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What is ALISTORE?

ALISTORE ERI was created in the framework of a 5-year EU funded FP6 Network of Excellence (starting in 2004) and currently federates 19 institutions performing cross cutting high level research in the field of batteries and battery materials.

This adventure was initiated by Prof. Jean-Marie Tarascon (France) who was able to put together world class European laboratories in the field to perform battery-related collaborative research on the topic.

Since early 2009, ALISTORE ERI is a federative research structure coordinated by CNRS, funded though academic member contributions and the membership fees of 12 companies that joined its associated Industrial Club. Such funds allow developing hand in hand, integrated and collaborative research oriented towards medium-term transfer to industry.

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ALISTORE Network

This long-term collaboration has promoted the sharing of ideas and resources among a diverse set of academinc and industrial partners, generating significant added value. From 2010 to 2017, the network was led by Patrice Simon (France) and M. Rosa Palacín (Spain). Between 2018 and 2025, it was headed by Christian Masquelier (France), Robert Dominko (Slovenia), and Patrik Johansson (Sweden), serving respectively as director and deputy directors.

Since the end of 2025, the network has been co-directed by Lorenzo Stievano (France), Montserrat Casas-Cabanas (Spain) and Matteo Bianchini (Germany).

The governance team is supported by two CNRS-funded staff members: Anne Charbonnier (Administrator) and Daphné Boursier (Project Manager).

ALISTORE-ERI academics meet twice a year with members of the Industrial Club to present most recent discoveries and last achievements, discuss perspective trends, build-up collaborative European projects and set up the global scientific and financial policy.

ALISTORE-ERI long term research of the academic leading teams is reinforced by Post Docs and PhD students financially supported by the Industrial Club. 30 positions have been funded since the beginning. This manpower represents 90% of the annual budget.

Achievements

ALISTORE-ERI structures around thematic research groups focusing on advanced Li-ion and Na-ion battery technologies, electrolytes...

which are supported by transverse characterization platforms (Mossbauer, XPS, NMR...) specifically devoted to battery research... Such an unconventional approach merging basic research and application requirements has given impressive fruit in these 10 years of existence ALISTORE:

2 White Papers/year (prospective view of a group of academic experts on a specific topic),
around 10 trip reports per year
a complete yearly scientific report of 100 pages
list of number of papers
16 patent families.

ALISTORE is also involved in the academic training of the next generation of talented students.

The Master "Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion" (MESC) was created in 2004 by some ALISTORE partner academic institutions: Aix-Marseille University (France), University of Cordoba (Spain), University of Picardie Jules Verne (Amiens, France), University of Toulouse (France), Warsaw Technical University (Poland)

It provides 2-year training in materials science and electrochemistry.

The MESC Master was granted with the prestigious Erasmus Mundus Label from the European Commission in 2005 – renewed in 2010 – that enhances the visibility and attractiveness of European Higher Education overseas. Students joining MESC can receive a range of grants from different sources (Erasmus Mundus programme, ALISTORE-ERI and others). About 200 students have been trained so far.