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ReviewNPJ microgravity2022

Electrolysis in reduced gravitational environments: current research perspectives and future applications.

Ömer Akay, Aleksandr Bashkatov, Emerson Coy, Kerstin Eckert, Kristian Etienne Einarsrud, Andreas Friedrich, Benjamin Kimmel, Stefan Loos, Gerd Mutschke, Lars Röntzsch and 3 more

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In one paragraph

Review in NPJ microgravity, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Critical Electrochemistry Technologies Applicable in Space Exploration.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 7 institutions in 4 countries.

Ömer AkayCenter for Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM), University of Bremen, 28359, Bremen, Germany.
Aleksandr BashkatovTechnische Universität Dresden, Institute of Process Engineering and Environmental Technology, D-01062, Dresden, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6385-7755
Emerson CoyNanoBioMedical Centre, Adam Mickiewicz University, Wszechnicy Piastowskiej 3, 61-614, Poznan, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4149-9720
Kerstin EckertTechnische Universität Dresden, Institute of Process Engineering and Environmental Technology, D-01062, Dresden, Germany.
Kristian Etienne EinarsrudDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7034, Trondheim, Norway.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6228-2088
Andreas FriedrichInstitute of Engineering Thermodynamics, German Aerospace Center, Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, Stuttgart, 70569, Germany.
Benjamin KimmelInstitute of Engineering Thermodynamics, German Aerospace Center, Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, Stuttgart, 70569, Germany.
Stefan LoosFraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM, Branch Lab Dresden, Winterbergstraße 28, 01277, Dresden, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9899-7598
Gerd MutschkeHelmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Fluid Dynamics, Bautzner Landstraße 400, D-01328, Dresden, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7918-7474
Lars RöntzschFraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM, Branch Lab Dresden, Winterbergstraße 28, 01277, Dresden, Germany.
Mark D SymesWestCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK.
Xuegeng YangHelmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Fluid Dynamics, Bautzner Landstraße 400, D-01328, Dresden, Germany.
Katharina BrinkertCenter for Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM), University of Bremen, 28359, Bremen, Germany. katharina.brinkert@warwick.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3593-5047
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf · DEDeutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR) · DEFraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials · DEUniversity of Bremen · DEAdam Mickiewicz University in Poznań · PLNorwegian University of Science and Technology · NOUniversity of Glasgow · GB

Funding

Royal Society UF150104
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Electrochemical energy conversion technologies play a crucial role in space missions, for example, in the Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS) on the International Space Station (ISS). They are also vitally important for future long-term space travel for oxygen, fuel and chemical production, where a re-supply of resources from Earth is not possible. Here, we provide an overview of currently existing electrolytic energy conversion technologies for space applications such as proton exchange membrane (PEM) and alkaline electrolyzer systems. We discuss the governing interfacial processes in these devices influenced by reduced gravitation and provide an outlook on future applications of electrolysis systems in, e.g., in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) technologies. A perspective of computational modelling to predict the impact of the reduced gravitational environment on governing electrochemical processes is also discussed and experimental suggestions to better understand efficiency-impacting processes such as gas bubble formation and detachment in reduced gravitational environments are outlined.

Identifiers

PMID36470890
PMCPMC9722834
OpenAlexW4310673774

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Registered trials

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