Park, Yongha Kwak, Yeonsu Yu, Saerom Badakhsh, Arash Lee, Yu-Jin Jeong, Hyangsoo Kim, Yongmin Sohn, Hyuntae Nam, Suk Woo Yoon, Chang Won Han, Jonghee Jo, Young Suk 2024-01-19T15:31:03Z 2024-01-19T15:31:03Z 2021-09-02 2021-02-15 0925-8388 https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/117404 Composite metallic membranes comprising Pd coated on group 5 elements such as V, Nb, and Ta are actively explored as a promising material for hydrogen permeable membrane. However, such composite membranes are known to suffer from performance degradations owing to excessive surface fouling due to inter-diffusion between Pd and group 5 elements at high temperatures. In this study, mechanically stable Pd/Ta composite membranes are fabricated, and their H-2 permeation flux degradation rates and mechanism of membrane degradation are investigated. Fabricated membranes had full coverage of Pd on Ta surface, with less than 5 wt% of impurities. H-2 permeation rates of Pd/Ta membrane samples with different Pd and Ta thicknesses are evaluated at temperatures from 450 degrees C to 650 degrees C for a prolonged period of 20-100 h. Over the tested period, degradation in H-2 permeation rate was 5% or higher, with temperature being a dominant factor. SEM, TEM, and XRD analyses of the surface and cross-sectional morphology, compositions, and crystallinity reveal that the main degradation mechanism of the composite membrane is the inter-diffusion between Pd and Ta leading to the formation of intermetallic compounds as well as morphology change of the catalytic layer. By evaluating the exponential factor in Sievert's equation over the degradation period, it was found that the diffusion mechanism does not change over time, confirming that the bulk diffusion mechanism is affected by the inter-diffusion. H-2 flux degradation was less prominent at lower temperatures with thicker Pd catalytic layers. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. English ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA HYDROGEN PERMEATION CHARACTERISTICS PALLADIUM-COATED NIOBIUM NI ALLOY MEMBRANES GROUP 5 METALS THERMAL-DEGRADATION SEPARATION TRANSPORT TANTALUM PURIFICATION PERFORMANCE Degradation mechanism of a Pd/Ta composite membrane: Catalytic surface fouling with inter-diffusion Article 10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.157196 1 JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS, v.854 JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS 854 scie scopus 000595168600003 2-s2.0-85091557666 Chemistry, Physical Materials Science, Multidisciplinary Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering Chemistry Materials Science Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering Article HYDROGEN PERMEATION CHARACTERISTICS PALLADIUM-COATED NIOBIUM NI ALLOY MEMBRANES GROUP 5 METALS THERMAL-DEGRADATION SEPARATION TRANSPORT TANTALUM PURIFICATION PERFORMANCE Hydrogen permeable membrane Composite metallic membrane Alloying effects Inter-diffusion Palladium/tantalum composite Permeability degradation