“…They primarily serve as PEMs under low RH operational conditions. This section primarily describes glass membranes, ceramic membranes, and organic–inorganic hybrid membranes based on a silicate matrix. − Uma and co-workers prepared a series of glass membranes, including PMA–P 2 O 5 –SiO 2 , PMA/PWA–P 2 O 5 –SiO 2 , PWA/TiO 2 –P 2 O 5 –SiO 2 , TiO 2 /ZrO 2 –P 2 O 5 –SiO 2 , PMA/ZrO 2 –P 2 O 5 –SiO 2 , and PWA/ZrO 2 –P 2 O 5 –SiO 2 glass membranes. − Their investigations indicate that the proton conductivity in the glass membranes mainly occurs through the hydrogen bonding of water and hydroxyl groups on the network structure. The proton conductivity is considerably dependent on the temperature, humidity conditions, and pore characteristics such as the pore size and the functional groups on the pore surfaces (i.e., SiOH, POH, and PO), as well as on the chemical composition.…”