Un chimist român dezvoltă materiale care pot stoca energie și capta apă din aer

Romanian chemist Mircea Dincă from Princeton University is developing materials with tiny pores for energy storage and atmospheric water capture. His research focuses on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), which can retain water even in low humidity. One MOF, Mg-SU-102, captures water at just 4.3% relative humidity and maintains capacity after multiple cycles. Dincă's team is also working on conductive MOFs for energy storage devices, achieving over 90% capacity retention after 10,000 cycles. Dincă, who has a background from Princeton and MIT, aims to enhance the efficiency of these materials for various applications, including catalysis and environmental technologies.