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Functional ceramics are key materials for modern energy technologies, especially for enabling safe and powerful next-generation batteries. At the same time, their conventional production is often energy-intensive, relying on high temperatures and resulting in significant CO₂ emissions. This makes sustainability a key consideration already at the early stages of battery research and development. Precisely this challenge is addressed in the recently published review paper “Sustainable functional ceramics” in Springer Nature Nanotechnology, led by Steffen Weinmann, Head of Engineering at Qkera, together with Lucie Quincke. Developed within Jennifer L.M. Rupp's research group at Technische Universität München, the work examines sustainability across the entire value chain of functional ceramics and identifies concrete opportunities to reduce their environmental impact. It discusses alternative process routes, advanced synthesis approaches, and material-efficient designs — the same levers that guide the development and scale-up of ceramic solid-state membranes for next-generation batteries at Qkera. 👉 Access the paper here: https://lnkd.in/eWvzr5EH #nextgenbatteries #functionalceramics #sustainability