RESEARCH ARTICLE

A CO and CO2 tolerating (La0.9Ca0.1)2(Ni0.75Cu0.25)O4+d Ruddlesden-Popper membrane for oxygen separation

  • Guoxing Chen , 1,3 ,
  • Marc Widenmeyer 1,3 ,
  • Binjie Tang 3 ,
  • Louise Kaeswurm 3 ,
  • Ling Wang 3 ,
  • Armin Feldhoff 2 ,
  • Anke Weidenkaff 1,4
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  • 1. Institute of Materials Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
  • 2. Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
  • 3. Institute for Materials Science, Universität Stuttgart, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
  • 4. Fraunhofer Institute IWKS, 63457 Hanau, Germany

Received date: 20 Mar 2019

Accepted date: 16 Jul 2019

Published date: 15 Jun 2020

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2020 Higher Education Press

Abstract

A series of novel dense mixed conducting ceramic membranes based on K2NiF4-type (La1–xCax)2 (Ni0.75Cu0.25)O4+δ was successfully prepared through a sol-gel route. Their chemical compatibility, oxygen permeability, CO and CO2 tolerance, and long-term CO2 resistance regarding phase composition and crystal structure at different atmospheres were studied. The results show that higher Ca contents in the material lead to the formation of CaCO3. A constant oxygen permeation flux of about 0.63 mL·min1·cm2 at 1173 K through a 0.65 mm thick membrane was measured for (La0.9Ca0.1)2 (Ni0.75Cu0.25)O4+δ, using either helium or pure CO2 as sweep gas. Steady oxygen fluxes with no sign of deterioration of this membrane were observed with increasing CO2 concentration. The membrane showed excellent chemical stability towards CO2 for more than 1360 h and phase stability in presence of CO for 4 h at high temperature. In addition, this membrane did not deteriorate in a high-energy CO2 plasma. The present work demonstrates that this (La0.9Ca0.1)2(Ni0.75Cu0.25)O4+δ membrane is a promising chemically robust candidate for oxygen separation applications.

Cite this article

Guoxing Chen , Marc Widenmeyer , Binjie Tang , Louise Kaeswurm , Ling Wang , Armin Feldhoff , Anke Weidenkaff . A CO and CO2 tolerating (La0.9Ca0.1)2(Ni0.75Cu0.25)O4+d Ruddlesden-Popper membrane for oxygen separation[J]. Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, 2020 , 14(3) : 405 -414 . DOI: 10.1007/s11705-019-1886-0

Acknowledgments

This work is part of the project “Plasma-induced CO2-conversion” (PiCK, project number: 03SFK2S3B) and financially supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research in the framework of the “Kopernikus projects for the Energiewende”. The authors are thankful to B.Sc. Laura Steinle (University of Stuttgart) for her assistance during the CO stability tests, and Christine Stefani and Prof. Dr. Robert Dinnebier (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart) for the in situ PXRD measurements, respectively. G. C. thanks Frank Hack and Dr. Angelika Veziridis for their kind support during experiments and discussions.

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