Fabrication and operational considerations of hydrogen permeable Mo2C/V metal membranes and improvement with application of Pd

Fuerst, Thomas F.; Zhang, Zhenyu; Hentges, Abigail M.; Lundin, Sean-Thomas B.; Wolden, Colin A.; Way, J. Douglas

doi:10.1016/j.memsci.2017.12.030

Title: Fabrication and operational considerations of hydrogen permeable Mo₂C/V metal membranes and improvement with application of Pd

Journal Article · Thu Dec 14 00:00:00 EST 2017 · Journal of Membrane Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2017.12.030· OSTI ID:1457546

Fuerst, Thomas F. ^[1]; Zhang, Zhenyu ^[1]; Hentges, Abigail M. ^[1]; Lundin, Sean-Thomas B. ^[1];

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Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States). Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Mo₂C has previously been demonstrated as an effective catalyst layer to enable stable H₂ permeation through vanadium foils at high temperatures. Here, in this paper, this approach was extended to several group V metal foils (V, Nb, and Ta) as well as mixed gas testing. The best permeability was achieved with V, and an activation process was developed to recover the performance of V foils displaying evidence of oxidation. Nb foils yielded ~20% the permeability of V, while Ta was too brittle to operate effectively. Mo₂C/V membranes were operated at feed conditions well above the ductile-to-brittle transition pressure without embrittlement; however, the H₂ permeability of Mo₂C/V membranes was significantly attenuated at lower temperatures (< 600 °C). H₂ permeation was also severely inhibited by the presence of N₂ or CO₂ in mixed gas environments due to strong competitive adsorption. The addition of a Pd catalyst layer on top of Mo₂C improved mixed gas stability and increased H₂ permeability to 2 × 10^-8 mol·m^-1·s^-1·Pa^-0.5 at 500 °C for V based membranes. Lastly, as an interlayer, Mo₂C was demonstrated to be a stable barrier preventing Pd-V interdiffusion at 500 °C while simultaneously allowing significant H₂ permeation.

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Research Organization:: Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E); USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)

Contributing Organization:: DOE Integrated University Program Graduate Fellowship; U.S. National Science Foundation

Grant/Contract Number:: AR0000785; 1512172; 0000785

OSTI ID:: 1457546

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1548943

Journal Information:: Journal of Membrane Science, Vol. 549, Issue C; ISSN 0376-7388

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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