Abstract
Preparation of 3–5 μm thick, hydrogen-selective PdAu layers via sequential electroless plating of Pd and Au onto ceramic microfiltration membranes was investigated employing a cyanide-free Au plating bath. The Au deposition rate was strongly dependent on bath temperature and alkalinity reaching an optimum at 333 K and pH 10. Homogenous alloying of the separate metal layers under atmospheric H 2 proved to be a protracted process and required approximately a week at 873 K for a PdAu layer as thin as 3 μm. After 300 h annealing at 823 K the 5 μm thick PdAu layer of a composite membrane still exhibited a Au gradient declining from 7.4 at.% at the top surface to 5.5 at.% at the support interface despite that the H 2 permeation rate had become stable. Nonetheless, the membrane exhibited a very high H 2 permeability of e.g. 1.3 × 10 −8 mol m m −2 s −1 Pa −0.5 at 673 K, but it decreased much faster with temperature below 573 K than above, likely due to a change from bulk H diffusion-controlled to H 2 adsorption or desorption-limited transport. The composite membrane withstood cycling between 523 and 723 K in H 2 well showing that differing thermal expansion of the joined metallic and ceramic materials stayed within the tolerance range up to 723 K.
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