A Pd/Al2O3-based micro-reformer unit fully integrated in silicon technology for H-rich gas production

Autor: Albert Tarancón, Luis Fonseca, Marc Salleras, Jordi Llorca, Lluís Soler, M. Bianchini, N. Alayo
Přispěvatelé: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Institut de Recerca en Energía de Catalunya, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. NEMEN - Nanoenginyeria de materials aplicats a l'energia
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
History
Materials science
Passivation
Silicon
Energies [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC]
Combustibles
Hydrogen as fuel
chemistry.chemical_element
Enginyeria química::Química inorgànica [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC]
Inorganic compounds
FOS: Physical sciences
02 engineering and technology
Substrate (electronics)
Enginyeria química::Química inorgànica::Compostos inorgànics [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC]
Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
010402 general chemistry
7. Clean energy
01 natural sciences
Education
Atomic layer deposition
Enginyeria química [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC]
Hidrogen com a combustible
Rapid thermal processing
Microelectronics
Nanotechnology
Ceramic
Hydrogen production
Condensed Matter - Materials Science
business.industry
Nanotecnologia
Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
Physics - Applied Physics
Enginyeria dels materials::Materials ceràmics [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC]
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Fuel
0104 chemical sciences
Computer Science Applications
chemistry
Chemical engineering
Compostos inorgànics
visual_art
visual_art.visual_art_medium
0210 nano-technology
business
Zdroj: UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
ISSN: 0013-4651
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2105.13044
Popis: This work reports the design, manufacturing and catalytic activity characterization of a micro-reformer for hydrogen-rich gas generation integrated in portable-solid oxide fuel cells (μ-SOFCs). The reformer has been designed as a silicon micro monolithic substrate compatible with the mainstream microelectronics fabrication technologies ensuring a cost-effective high reproducibility and reliability. Design and geometry of the system have been optimized comparing with the previous design, consisting in an array of more than 7x103 vertical through-silicon micro channels perfectly aligned (50 μm diameter) and a 5 W integrated serpentine heater consisting of three stacked metallic layers (TiW, W and Au) for perfect adhesion and passivation. Traditional fuels for SOFCs, such as ethanol or methanol, have been replaced by dimethyl ether (DME) and the chosen catalyst for DME conversion consists of Pd nanoparticles grafted on an alumina active support. The micro-channels have been coated by atomic layer deposition (ALD) with amorphous Al2O3 and the influence of rapid thermal processing (RTP) on such film has been studied. A customized ceramic 3D-printed holder has been designed to measure the specific hydrogen production rates, DME conversion and selectivity profiles of such catalyst at different temperatures.
Databáze: OpenAIRE