The Sutter-Fella lab is a part of the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab’s Molecular Foundry which is a Department of Energy-funded nanoscience research facility that provides users from around the world with access to cutting-edge expertise and instrumentation in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment. We are located in Berkeley, California.
Advanced materials are indispensable for mankind, on one hand as building blocks for technical advancement, and on the other hand for energy generation and storage technologies. Research in the Sutter-Fella lab is devoted to formation and characterization of functional materials for applications in optoelectronic devices and energy conversion. We are interested in light-matter interaction, structure-function, and synthesis-property relationships. We are also working on the development of new experimental probes and automated workflows to integrate machine learning and make experiments more efficient.
Our research bridges chemical engineering, materials science, and physics. It provides insights into structural and optoelectronic properties of materials through a combination of methods, including synchrotron X-ray techniques, imaging, spectroscopy, and electrical measurements. We are particularly interested in the evolution of properties as materials are synthesized. In this regard we are working on multimodal in situ capabilities to enable real time monitoring.
Our current research focus is on hybrid organic-inorganic metal halide perovskites and perovskite-type oxides. These compounds present great model systems given their rich research challenges and multitude of compositions.