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ArticleEnvironmental science & technology2025

Liquid Alkaline Water Electrolyzers: Comparing Performance across Design, Operation, and End-of-Life Scenarios.

Mohammed T Zaki, Colby Smith, Alex Badgett, Hanna M Breunig

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Article in Environmental science & technology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Mohammed T ZakiEnergy Analysis and Environmental Impacts Division, Energy Technology Area, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.
Colby SmithStrategic Energy Analysis Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States.
Alex BadgettStrategic Energy Analysis Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States.
Hanna M BreunigEnergy Analysis and Environmental Impacts Division, Energy Technology Area, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4727-424X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liquid alkaline water electrolysis (LAWE) is a demonstrated technology for hydrogen production, yet a comprehensive life cycle assessment (LCA) of their deployment is lacking. Research leading to improvements to the core component, the electrochemical stack, along with auxiliary system materials and dynamic operation of stacks from variable electricity supply offers new data that allows for detailed modeling and evaluation. Here, we present an LCA of two facility designs based on the current state-of-the-art stack and an advanced stack with zero-gap between electrodes, and capture dynamic electricity use from solar, wind, and hybrid sources and stack recycling strategies. We present life cycle impact factors characterizing the production of 1 kg of hydrogen across 12 environmental, human health, and resource impact categories (TRACI and ReCiPe) in the contiguous United States. As expected, the source of electricity will drive impacts (e.g., 83-94% of carbon intensity); however, we find that operating using wind electricity can lower hydrogen leakage and the overall carbon intensity (1.03 kgCO

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ElectrolysisElectricityHydrogenWaterHydrogenWaterbalance of planthydrogen leakagehydrogen productionlife cycle assessmentstack recycling

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PMID41069157
PMCPMC12550807

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