ArticleNature communications2022
Predicting the efficiency of oxygen-evolving electrolysis on the Moon and Mars.
Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.
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- A membrane Sabatier system for water recovery and rocket propellant production.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Critical Electrochemistry Technologies Applicable in Space Exploration.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Review
- Modeling energy requirements for oxygen production on the Moon.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Developing an alternative medium for in-space biomanufacturing.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Space aquatic chemistry: A roadmap for drinking water treatment in microgravity.Environmental science and ecotechnology · 2024Article
- Electrolysis in reduced gravitational environments: current research perspectives and future applications.NPJ microgravity · 2022Review
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9 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Establishing a permanent human presence on the Moon or Mars requires a secure supply of oxygen for life support and refueling. The electrolysis of water has attracted significant attention in this regard as water-ice may exist on both the Moon and Mars. However, to date there has been no study examining how the lower gravitational fields on the Moon and Mars might affect gas-evolving electrolysis when compared to terrestrial conditions. Herein we provide experimental data on the effects of gravitational fields on water electrolysis from 0.166 g (lunar gravity) to 8 g (eight times the Earth's gravity) and show that electrolytic oxygen production is reduced by around 11% under lunar gravity with our system compared to operation at 1 g. Moreover, our results indicate that electrolytic data collected using less resource-intensive ground-based experiments at elevated gravity (>1 g) may be extrapolated to gravitational levels below 1 g.
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