Ames Lab organolead mixed-halide perovskites

Division of Chemical and Biological Sciences

CBS explores chemical and physical processes at complex interfaces. Understanding these interactions is critical to transforming new feedstocks, recycling and repurposing materials, designing more efficient processes, and reducing energy costs.

Research teams in the Division of Chemical and Biological Sciences conduct fundamental and applied studies of how to control and manipulate chemicals and biological materials. We work to develop new catalysts that enable more efficient chemical reactions, discover new ways to convert plants to biofuels, understand how solvents affect chemical reactions, and how molecules diffuse on surfaces and through tiny pores.


Basic research conducted within the CBS is performed primarily through funding provided by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Basic Energy Sciences.