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■ Baek Jong-beom/Material Engineer The 48th protagonist! Dr. Baek Jong-beom! In December 2020, Dr. Baek Jong-beom's team announced research results that caused a stir in the scientific community. They presented a new ammonia production method for the first time in 100 years. Ammonia synthesis technology is still being used by improving the ammonia synthesis method developed by German scientists Haber and Bosch in 1909, but the yield was only 25%. The scientific community has tried to find a better ammonia synthesis method, but no technology has surpassed the (Haber-Bosch method) so far. Ammonia, a substance that has enabled human prosperity, has recently been in the spotlight as a next-generation energy source that will follow the coal energy era. This is because it can play a key role in the litigation and storage of hydrogen. In addition to this ammonia synthesis method, he has surprised the academic community with various other studies. One of them is 'water electrolysis technology' that produces hydrogen using water and electricity, which is attracting attention as a next-generation technology. The key factor in determining the efficiency of this technology is the catalyst. Instead of the expensive precious metal platinum, Dr. Baek Jong-beom used ruthenium, which was out of the spotlight, as a catalyst. Ruthenium was previously thought to be unusable as a catalyst because its particles tend to clump together when cut. However, Dr. Baek designed ruthenium so that it would not clump together, achieving both economy, durability, and efficiency. Since then, he has developed an electrode that uses ruthenium as a catalyst and is conducting verification experiments in various fields such as agriculture and the environment. Dr. Baek Jong-beom, who never gave up and challenged with insight and foresight, became a top 1% scientist. Let's take a look at his story about how leading research that was not easily attempted elsewhere is his lab's motto. (Bravo K-SCIENTIST) [YTN Science Original Article] https://science.ytn.co.kr/program/pro...