MoonCell is a simple device made of a series of electrochemical cells, like batteries; however, instead of just storing electricity, MoonCell generates electricity, biophilically. MoonCell encourages oxygen to combine with hydrogen, which naturally creates pure water (H2O) and a current of orphaned electrons we can harness as electricity to power our world. MoonCell inhales oxygen from the air which is drawn through lime crystals to absorb CO2, effectively sequestering it in the process, as stalactites and stalagmites do in caves.  

 

Fundamentally, MoonCell is an advanced alkaline hydrogen fuel cell, but unlike commercial fuel cells serving venture capitalist industry objectives, MoonCell is artisanal technology developed within a biophilic framework. This means to say MoonCell is a non-exclusive technology that serves to enhance our relationship within ecology and provide equitable, community oriented access to vital infrastructure. Requiring basic, accessible tools and common, inexpensive materials, MoonCell is affordable and quick and easy to make. It is fabricated and operated by community-led Collaborative Manufacturing Enterprises (CME’s) supporting secure, decentralised regional micro-grids, customised to each community’s indigenous structures. By sourcing hydrogen, ethanol or ammonia directly from communities and their waste, MoonCell integrates and enables conventional and novel renewable energy technologies to generate negative-carbon, base-load electricity and form the basis of what we call ‘biophilic systems’. 

 

Biophilic systems are not your conventional renewable, they not only provide core utilities but also convert otherwise toxic waste such as trash, sewage and methane forming materials like organic waste, into an array of valuable raw products such as biochar and organic fertiliser. Captured CO2 can be fed into vertical farms, greenhouses, farms etc. to grow edible plants and algae for oils, nutrient rich food, plastics, cosmetics and so on, accelerating their growth.

 

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