Professor Hema Karunadasa works with colleagues in materials science, earth science, and applied physics to drive the discovery of new materials with applications in clean energy. Her group designs materials that couple the structural tunability of organic molecules with the diverse electronic and optical properties of extended inorganic solids using the tools of synthetic chemistry. This research targets materials such as sorbents for capturing environmental pollutants, phosphors for solid-state lighting, and absorbers for solar cells.
Professor Karunadasa’s lab at Stanford takes a molecular approach to extended solids. Lab members gain expertise in solution- and solid-state synthetic techniques and structure determination through powder- and single-crystal x-ray diffraction. Lab tools also include a host of spectroscopic and electrochemical probes, imaging methods, and film deposition techniques. Team members further characterize their materials under extreme environments and in operating devices to turn new materials for diverse applications in renewable energy.
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