Praxair Technology, Inc.

Yunxiang Lu

Gervase Maxwell Christie

Jonathan Andrew Lane

Zigui Lu

Joseph M Corpus

Pawel J Plonczak

A method is described of producing a catalyst-containing composite oxygen ion membrane and a catalyst-containing composite oxygen ion membrane in which a porous fuel oxidation layer and a dense separation layer and optionally, a porous surface exchange layer are formed on a porous support from mixtures of (LnA)CrBOand a doped zirconia. Adding certain catalyst metals into the fuel oxidation layer not only enhances the initial oxygen flux, but also reduces the degradation rate of the oxygen flux over long-term operation. One of the possible reasons for the improved flux and stability is that the addition of the catalyst metal reduces the chemical reaction between the (LnA)CrBOand the zirconia phases during membrane fabrication and operation, as indicated by the X-ray diffraction results.

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Yunxiang Lu