The above described processes and areas of application require a fundamental understanding of molecular and structural processes in a wide range of space and time. Consequently, we are focusing on developing experimental strategies to explore materials properties and dynamics as a function of stimulation (light, temperature, pressure, chemical reactions, gas adsorption, electric field, electrochemical potential). Our group has core expertise and critical in house instrumentation in particular for methods such as In situ powder X-ray diffraction and in situ (THz) Raman spectroscopy. We are able to perform these experiments under defined temperature (100 - 500 K), pressures, electrochemical potentials, light irradiation with a cerain degree of temporal resolution.