“…Amano et al reported that a slight deterioration of the hydrogen permeability through palladium membrane (700 mm thick) was observed in the case of using a H 2 -50% CO 2 gas below 473 K [15], and Hou et al observed a slight influence of CO 2 (1e8%) at 548 K while no influence of CO 2 on hydrogen permeation through Pd/Ag membrane (5 mm thick) was found at 598 K [23]. Unlike previous reports by other research groups [15,23], a strong influence of CO 2 on hydrogen permeability was shown using thin 100 nm Pd/Ag membranes at temperature conditions between 473 and 673 K. According to the literature, CO impurity has a negligible influence on hydrogen permeation [17,18,20,23] when using thick membranes. Hou et al concluded that the influence of impurity adsorption on hydrogen permeation for a thinner membrane will be stronger than that for a thicker membrane under the same operating conditions, as it is evident that for a thinner membrane, a higher operating temperature is required to completely eliminate the influence of impurity adsorption on hydrogen permeation [23].…”