High-Temperature Inorganic Oxygen/Hydrogen Permeable Membranes: From Material Design to Industrial Applications
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Thin Films and Interfaces".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 4
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Interests: membrane materials and processes: mainly involving inorganic advanced functional ceramics membranes and materials; membrane catalysis and advanced catalysts
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Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue focuses on advanced inorganic membranes for oxygen and hydrogen separation at elevated temperatures, bridging fundamental research and industrial deployment. It covers the following topics:
- Material Innovation: The design of inorganic membranes (including perovskite, fluorite, metal, and molecular sieve membranes) with enhanced permeability and stability under harsh conditions.
- Fabrication Techniques: Scalable methods like hollow fiber fabrication, tape casting, or 3D printing for cost-effective membrane production.
- Integrated Membrane Reactors: Applications in plasma-, photo-/photothermal-, and electrocatalysis, emphasizing catalytic surface engineering for novel membrane reactors in alkane-to-olefin conversion, CO2 reduction, water splitting, NOx decomposition, ammonia synthesis/decomposition, and other emerging processes.
- Industrial Process Development: The optimization of high-purity oxygen/hydrogen generation systems for energy/chemical industries.
- Modeling and Simulation: Multi-scale modeling, including DFT calculations, molecular dynamics, and process simulations, to guide membrane material design and reactor optimization.
Contributions may address mechanistic studies, degradation mitigation, or pilot-scale demonstrations, aligning with global needs for clean energy and carbon-neutral processes.
Dr. Guangru Zhang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- ceramic oxygen-permeable membrane
- hydrogen separation membrane
- high-temperature stability
- perovskite materials
- hollow fiber membranes
- membrane catalytic reactor
- plasma catalysis
- electrocatalysis
- industrial oxygen production
- syngas conversion
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