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Reaction Interface Engineering Enables Gravity-Independent Electrolysis

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Electrochemical gas evolution reactions are essential for oxygen and fuel production in space in-situ resource utilization (ISRU), yet their performance is fundamentally limited by gravity-dependent bubble removal. Under reduced-gravity conditions,...

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