CEA-FASTinMat is a research infrastructure in France, opening its doors to scientists through RISEnergy. It is designed for academic and industry researchers working on advanced materials for energy applications who are looking to move beyond the limitations of their home laboratories.
Common challenges in this field include limited synthesis routes, fragmented characterisation tools, or restricted access to operando and ageing studies. CEA-FASTinMat offers a way to overcome these bottlenecks by providing an integrated research environment where researchers can move faster, validate early-stage ideas, and gain deeper insight into material performance under realistic conditions.
What is CEA-FASTinMat?
Hosted at CEA Saclay in France, CEA-FASTinMat brings together complementary synthesis routes and advanced characterisation techniques at a single site. This integrated environment supports early-stage research on nanomaterials for energy applications, allowing researchers to work across multiple steps of the materials development cycle without being locked into a single experimental pathway.
Rather than focusing on isolated experiments, FASTinMat enables researchers to connect synthesis, integration and characterisation, supporting a deeper understanding of material behaviour, performance and ageing, including under operando conditions.
What researchers typically walk away with
Researchers accessing CEA-FASTinMat through RISEnergy typically leave with:
- Validated materials and experimental concepts
- High-quality data relevant to real energy applications
- Clear insight into performance, degradation and ageing mechanisms
- Greater confidence to move their research forward or towards scale-up
How access works through RISEnergy
Access to CEA-FASTinMat is provided through the Transnational Access (TA) programme of RISEnergy, which enables researchers to use world-class research infrastructures located outside their home country. The programme is open to both academic and industry researchers, at different career stages, whose main affiliation is in a country other than the one hosting the infrastructure.
Researchers apply with a project proposal and, if selected, benefit from:
- Free access to the infrastructure and its services
- Scientific and technical support from the hosting facility
Prepare and submit your proposal through the next RISEnergy Transnational Access call, opening in March 2026!
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RISEnergy also offers access to a wide range of research infrastructures supporting work in biofuels, concentrated solar power (CSP), energy storage, hydrogen, ICT, integrated grids, ocean energy, offshore wind, photovoltaics and more.