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In a new project, researchers from Aarhus University and Stanford University will develop a sustainable technology for local-scale production of green ammonia.
With a grant from the Independent Research Fund Denmark of DKK 2.8 million, Danish and American researchers hope to develop a technology that may have a major impact on ammonia production - one of the world s heaviest CO2 emitters.
In the project, called A new twist on ammonia production: more efficient electrochemical synthesis using designer hydrogen-binding mediators , the researchers will take outset in existing electrochemical synthesis technology: Today, the process is totally inefficient, but we ve found a new method whereby we can combine nitrogen and hydrogen, which makes the technology very attractive to look at more closely, says Assistant Professor Emil Drazevic from the Department of Engineering at Aarhus University.