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Advanced Materials and Membranes for Applications in Hydrogen and Energy Production

Structural and Stability Aspects of Amorphous Materials

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Inorganic Membranes for Energy and Environmental Applications

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General criteria for selection of materials for the processing of hydrogen separation membranes are discussed. Performance and stability standards required for applications in high temperature membrane reactors have been focused. The correlations between pore structure and stability issues of membranes made of amorphous materials, specifically silica membranes are discussed in detail.

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Nair, B.N., Ando, Y., Taguchi, H. (2009). Advanced Materials and Membranes for Applications in Hydrogen and Energy Production. In: Bose, A.C. (eds) Inorganic Membranes for Energy and Environmental Applications. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34526-0_16

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