Abstract
The formulation of high-performance mixed protonic-electronic conductors (MPEC) presents a major advancement for the development of hydrogen-linked application. In particular, this class of materials constitute a promising alternative to the metallic or porous membranes for devices devoted for separation of hydrogen. Thus, objective of this thesis work is to develop, characterize materials presenting sufficient conductivities for the targeted applications, to fabricate the membrane and to evaluate their performances.The first approach consisted of developing single-phase materials by substitution of proton-conducting oxides by a multivalent element, Ba(Ce0.5Zr0.5)0.9-xPrxY0.1O3-δ. In parallel, our works focused on the ceramic-ceramic composites which were consisted of a proton-conducting phase and an electron-conducting phase in reducing conditions, xBaCe0.9Y0.1O3-δ-(1-x)Ce0.9Y0.1O2-δ et xBaZr0.9Y0.1O3-δ-(1-x)CeY0.1O2-δ.The most promising results in terms of conductivity (> 100 mS.cm-1 @ 600°C) was obtained with the composite of composition 20BaZr0.9Y0.1O3-δ-80CeY0.1O2-δ which presented hydrogen permeability in the same order of magnitude as the best values reported in the literature.