At TU Wien, MECS Principal Investigator Professor Dominik Eder and his team have developed an innovative hybrid catalyst that dramatically improves the efficiency and stability of water splitting – a key process in the production of clean hydrogen and oxygen. Their work focuses on zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs), which they enhanced by incorporating two different organic ligands into the structure.

This dual-ligand strategy leads to tenfold higher conductivity and significantly greater durability under electrochemical conditions –two of the main challenges in current catalytic materials. The result is a robust, high-performance material that maintains its structure and function even under demanding real-world conditions.

This breakthrough fits squarely within MECS’s mission to design next-generation materials for sustainable energy conversion and storage. It also highlights how fundamental materials chemistry can lead to scalable, climate-relevant solutions.

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