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Personal Profile
Lance Wheeler received a Bachelor of Arts degree in physics from St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota, in 2009. As a departmental fellow, his graduate work was performed at the University of Minnesota under the advisement of Uwe Kortshagen, where Wheeler received a Ph.D. in 2014. Within the Center for Advanced Solar Photophysics—U.S. Department of Energy Energy Frontier Research Center—his research was dedicated to developing novel surface chemistries to enable the integration of group IV semiconductor quantum dots into photovoltaic devices. This work led to multiple publications, patents, and awards. He has continued work in quantum dots at NLR and now develops switchable photovoltaic technology and designer materials for solar thermochemical fuel production.
Research Interests
Design and synthesis of low-dimensional materials
Basic science of solution-phase phenomena of nanomaterials
Switchable photovoltaics
Solar thermochemical fuel production
Education/Academic Qualification
Bachelor, St. John's University
PhD, University of Minnesota
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Collaborations and Top Research Areas From the Past 5 Years
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Electrochemical Quantification of Phosphonic Acid Passivated Surface Sites of NiOx for Perovskite Solar Cells
Xie, C., Minh, D., Kret, R., Hoffman, J., Rillera, A., Wilks, R., Felix, R., Anderson, M., Frisch, J., Bar, M., Migliozzi, M., Louks, A., Schutt, K., Wheeler, L., Berry, J., Zhu, K., Kerner, R. & Luther, J., 2026, In: Energy and Environmental Science. 19, 10, p. 884-895 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Interlayer Exciton Polarons in Mesoscopic V2O5 for Broadband Optoelectronic Synapses: Article No. e10479
Phan, T. L., Li, J., Acharya, S., Giem, A., Haque, M. A., Sagar, S., Pashov, D., Laricchia, S., Miller, E., Smeaton, M., Jungjohann, K., Banerjee, S., Luther, J., Guo, J., Ferguson, A., Blackburn, J. & Wheeler, L., 2026, In: Advanced Functional Materials. 36, 24, 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Solution-Processed Oxide Thin Films for Perovskite Photovoltaics: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-23-23493
Wheeler, L., 2026, 12 p.Research output: NLR › Technical Report
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Why Are Lead Iodide-Based Perovskite Precursor Inks Yellow? Article No. e02813
Kerner, R., White, K., Balasubramaniam, N., Ye, J., Addison, B., Bramante, R., Fykouras, K., Leppert, L., Toney, M., Larson, B., Wheeler, L., Rand, B., Berry, J. & Zhu, K., 2026, In: Advanced Energy Materials. 16, 1, 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Development of Perovskite Ink Formulations and Coating Strategies: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-21-18243
Wheeler, L., 2025, 14 p.Research output: NLR › Technical Report