Dense Metallic Membranes for Ultra-Pure Hydrogen Production

Dear Colleagues,

Currently, the hydrogen market is mainly dominated by grey hydrogen due to the lower production cost compared to blue and green hydrogen and Steam Methane Reforming (SMR) is likely to remain the dominant hydrogen production process for the next few decades. However, hydrogen produced by SMR needs to be purified for most applications.

Dense metallic membranes offer a convenient separation method as both stand-alone devices, or in combination with the SMR process as a membrane reactor. The small size and flexible design of membranes make them ideal materials for incorporating into an overall hydrogen production and purification system to produce ultra-high purity hydrogen.

We are pleased to invite you to contribute a paper to this Special Issue which aims to cover recent advances in the development and characterization of dense metallic membranes.

This Special Issue aims to inspire continued research and development in this important class of materials, particularly dense metallic membranes with enhanced hydrogen permeability, improved resistance to surface poisoning and lower cost.    

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following: Pd-based membranes, Amorphous alloys, hydrogen permeation mechanism, BCC membranes and any alternative low-cost dense metallic membranes. 

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Shahrouz Nayebossadri
Dr. John Speight
Guest Editors

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• hydrogen purification
• metallic membranes
• amorphous metallic membranes
• thin-film membranes
• amorphous thin films