’We urgently need a change of mentality and large investments, in order to produce renewable, clean energy!’ says Leticia González, member on the Board of Directors of the new Cluster of Excellence Materials for Energy Conversion & Storage.
'We urgently need a change of mentality and large investments, in order to produce renewable, clean energy!' says Leticia González, member on the Board of Directors of the new Cluster of Excellence Materials for Energy Conversion & Storage. Pixabay - Cluster of Excellence Materials for Energy Conversion & Storage In the Cluster of Excellence Materials for Energy Conversion & Storage (MECS) researchers from the Vienna University of Technology, IST Austria, the University of Innsbruck and the University of Vienna develop new technologies for efficient energy conversion and storage, in order to pave the way for a climate-neutral society. The chemist Leticia González represents the University of Vienna on the Board of Directors. "Our society suffers from the uncontrolled burning of fossil fuels already now," warns Leticia González from the Department of Theoretical Chemistry of the University of Vienna. The current climate disasters and inflation are just two examples of negative consequences that we can expect if we continue to rely on fossil fuels. "The aim of the new Cluster of Excellence is to suggest solutions to our current energy crisis," says González: "We are going to contribute to the development of new materials for climate-neutral energy conversion and storage with fundamental and applied research." Two innovative paths meet. Researchers involved in the Cluster of Excellence Materials for Energy Conversion & Storage will develop nanocatalysts which are able to perform chemical reactions in a fast and climate-neutral way.
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