Experimental study of the mass-transport losses DOI : 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2009.01.047
2009
Electrochemical characterization of Pt/carbon xerogel and Pt/carbon aerogel catalysts: First insights into the influence of the carbon texture on the Pt nanoparticle morphology and catalytic activity DOI : 10.1007/s10853-009-3581-x
2009
Nanostructured carbons as platinum catalyst supports for proton exchange membrane fuel cell electrodes DOI : 10.1007/s11244-009-9384-0
2008
New nanostructured carbons based on porous cellulose: Elaboration, pyrolysis and use as platinum nanoparticles substrate for oxygen reduction electrocatalysis DOI : 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2008.08.030
2008
Carbon xerogels as catalyst supports for PEM fuel cell cathode DOI : 10.1016/j.enconman.2008.03.025
2007
Platinum supported on resorcinol-formaldehyde based carbon aerogels for PEMFC electrodes: Influence of the carbon support on electrocatalytic properties DOI : 10.1007/s10800-006-9226-8
2007
Development of a volumetric method-experimental test bench for hydrogen storage characterisation DOI : 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2006.07.028
2007
Use of cellulose-based carbon aerogels as catalyst support for PEM fuel cell electrodes: Electrochemical characterization DOI : 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2006.12.084
2006
Hydrogen storage in carbon nanomaterials
2006
Cellulose-based aerogels DOI : 10.1016/j.polymer.2006.09.004
2006
Synthesis of highly porous catalytic layers for polymer electrolyte fuel cell based on carbon aerogels DOI : 10.1149/1.2214521
2005
Nanoporous carbon materials: Comparison between information obtained by SAXS and WAXS and by gas adsorption DOI : 10.1016/j.carbon.2005.06.034
2004
Highly dispersed platinum on carbon aerogels as supported catalysts for PEM fuel cell-electrodes: Comparison of two different synthesis paths DOI : 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2004.06.038
2004
Anisotropic high-surface-area carbon aerogels DOI : 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2004.06.040
2001
DLS and SAXS investigations of organic gels and aerogels DOI : 10.1016/S0022-3093(01)00447-1
2001
Investigation of the multi-scale structure of silica aerogels by SAXS DOI : 10.1016/S0022-3093(01)00452-5
1997
Barium incorporation in c-axis oriented YBCO thin films deposited by metalorganic chemical vapour deposition DOI : 10.1016/S0921-4534(97)01567-0
1995
Thermodynamics of the system Zr-B-H-Cl. A contribution at low temperature DOI : 10.1016/0364-5916(95)00017-9
1992
Influence of surface coating on the magnetic properties of Fe4N particles DOI : 10.1016/0921-5107(92)90010-7

PhD supervision

2021 Synthesis, characterizations, and evaluation of self-supported silicon-based materials for lithium-ion batteries WAGNER Julia
2019 Synthesis and characterization of platinum-free catalysts for PEM fuel cells GE Hongxin
2017 Fluorinated carbon/SnO2 composite as negative electrode material for lithium-ion batteries GERVILLIE Charlotte
2015 Carbones résistants à la corrosion comme supports catalytiques cathodiques plus durables dans les piles à combustible à membrane échangeuse de protons (PEMFCs) LABBE Fabien
2007 Elaboration, caractérisation et optimisation de couches catalytiques cathodiques de piles à combustible PEM à partir d’aérogels de carbone Mathiled BRIGAUDET
2006 Carbones nanostructurés à base d’aérogels d’acétate de cellulose pour le stockage électrochimique d’énergie : évaluation en tant que matériau d’électrode de supercondensateur Claudia HILDENBRAND
2003 Conception, étude et caractérisation de nouveaux matériaux d’électrode de pile à combustible PEM à partir d’aérogel de carbone. Mise en œuvre en assemblage membrane/électrodes Julian MARIE