The permeance of Pd–Cu alloys containing 40, 53, 60, and 80 wt.% Pd has been determined over the 623–1173 K temperature range for H2 partial pressure differences as great as 2.6 MPa. Pure palladium and copper membranes were also evaluated. The Pd–Cu alloys exhibited predictable permeances that reflected the crystalline phase structures as shown in the binary phase diagram. Under conditions of f...

The purpose of the article is to reveal role thickness layer lead-palladium alloy deposited on a copper-palladium membrane in processes cathodic injection and anodic extraction atomic hydrogen.The objects study were ~ 4 μm thick film electrodes obtained by magnetron sputtering target with composition 56 at. % Cu 44 Pd. studies carried out cyclic voltammetry double step anodic-cathodic chronoamp...

Palladium has long been recognised for its hydrogen sorption and separation capabilities. Alloying with different metals to produce binary alloys has been shown to further improve many of its essential properties significantly. Currently palladium-silver alloys are used commercially for the hydrogen purification process, however, other binary alloys have also been shown to significantly improve...

In this paper, polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) composite membranes that were supported using polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) microfiltration membrane were developed for the pervaporation (PV) of dimethyl carbonate (DMC) from a methanol solution. Experimental studies on the solubility and the diffusivity of pure DMC and methanol in the membrane were first measured. Higher DMC uptake indicates that th...

A novel palladium-polyphenosafranine nano-composite (PPS-Pd) was synthesized by electrochemical co-deposition at a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) for fabrication of a nitrite sensor, PPS-Pd/GCE. This PPS-Pd film was characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and field emission scanning electron microanalysis (SEM). It was found that the PPS-Pd nano-composite consisted of Pd nanopart...

In this paper, rod-like chitin whisker was used as a filler to reinforce the chitosan membrane, and a series of composite membranes were prepared by casting-evaporation method. Mechanical testing shows that tensile strength of the resulting composite membrane with 3 wt% chitin whisker content reaches up to 110.3 MPa, which is about 2.8 times than that of neat chitosan membrane (38.5 MPa), and m...

Inorganic-organic composite electrolyte membranes were fabricated from CsXH3-XPMo12O40 (CsPOMo) and quaternary diazabicyclo-octane polysulfone (QDPSU) using a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) porous matrix for the application of intermediate temperature fuel cells. The CsPOMo/QDPSU/PTFE composite membrane was made proton conducting by using a relatively low phosphoric acid loading, which benefits...

Three different approaches to detecting hydrogen in helium streams were assessed: thermal conductivity, atmospheric sampling using a mass spectrometer, and permeation through a palladium/silver membrane. The thermal conductivity detection system utilized an assembly of four cells fitted with filaments wired to make a Wheatstone bridge. Pure helium flowed through two of the cells. Helium contain...

Membranes have been used for gas separation for quite some time but have seen major growth during the 90’s [1]. For many industrial applications involving gas streams, it is important that membranes resist high temperatures and corrosive environments. As in Table 1, organic membranes are not heat resistant at high temperatures while zeolite membranes have pore sizes too large to separate gases ...

A variety of catalytic membranes of palladium-complexes with linear polymer ligands were prepared inside a microchannel reactor via coordinative and ionic molecular convolution to provide catalytic membrane-installed microdevices, which were applied to the instantaneous allylic arylation reaction of allylic esters and aryl boron reagents under microflow conditions to afford the corresponding co...