An investigation of thermal stability of thin palladium-silver alloy membranes for high temperature hydrogen separation

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 366, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 212-219

  Okazaki, Junya ^a,b   Ikeda, Takuji ^a   Tanaka, David A Pacheco ^a   Sato, Koichi ^a   Suzuki, Toshishige M ^a   Mizukami, Fujio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hydrogen permeation; Palladium silver (Pd Ag) alloy membrane; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

ALLOY LAYERS; ATOMIC HYDROGEN; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; GAS PERMEATION TESTS; GAS SELECTIVITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN PERMEABILITY; HYDROGEN PERMEATION; HYDROGEN PERMEATION FLUX; HYDROGEN RECOVERY; HYDROGEN SEPARATION; INTEGRAL PART; MIXED GAS; PALLADIUM-SILVER ALLOY; PD MEMBRANE; PD-AG ALLOY MEMBRANE; PERMSELECTIVITIES; POROUS CERAMICS; RESEARCH GROUPS; SEM-EDX; SUPPORTED PD; THERMAL STABILITY; XPS ANALYSIS;

ALLOYS; ALUMINUM; CERAMIC MEMBRANES; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; GAS PERMEABILITY; HYDROGEN; PALLADIUM; PERMEATION; SILVER; SILVER ALLOYS; SUBSTRATES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

ALLOY; ALUMINUM OXIDE; AMMONIA; HYDRAZINE; HYDROGEN; PALLADIUM; POVIDONE; SILVER ALLOY; SILVER NITRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MEMBRANE COMPONENT; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; THERMOSTABILITY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 78649444633     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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