Mixed Conducting Ceramic Membranes

Introduction to mixed ionic-electronic conducting membranes.- Defect and diffusion.- Ionic conductors and aspects related to high temperature.- Fabrication and characterization of MIEC membranes.- Permeation principle and models.- Perovskite-type MIEC membranes.- Dual-phase MIEC membranes.- Oxygen permeation at intermediate-low temperatures.- Catalysis reactions in MIEC membrane reactors.- Progress on the commercialization of MIEC membrane technology.

Prof. Xuefeng Zhu received his PhD from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2006, and became a full professor at the same institute in 2014. His research interests include mixed conducting membranes for O2, H2 separation and production, cathode materials for intermediate-low-temperature solid oxide fuel cells, electrochemical oxygen reduction and evolution reactions for electrolyzing water and metal-air batteries, highly selective catalytic oxidation of light hydrocarbons to olefins, and catalytic oxidation reactions in inorganic membrane reactors. Prof. Zhu has published over 60 peer-reviewed scientific papers, H-index 24, has contributed to 2 book chapters, given more than 20 oral presentations at international and domestic conferences and workshops, and holds 11 patents.


Prof. Weishen Yang completed his PhD on catalysis at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1990. After graduation, he started working at the same institute, and became a full professor in 1995. As a visiting scholar, he worked at the University of Birmingham (UK) in 1989 and University of Southern California (USA) in 2001. His research mainly focuses on the synthesis and application of inorganic membranes and new catalytic materials in solving energy related problems, which include (1) Alternative Energy: Oxygen permeable membranes for natural gas conversion; (2) Renewable Energy: Zeolite membranes for bio-fuel (ethanol/butanol)/water separation; (3) Clean Energy: Hydrogen permeable membranes for pure H2 production; (4) Advanced Energy: Hydrogen and/or oxygen permeable membranes used in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC). Prof. Yang has produced over 280 refereed journal publications, 4 invited review articles, 4 book chapters, holds 40 patents and has given more than 30 invited lectures in academia and industry around the world.