"Although iodine is viewed as a game-changing propellant and has been investigated by companies, universities and space agencies around the world," the team writes in their paper, "no system has ...

The iodine molecules are then given an electric charge and accelerated by a grid, producing up to 1.1 mN of thrust and a specific impulse of up to 2,400 seconds.

Aqueous zinc–iodine batteries offer unparalleled safety, sustainability, and cost advantages for grid-scale storage, but they suffer from performance issues compared to lithium-ion batteries.

1 minute & 15 seconds read time For the past two years, a small CubeSat has been orbiting Earth, occasionally using its ion thrusters to prove that iodine can be used successfully for fuel in space.

Not just a disinfectant New iodine-based plasma thruster tested in orbit Iodine doesn't need a high-pressure propellant tank, as it can be stored as a solid. John Timmer – Nov 17, 2021 11:27 AM ...

Solid iodine transforms directly into gas when heated — a property that has been used to create cheap, compact engines that could make large networks of small satellites commercially viable ...

But iodine-powered spacecraft could make a difference. “In 10 years, the majority of LEO satellite propulsion systems will use iodine, I hope,” Rafalskyi said.

Australian researchers claim breakthrough on aqueous zinc-iodine batteries, an up-and-coming chemistry that promises to be safer, more sustainable and cheaper than li-ion.

Letter Published: 19 August 1967 Charge Transfer Complexes of Lipids with Iodine B. BHOWMIK, G. L. JENDRASIAK & B. ROSENBERG Nature 215, 842–843 (1967) Cite this article ...