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Gas Permeation Characteristics and Stability of Composite Silica-Metal Oxide Membranes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2011

Masashi Asaeda ,
Masakoto Kanezashi ,
Tomohisa Yoshioka  and
Toshinori Tsuru
Masashi Asaeda
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739–8527, Japan
Masakoto Kanezashi
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739–8527, Japan
Tomohisa Yoshioka
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739–8527, Japan
Toshinori Tsuru
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739–8527, Japan
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Abstract

In order to improve the stability of silica membranes against water (vapor) some metal oxides were added to silica to obtain composite silica-metal oxide membranes by the sol-gel techniques. A Ni-doped silica membrane (Ni/Si=1/2) fired at 500°C showed a relatively large permeance of 1.5×10−5 [m3(STP)/(m2skPa)] with selectivity of 350 (H2/CH4), 4200 (H2/SF6) at 200°C and 100 (CO2/CH4) at 35 °C. After leaving the membrane in humid air (RH: 60%, 40°C) for 70 days, the permeance of H2 decreased by about 50% but the selectivity was improved to 930 for H2/CH4. And little change was observed in the activation energy for H2 permeation, while under the same conditions a silica membrane showed a quite large change in the activation energy from 3.1kJ/mol to 14kJ/mol. There is a possibility that metal oxides added to silica help prevent the densification of silica networks through which hydrogen and helium molecules can permeate.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 752: Symposium AA – Membranes–Preparation, Properties and Applications , 2002 , AA10.3
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2003

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