OVERVIEW
The McCall group encompasses the full range of materials chemistry, from the choice or design of prospective materials, to their successful incorporation into functioning devices such as solar cells or light emitting devices. This research focuses on the synthesis and characterization of complex semiconductors for energy applications, where the combined practice of materials science, chemistry, and physics enables structure-property relationships to be established and tested through the creation of novel materials. Our team specializes in low-dimensional metal halides and chalcohalides, often with optical applications. We aim towards materials-by-design, seeking to rationally discover next-generation sustainable materials and equip students with the interdisciplinary skills needed to meet these goals.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Our group specializes in materials chemistry of anharmonic semiconductors, needed for applications in sensing and sustainable energy. We design and discover new low-dimensional semiconductors, characterizing their structure & properties.
These materials are promising for many different optical and electronic applications. We characterize these materials through a variety of techniques, specializing in XRD and photoluminescence spectroscopy.
These luminescent materials are promising for radiation detection applications, where incident radiation is converted to visible photons for imaging or energy-counting detectors. Such detectors are heavily utilized in industry, security, and medical imaging applications.
We also work to develop luminescent materials for low-cost, scalable solar energy concentration. Widespread adoption of LSCs will benefit efforts to produce renewable energy and displace fossil fuels.
