Xiaojuan Hu
Nanjing University of Technology
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Chinese Journal of Catalysis | 2013
Xiaojuan Hu; Wenjun Yan; Weihua Ding; Jian Yu; Yan Huang
Abstract NiO was introduced into the porous Al 2 O 3 substrate by impregnation, and the resulting NiO/Al 2 O 3 was coated with the lead of a 2B pencil to modify its surface. A palladium layer with a thickness of 5 μm was deposited by electroless plating on the Pencil/NiO/Al 2 O 3 substrate, and a Pd/Pencil/Ni/Al 2 O 3 membrane was obtained after reduction with hydrogen. For reference, a Ni-free Pd/Pencil/Al 2 O 3 membrane was also fabricated. The surface and cross-sectional morphologies of the membranes were studied by scanning electron microscopy and metallographic microscopy. The hydrogen permeation kinetics was investigated by single gas tests, and the hydrogen separation performances of the Pd/Pencil/Al 2 O 3 and Pd/Pencil/NiO/Al 2 O 3 membranes were tested with a hydrogen feed composed of H 2 77.8%, CO 5.2%, CO 2 13.5%, and CH 4 3.5%. The Ni-free Pd/Pencil/Al 2 O 3 membrane only shows function of hydrogen separation, while the Pd/Pencil/Ni/Al 2 O 3 is also catalytically effective for methanation of CO and CO 2 in hydrogen, forming a bifunctional palladium membrane concept. Since the amount of CO and CO 2 in the hydrogen after membrane separation is very low, the consumption of hydrogen by the methanation reactions is negligible. The bifunctional membrane is promising for proton exchange membrane fuel cells because the catalytic methanation treatment solves the CO poisoning problem of the fuel cell electrodes and consequently allows the palladium membrane to tolerate more membrane defects and to achieve longer life.
Separation Science and Technology | 2016
Lei Wei; Jian Yu; Xiaojuan Hu; Yan Huang
ABSTRACT The increasing demand in compact hydrogen separators greatly stimulated the investigation and utilization of composite palladium membranes. Porous stainless steel (PSS) tubes were chosen as substrate material in this study, and a novel process of carbon-assisted solid-state sintering was introduced to modify the PSS surface with a TiO2 layer. A Pd/TiO2/PSS membrane with a Pd thickness of 6 µm was successfully fabricated via electroless plating. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), metallographic microscopy, X-ray diffraction and pore-size analyses were performed for material characterizations. As measured by H2/N2 single-gas testing, the fabricated Pd/TiO2/PSS membrane is permeable and selective to hydrogen, and it was stable during a time-on-stream of 100 h under 450°C.
Separation and Purification Technology | 2010
Jian Yu; Xiaojuan Hu; Yan Huang
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy | 2010
Xiaojuan Hu; Weidong Chen; Yan Huang
Separation and Purification Technology | 2010
Weidong Chen; Xiaojuan Hu; Rongxia Wang; Yan Huang
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy | 2012
Lei Wei; Jian Yu; Xiaojuan Hu; Yan Huang
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy | 2011
Xiaojuan Hu; Jian Yu; Jun Song; Xueguang Wang; Yan Huang
Ceramics International | 2014
Chan Wang; Xiaojuan Hu; Jian Yu; Lei Wei; Yan Huang
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy | 2015
Yuehua Li; Weihua Ding; Xiaoxian Jin; Jian Yu; Xiaojuan Hu; Yan Huang
Archive | 2011
Yan Huang; Chan Wang; Xiaojuan Hu