Material sustainability evaluation of electrocatalysts in early-stage research – case study on La0.6Sr0.4CoO3-δ and La0.6Ca0.4FeO3-δ in alkaline water electrolysis

Lisa Heymann; Andrea Schreiber; Christian Pithan; Christoph Baeumer; Felix Gunkel

doi:10.1016/j.mtsust.2026.101329

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Material sustainability evaluation of electrocatalysts in early-stage research – case study on La0.6Sr0.4CoO3-δ and La0.6Ca0.4FeO3-δ in alkaline water electrolysis

Lisa Heymann

Andrea Schreiber

Christian Pithan Christoph Baeumer

Felix Gunkel

Materials Today Sustainability Vol. 34 pp. 101329 · Elsevier BV

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Authors

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Lisa Heymann

Peter Gruenberg Institute 7, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, 52425 Juelich, Germany; JARA-FIT, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany

A

Andrea Schreiber

Institute of Energy and Climate Research (IEK) IEK‐STE: Systems Analysis and Technology Evaluation Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH Wilhelm‐Johnen‐Str. 52425 Jülich Germany

C

Christian Pithan

Institut für Elektronische Materialien, Institut für Festkörperforschung (IFF), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, D-52425 Jülich, Germany, Laboratoire des Nanostructures et des Nouveaux Matériaux Electroniques (LNNME), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne-EPFL, Switzerland, Institut für Chemie und Dynamik der Geosphäre II (ICG II), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, D-52425 Jülich, Germany, and NanDOx, Goldenbergstrasse 2, D-50354 Hürth, Germany

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Christoph Baeumer

Peter Gruenberg Institute 7, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, 52425 Juelich, Germany; JARA-FIT, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany; MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, 7522 NB Enschede, Netherlands

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Felix Gunkel

Peter Gruenberg Institute 7, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, 52425 Juelich, Germany; JARA-FIT, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany

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German Research Foundation Award: 493705276/GU 1604/4-1

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Lisa Heymann, Andrea Schreiber, Christian Pithan, et al. (2026). Material sustainability evaluation of electrocatalysts in early-stage research – case study on La0.6Sr0.4CoO3-δ and La0.6Ca0.4FeO3-δ in alkaline water electrolysis. Materials Today Sustainability, 34, 101329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtsust.2026.101329

Material sustainability evaluation of electrocatalysts in early-stage research – case study on La0.6Sr0.4CoO3-δ and La0.6Ca0.4FeO3-δ in alkaline water electrolysis

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