Preparation of thin and highly stable Pd/Ag composite membranes and simulative analysis of transfer resistance for hydrogen separation

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-55

  Hou, Kaihu ^a   Hughes, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrogen permeation; Mass transfer resistances; Pd Ag membranes

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGASSING; ELECTROLESS PLATING; HYDROGEN; MEMBRANES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

PALLADIUM;

ALLOY; ALUMINUM OXIDE; HYDROGEN; NITROGEN; PALLADIUM; SILVER;

COMPOSITE; HYDROGEN; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANE; PERMEATION; RESISTANCE; SEPARATION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; FILM; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIMULATION; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0037443315     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-7388(02)00525-2     Document Type: Article

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