Novel nanocomposite materials for oxygen and hydrogen separation membranes

Design of oxygen and hydrogen separation membranes is the point of current interest in producing syngas from biofuels. Nanocomposites with a high mixed ionic-electronic conductivity are known to be promising materials for these applications. This work aims at studying performance of oxygen and hydrogen separation membranes based on nanocomposites PrNi_0.5Co_0.5O_3-δ + Ce_0.9Y_0.1O_2-δ and Nd_5.5WO_11.25-δ + NiCu alloy, respectively. A high and stable performance promising for the practical application was demonstrated for these membranes. For oxygen separation membrane CH₄ conversion is up to 50% with H₂ content in the outlet feed being up to 25% at 900 °C. For reactor with hydrogen separation membrane complete EtOH conversion was achieved at T ∼ 700 °C even at the highest flow rate, and a high hydrogen permeation (≥1 ml H₂ cm⁻² min⁻¹) was revealed.