To mitigate global warming through sustainable development, disruptive and novel materials that meet chemical and physical standards are needed now. Luckily, just a minute portion of all combinations were tested; thus, the finest materials may be hidden. Unfortunately, finding controlled synthesis routes of multi-functional materials with low structural and electronic defect concentrations will get more challenging in compositions with more atomic elements, and there are no reliable and robust methods for identifying noteworthy multi-elemental systems. These challenges demand an initial focus on synthesis parameters of novel synthesis approaches rather than chemical composition parameters by investigating synthesis-parameter spaces and their relationship with the material crystal structure and properties. Using non-equilibrium synthesis tools, such as pulsed laser deposition and flash photonic heating, can enable extraordinarily high and controlled tunability in synthesis parameters without modifying the composition and changing the crystal structure, thereby enabling reproducible and high-resolution observation and analysis. Even minor synthesis changes significantly impact material properties, working mechanisms, and functionalities. Our group focuses on the intersection of physical chemistry, materials science, and the application of materials for energy production. The group emphasizes developing syntheses for advanced functional materials, studying their fundamental physicochemical properties, and researching their functionalities and performances in devices for energy conversion into useful forms of sustainable energy and fuels. This would open avenues for stabilizing metastable compounds, discovering new chemical spaces, and obtaining enhanced properties to study their energy conversion physical working mechanisms in solar energy harvesting, electrocatalysis, energy storage, printed electronics, and more.