Reverant Crispin (previously Xavier Crispin) obtained his PhD in 2000 with Prof. J.L. Brédas (University of Mons, Belgium) in quantum chemical modelling of the interaction of organic molecules on transition metal surfaces. He spent a postdoc training at Linköping University with Prof. W.R. Salaneck, who taught him various photoelectron spectroscopy techniques to characterize molecular order and electronic structure of semi(conducting) polymers and molecules, as well as the energetics at interfaces created between those materials and electrodes.
In 2004, Reverant joined the Laboratory of Organic Electronics headed by Prof. M. Berggren and developed activities on organic electronic devices (organic diodes, transistors, memories). In 2011, he received the ERC-starting grant from the European Research Council. For his development on thermoelectric polymers, he was awarded the Tage Erlander Prize (2012) and the Göran Gustafsson prize (2016) from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Since 2014, he is a Professor (Linköping University, Sweden) and leads research activities on organic energy materials. In 2023, the research unit “Organic Energy Materials” comprised three research groups covering aspects in “Organic Energy Harvesters”, “Organic Energy Storage” and “Organic Electrochemical Devices”.
He is cofounder and scientific advisor of four start-up companies: Ligna Energy AB (2017) developing organic batteries, ParsNord Thermoelectric Filial AB (2020) developing flexible thermoelectric generators and coolers, Cellfion AB (2021) producing ion-selective cellulose membranes for H2-electrolysers and redox flow batteries, and CatalyzO2 AB (2023) establishing a new technology for electrochemical deoxygenation of water. He is also advisory board member for the following journals: “Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research” (2020) and Nano Research Energy (2021), as well as member of the advisory board for the Research Infrastructure Services for Renewable Energy (RISEnergy) in Europe.
Photo credit: Thor Balkhed
Reverant Crispin shows Sara Strömberg, Grants office, instruments in Clean room, Campus Norrköping.
