Dr. Zhao’s research group aims to exploit emerging thin-film materials and device concepts to develop the next-generation electronic and photonic devices and systems with the capacity to offer game-changing technologies in lighting, display, communication, computing, sensing, and renewable energy. Current focus areas include the use of metal halide perovskites, organic semiconductors, as well as nanostructured quantized matter for emerging applications in solar cells, LEDs, lasers, transistors, memory devices, and neuromorphic computing.