Joule heat treatment method for lunar soil and application
By performing Joule heat treatment on lunar soil-based materials, an amorphous structure is formed, which solves the problems of low maturity of lunar soil resource utilization technology and reliance on earth's electrocatalysts in existing lunar exploration missions, achieving efficient catalytic activity of electrolytic aquatic hydrogen and reducing dependence on earth's replenishment in existing lunar exploration missions.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202411970260.1
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-12-30
- Publication Date
- 2025-04-04
- Estimated Expiration
- 2044-12-30
AI Technical Summary
In the existing lunar exploration missions, the lunar soil resource utilization technology is low, the process is complex, and the energy consumption is high, making it difficult to meet future needs. At the same time, the conversion of lunar water ice resources into expensive electrocatalysts carried by the earth is difficult to reduce the dependence on earth's replenishment.
The lunar-based material is treated by Joule heat treatment method. By putting a carrier containing the lunar-based material into the Joule heat treatment device, multiple vacuum and inert gas are treated alternately, and then the Joule thermal shock treatment driven by electrode power is performed under a vacuum environment to form a lunar-based material with an amorphous structure.
Through Joule heat treatment, the lunar soil-based material is transformed into an amorphous structure, which significantly improves the catalytic activity of electrolyzed aquatic hydrogen, can be used as an electrocatalyst on the moon, reduces dependence on earth's replenishment, simplifies the process and reduces energy consumption.