TY - JOUR
T1 - Electro-catalytic membrane reactors and the development of bipolar membrane technology
AU - Balster, J.H.
AU - Stamatialis, Dimitrios
AU - Wessling, Matthias
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Membrane reactors are currently under extensive research and development. Hardly any concept, however, is realized yet in practice. Frequently, forgotten as membrane reactors are electro-catalytic membrane reactors where electrodes perform chemical conversations and membranes separate the locations of conversion. We review first a mature electromembrane technology: the chlor-alkali electrolysis. A second example is the polymer-electrolyte fuel cells (FC) as an emerging technology, which carries the potential to dramatically change society¿s energy infrastructure. Finally, we extensively describe a technology where the membrane itself is catalytically effective, splitting water into protons and hydroxyl ions: bipolar ion-exchange membrane technology.
AB - Membrane reactors are currently under extensive research and development. Hardly any concept, however, is realized yet in practice. Frequently, forgotten as membrane reactors are electro-catalytic membrane reactors where electrodes perform chemical conversations and membranes separate the locations of conversion. We review first a mature electromembrane technology: the chlor-alkali electrolysis. A second example is the polymer-electrolyte fuel cells (FC) as an emerging technology, which carries the potential to dramatically change society¿s energy infrastructure. Finally, we extensively describe a technology where the membrane itself is catalytically effective, splitting water into protons and hydroxyl ions: bipolar ion-exchange membrane technology.
KW - METIS-222162
KW - IR-49556
U2 - 10.1016/j.cep.2003.11.010
DO - 10.1016/j.cep.2003.11.010
M3 - Article
VL - 43
SP - 1115
EP - 1127
JO - Chemical engineering and processing : process intensification
JF - Chemical engineering and processing : process intensification
SN - 0255-2701
IS - 9
ER -