In this regard, the Basque center recalls that Professor Armand, in addition to being Honorary Scientific Director, is the coordinator of a CIC energiGUNE work team focused on achieving the solid-state battery of the electric vehicle of the future, and that his work continues to be essential to respond to the challenges of a sector in permanent transformation. In fact, Michel Armand will have a special role in the ´Power Our Future´ Congress, which will be organized by CIC energiGUNE in Vitoria-Gasteiz from July 8 to 11, and which will bring together the main international players in the energy storage sector. Armand will be the Chairman of the event, bringing his vast experience and innovative vision to the debate and analysis on the future of batteries.
It is worth mentioning that the list of "highly cited researchers" is obtained through the most cited articles in the Web of Science™ citation index and that these articles are part of the top 1% of the most cited articles in their field of study during the same year. Likewise, Dr. Armand´s inclusion in the Clarivate Analytics report coincides with his presence in Stanford University´s "Ranking of World Scientists", the main international reference for the scientific community. Once again this year, Michel Armand appears as the most important researcher in the Basque Country at all levels and is the main reference researcher in Spain in the field of Energy, ranking 14th in the world.
In fact, his impact worldwide exceeds his own individual career, as his research work is closely related to the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to John Goodenough and Stanley Whittingham. Armand has a collaborative patent and a joint publication with Goodenough, who in 2016 made a public and express recognition of the work of the Honorary Scientific Director of CIC energiGUNE during the tribute paid to him for his 40-year scientific career, highlighting his work as a "pioneer in the development of the polymer electrolyte" and for his commitment to improve the technology of lithium ion LFP batteries.
Reference trajectory
Born in France in 1946, Michel Armand began research on rechargeable lithium batteries at the end of the 80´s -through the combination with solid polymer electrolyte- which has allowed the development of the main associated technologies, among others, the electric vehicle. Currently, he is the head of the polymer electrolyte research area and honorary scientific director of the electrochemistry area of CIC energiGUNE, where he coordinates a working team focused on achieving the solid state battery of the electric vehicle of the future.
Professor Armand has received several scientific awards such as the volta medal in 2000, the Galileo prize 2010, the Aymé Poirson prize 2012, and the Catalan-Sabatier prize 2016. He is also Doctor Honoris Causa of Deakin University 2006 and Upsala University 2016, and in October 2022 he was distinguished in Atlanta with the “Fellow of The Electrochemical Society” award by the ECS. He is also author or co-author of 416 publications in international journals, 295 conference presentations, and 200 delivered or pending patents, and has supervised 30 PhD theses, of which three belong to the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU.
His relationship with CIC energiGUNE started in 2011. Since then, Professor Armand has been the great scientific mentor at the center, a position he continues to exercise from his position as honorary scientific director of CIC energiGUNE. It should be recalled that the solid electrolyte research line of the Basque center is among the top five at European level.
