Inspired by biological nitrogen fixation through nitrogenase enzyme, NH₃ can be photochemically produced from N₂ and H₂O in the presence of a semiconductor material. Different photocatalysts, obtained by heterojunctions between graphitic-carbon nitride (g-C₃N₄) and metal halide perovskites, will be designed by Prof. Malavasi group and tested in photocatalytic system to have more favourable surface structure, good light harvesting, highly efficient activity, and selectivity in addition to the necessary stability and recyclability for the practical application.

The need for reliable methods for ammonia detection and quantification is a point to be addressed. To this sense, TrACES is involved in the development and optimization of analytical methods for the determination and quantification, in order to provide a complete evaluation of the results of the relative computational theoretical study to these characteristic parameters (such as band gap and edge gap at the solution/semiconductor interface) for efficient and green production.