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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 41, Issue 2, Pages 1002-1009Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.09.024
Keywords
Defect-free; Pore-mouth size characterization; Smooth; Permeance; Thermally stable
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- Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China [2012AA03A612]
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Thin and thermally stable Pd membrane can be successfully coated on defect-free alumina sol/gamma-Al2O3 interlayer with a controlled pore-mouth size of ca. 0.08 um obtained by modified sol-gel method on macroporous alpha-Al2O3 support. The modified bubble-point method and home-developed modified liquid-liquid displacement method were used to check the size and amount of defects (>3 mu m), and characterize pore-mouth size distribution of interlayers, respectively. The modified sol-gel method shows superiority in smoothening out defects and bumps compared to conventional suspended particles sintering method as the incorporation of alumina sol-gel particles can significantly improve the adhesion and dispersal uniformity of gamma-Al2O3 particles. The synthesized Pd composite membranes of 4.5 mu m thickness exhibit high hydrogen permeance and selectivity compared to similar studies. In addition, the good membrane stability was verified by the long-term operation under hydrogen permeation conditions. This can be mainly ascribed to the formation of defect-free and smooth interlayer which effectively suppress the shear stress between Pd layer and intermediate layer when enduring thermal cycles and hydrogen adsorption and desorption cycles. Copyright (C) 2015, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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