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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

Clean Technology Solutions, Accelerated Scientific Discovery, AMC, Research, Bioscience, Physics |

Biorefineries convert biomass, such as wood, annual plants or agricultural into products and energy. Research teams in Finland and Germany aim to…

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

An interdisciplinary study conducted within the e-conversion Cluster of Excellence demonstrates the huge potential of the crystalline semiconducting…

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

Researchers at the e-conversion Cluster of Excellence are studying ways of improving the efficiency and sustainability of energy conversion. Their…

Public Outreach, ORIGINS, e-conversion, Bioscience, Chemistry, Physics |

The interdisciplinary Ferienakademie offers hands-on and theoretical studies in the Sarn Valley near Bolzano, Italy. In autumn 2024, 27 students…

Clean Technology Solutions, Research, Chemistry |

TUM researchers develop highly effective filter material

Accelerated Scientific Discovery, Conference, AMC, e-conversion, Physics |

The Atomistic Modeling Center (AMC), the Munich Data Science Institute (MDSI) and the Cluster of Excellence e-conversion hosted the Digitizing…

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

An international research team led by Prof. Natalie Banerji (University of Bern) and Prof. Frank Ortmann (Technical University of Munich) has…

SolBat Center, Clean Technology Solutions, e-conversion, Research, Chemistry |

Strategic partnership on optoionics between TUM and Max Planck Society

CRC, Research, Chemistry |

Dr. Terrance Hadlington (TUM Junior Fellow and ERC Starting Grant recipient) and co-authors report on a new design concept for cooperative catalysis…

CRC, Research, Chemistry, Award |

Prof. Thorsten Bach has been awarded the prestigious Ryoji Noyori Prize 2024 by the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry (Japan).

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