NREL
(Co-Lead, Early-Stage Investigator Professional Development)
Wheeler is a staff scientist at NREL. Dr. Wheeler has contributed to various multi-institution BES-funded research centers such as NREL’s Solar Photochemistry Core Program and the Center for Advanced Solar Photophysics, a former EFRC.
Research
Wheeler’s research expertise is in the synthesis, surface chemistry, and characterization of nanomaterials spanning elemental group IV materials to chalcogenides and halide perovskites. His recently formed research group focuses on the reversible reconfiguration and intercalation of metal halide perovskitoid materials. He leads efforts in zerovalent metal intercalation into layered oxide and chalcogenide compounds for synaptic behavior and co-lead recruitment, retention, and professional development efforts.
Publications
- Wheeler L, Anderson N, Bliss T, Hautzinger M, Neale N. Dynamic Evolution of 2D Layers within Perovskite Nanocrystals via Salt Pair Extraction and Reinsertion. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2018 April 28; 122 (25):14029-14038. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b01164
- Rosales B, Mundt L, Schelhas L, Wheeler L. Reversible Methanolation of Metal Halide Perovskites. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2022 January 05; 144(2):667-672. doi: 10.1021/jacs.1c10942
- Wheeler L, Sanehira E, Marshall A, Schulz P, Suri M, Anderson N, Christians J, Nordlund D, Sokaras D, Kroll T, Harvey S, Berry J, Lin L, Luther J. Targeted Ligand-Exchange Chemistry on Cesium Lead Halide Perovskite Quantum Dots for High-Efficiency Photovoltaics. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2018 July 25; 140 (33):10504-10513. doi: 10.1021/jacs.8b04984
- Kubie L, Martinez M, Miller E, Wheeler L, Beard M. Atomically Thin Metal Sulfides. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2019 July 05; 141(30):12121-12127. doi: 10.1021/jacs.9b05807
- Rosales B, Mundt L, Allen T, Moore D, Prince K, Wolden C, Rumbles G, Schelhas L, Wheeler L. Reversible multicolor chromism in layered formamidinium metal halide perovskites. Nature Communications. 2020 October 16; 11(1):-. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19009-z