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New Prospects for Green Ammonia

Study provides a blueprint for load-flexible production plant – and lower costs

04-Jun-2025 - Converting ammonia production to a low-emission process is one of the major challenges in the fight against climate change. Ammonia, one of the most widely produced chemicals worldwide, is essential for the fertilizer industry and, in turn, the production of plant-based foods. However, its ...

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Sunlight in - power out, long after sunset

Solar battery based on porous organic material

30-May-2025 - This material acts like a solar reservoir – storing energy and releasing it as electricity long after sunset. The captured solar energy can thus also be used to supply electricity in the dark. For the first time, it has been possible to combine solar harvesting and long-term energy storage in a ...

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World record for lithium-ion conductors

Researchers develop new material for solid-state batteries

12-May-2025 - Solid-state batteries are considered a key technology for the future: they can store more energy and do not rely on flammable materials like current lithium-ion batteries. Researchers at TUM and TUMint.Energy Research have now taken a significant step towards improving solid-state batteries. They ...

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BMBF project launched for fast industrial implementation of sodium-ion technology

From battery material development to the production of large-format cells: 21 partners from science and industry are pool their expertise

07-Feb-2025 - The project "Sodium-Ion-Battery Deutschland-Forschung - SIB:DE FORSCHUNG", funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), aims to evaluate the suitability of sodium-ion battery technology (SIB) for the European energy and mobility transition to speed up industrial ...

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Battery start-up incubator launches at TUM

Investment in Germany's technological sovereignty

20-Jan-2025 - To strengthen Germany's technological sovereignty in the field of battery technologies, the Battery Start-up Incubator (BaStI) is being established at TUM. Funded with 3.3 million euros by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), BaStl, as an integral part of the TUM Venture Labs, ...

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Efficient energy transport through covalent organic frameworks

New prospects for the development of sustainable organic materials in photocatalysis and optoelectronics

16-Jan-2025 - An interdisciplinary research team from LMU, the Technical University of Munich (TUM), and the University of Oxford has employed novel spectroscopic techniques to investigate the diffusion of excited states in so-called covalent organic frameworks (COFs). These modular materials can be adapted ...

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Removing hazardous PFAS chemicals from drinking water

Researchers develop highly effective filter material

11-Dec-2024 - The chemicals known as PFAS are considered a severe threat to human health. Among other things, they can cause liver damage, cancer, and hormonal disorders. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have now developed a new, efficient method of filtering these substances out of ...

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IDEAward for researchers’ start-up ideas

Teams from informatics, environmental engineering and medicine

04-Dec-2024 - An AI-controlled construction robot, a CO2 conversion process and a test to detect head and neck tumors: These three promising start-up ideas from researchers are the latest winners of the TUM IDEAward. Which ideas can be turned into successful products? What start-up team is addressing the ...

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World's first center for solar batteries

Direct electrochemical storage of energy from sunlight

29-Nov-2024 - The world's first center for solar batteries and optoionic technologies is being established in Bavaria. The Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Max Planck Society (MPG) have set the course for this with the support of the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs. With the SolBat Center, a ...

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New technology for solid state batteries

Qkera selected as one of the 25 best start-ups at Falling Walls

12-Nov-2024 - The start-up Qkera has developed new electrolyte components for solid state batteries. With high energy density, great stability and low production costs, the goal of the TUM spin-off is to achieve a breakthrough of this battery technology in electromobility and other areas. At the Falling Walls ...

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