SBIR/STTR Research Award
Electrochemical Compression of Martian Atmospheric CO2 for In-Situ Resource Utilization
Award amount
$150,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2025Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- DIOXIDE MATERIALS, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2025-08-21
- Contract end date
- 2026-03-27
- UEI
- YXPXMCCWFKL4
- Solicitation number
- SBIR 2025-I
- Topic code
- Z-LIVE
Research abstract
Martian in-situ resource utilization (ISRU), critical for methane fuel production and long-term human presence, necessitates pressurized CO₂. We propose developing an energy-efficient electrochemical CO₂ pump tailored for Mars, enabling direct capture and pressurization. This innovation not only reduces reliance on Earth-launched resources but also addresses terrestrial carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) challenges. With a projected booming space economy and growing CCUS market, this technology offers significant commercial potential across both planetary and terrestrial applications.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Alkaline stable membranes for anion exchange membrane electrolyzers
- Fluorine-Free Membranes for PEM Electrolyzers
- Alkaline stable membranes for alkaline electrolyzers
- High-Performance Alkaline Membranes For Solar Driven CO2 Electrolyzers
- SBIR Phase IIB:CO2 to Chemicals: A Hybrid Process for Bioproduct Synthesis from CO¬2
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Lunar In-Situ Thermal Wadis
- Gravity-Independent Heat Exchangers and Oil-Free Compressors for Modular Refrigeration System
- Engineered Solar Reflective Coating with High Infrared Transparency
- Advanced Polymer Nanocomposites for Lunar Dust Mitigation and Surface Longevity
- BUILDER: Leveraging BIM information to automate robot task planning for lunar assembly applications
Research funding history
23 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2010–2025). Reported award amounts total $8,212,132. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Energy, Department of Defense, National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Commerce