TU Wien has demonstrated how catalyst design can be advanced for solar-driven NH3 synthesis using metal-organic frameworks (MOFs).

Vienna, Austria (TU Wien); Virginia, United States (Virginia Tech); Israel (Technion – Israel Institute of Technology)

Who

scientists at TU Wien, Jana Bischoff, Dr. Cornelia Baeckmann, Prof. Dominik Eder, researchers from Virginia Tech, computer simulations performed at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

What

When

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 03:40:07 GMT · 6d 5h ago

Where

Vienna, Austria (TU Wien); Virginia, United States (Virginia Tech); Israel (Technion – Israel Institute of Technology) ·

Why

Feeding the world requires ammonia for fertilizers, and the current Haber–Bosch process accounts for roughly 1.2% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

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How this affects you

This research provides valuable insights into designing more efficient and sustainable ammonia-production technologies, which could significantly reduce the environmental impact of fertilizer production and contribute to global food security. It represents an important step towards new, cleaner industrial ammonia synthesis methods.

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