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Clean Technology Solutions

Research on multifunctional supramolecular materials for energy storage and conversion. Image: Astrid Eckert / TUM

Clean Technologies refers to synergistic fundamental knowledge generation as well as technology development and transfer to reach UN Sustainability Goals and zero-emission targets in the energy, construction, mobility, chemical and pharmaceutical industry sectors. Our research activities in the NAT School spans biotechnological, physical and chemical approaches toward a circular economy and a sustainable society. The research excellence of Clean Technologies at the School is embodied by flagship research consortia, such as e-conversion and SystBioM, that significantly contribute to TUM's international ranking and credibility.

Subtopics

  • Sustainable Materials Development
  • Hybrid Materials Research
  • Hydrogen Production and Storage
  • Photovoltaics
  • Thermoelectrics

  • Thermally Activated Catalysis
  • Thermo-, Electro- and Photocatalysis
  • Biocatalysis and Bioinspired Catalysis
  • Biotechnology
  • Single Site and Single Atom Catalysis
  • Mechanisms in Photochemistry
  • Novel Pathways to Bread from Air

  • Conversion, Storage & Transformation
  • Lithium- and Sodiumion Batteries
  • Solid State Battery Research
  • Water Electrolysis and Hydrogen Fuel Cells
  • Zero Pollution and Water-based Resources

News - Clean Technology Solutions

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Prof. Müller-Buschbaum’s team at TUM collaborates globally to develop better, greener, and cheaper solar cells.

Clean Technology Solutions, Research, Chemistry |

Lecture Title: "Catalytic Interfaces for Sustainable Chemical Energy Carriers"

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Prof. Shigeyoshi Inoue receives the Christel and Herbert W. Roesky Prize in 2025

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NAT is involved in five Clusters of Excellence funded by the German Research Foundation.

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Natural sciences, medicine, and social sciences are at the forefront

Clean Technology Solutions, e-conversion, Research, Chemistry, Physics |

Solar battery based on porous organic material

Clean Technology Solutions, CRC, Research, Chemistry, Award |

The German Chemical Society (GDCh) has awarded the 2025 Wilhelm Klemm Award to Professor Dr. Roland A. Fischer of the Technical University of Munich…

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TUM researchers develop new material for solid-state batteries

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When charged, the graphite anode in a Li-ion battery (LIB) can be exposed to temperature- driven changes, causing structural degradation and…

Clean Technology Solutions, Biomolecular Engineering & Design, e-conversion, Research, Physics |

Researchers from Munich developed a new way to design three-dimensional nanomaterials

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