A hydrocarbon reforming catalyst used for forming a synthetic gas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide from a hydrocarbon-based gas, the hydrocarbon reforming catalyst containing a complex oxide having a perovskite structure, wherein the complex oxide has a crystal phase containing SrZrO.sub.3 as a primary component and contains Ru.

A catalyst for forming a synthetic gas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide from a hydrocarbon-based gas, the catalyst containing a complex oxide having a perovskite structure, wherein the complex oxide has a crystal phase containing CaZrO.sub.3 as a primary component and contains Ru and at least one of Ce and Y.

A new plasma catalyst in the form of a ceramic-matrix nanocomposite is disclosed for application to the plasma-assisted combustion. The new functionality of the nanoceramic plasma catalyst is driven by the synergistic effect of plasma and solids. The plasma catalyst is based on combinations of valve metal oxides, polar transition-metal oxides, rare-earth oxides and phosphides, alkali metal oxides, silicon oxides and nitrides, etc. are disclosed. The advantage of combining a heterogeneous catalytic and plasma catalytic effect allows utility for large area applications and is scalable for large-scale industries.

This invention provides a catalyst composition characterized in that the catalyst composition comprises one or more rare earth oxophosphorus components.

A method for preparing a silicate/carbon composite from attapulgite, and use of the silicate/carbon composite are disclosed. The preparation method includes: (1) with attapulgite as a raw material, preparing SiO.sub.2 with a special structure; (2) dispersing the prepared SiO.sub.2 in water to obtain a suspension, and subjecting the suspension to ultrasonic dispersion; dissolving a metal nitrate in the suspension, adding NH.sub.4Cl, and adding ammonia water dropwise to the suspension; and adding sucrose to obtain a suspension; (3) subjecting the suspension to microwave hydrothermal reaction; after the reaction is completed, centrifuging a resulting system; and separating a resulting solid; and (4) subjecting the solid to high-temperature calcination in a muffle furnace, and grinding a resulting product to obtain the silicate/carbon composite, which can be used in photocatalytic ammonia synthesis.

The invention relates to a method for catalytically producing an alkyl formate, wherein at least one alpha-hydroxy aldehyde, at least one alpha-hydroxy carboxylic acid, at least one carbohydrate, and/or at least one glycoside is reacted by means of a vanadium-oxygen compound, which contains vanadium in the oxidation stage +IV or +V, or a salt thereof as a catalyst in the solution, wherein the solution contains an alkanol, and the alkyl formate produced as a reaction product is separated from at least one other resulting reaction product. The catalyst which is reduced during the catalytic reaction is restored to its starting state in an oxidation process.

The present invention belongs to the technical field of functional organic macromolecule composite catalysts and involves the preparation of a nitrogen-doped lattice macromolecule composite loaded with an efficient denitrification and sulfur resistance catalyst, firstly using the method of adding metal salts to make a large amount of Ce.sup.3+, Ce.sup.4+, Sn.sup.3+ and Sn.sup.4+ ions accumulate around the cyanuric acid molecule. Afterwards, 2,4,6-triaminopyrimidine and cytosine were added to graft with the cyanuric acid to produce the N-doped macromolecule in the first stage. After that, potassium permanganate was used as the oxidizing agent, and redox reaction occurred on the surface of N-doped macromolecules, so that the manganese cerium tin catalyst was grown in situ on the surface of N-doped macromolecules, and finally calcined at once to cross-link the N-doped macromolecules to generate catalyst composites. The catalysts described in this invention have higher efficient NOx reduction and sulfur resistance performance.

Porous alumina having excellent heat resistance and coking resistance is provided. The porous alumina can include silica and barium oxide added to aluminum oxide, wherein a ratio of SiO2 addition amount to a total mass of aluminum oxide and SiO2 addition amount is defined as SiO2 addition ratio (mass %), a ratio of BaO addition amount to a total mass of aluminum oxide and SiO2 addition amount is defined as BaO addition ratio (mass %), when the SiO2 addition ratio is within a range of 3 mass % or less and the BaO addition ratio is within a range of 14 mass % or less, the silica and the barium oxide are respectively added to the aluminum oxide so that a specific surface area of the porous alumina measured by a measuring method after heat treatment is equal to or larger than a reference specific surface area of reference porous alumina.

Oxidative dehydrogenation catalysts comprising MoVNbTeO having improved consistency of composition and a 25% conversion of ethylene at less than 420° C. and a selectivity to ethylene above 95% are prepared by treating the catalyst precursor with H.sub.2O.sub.2 in an amount equivalent to 0.30-2.8 mL H.sub.2O.sub.2 of a 30% solution per gram of catalyst precursor prior to calcining and treating the resulting catalyst with the equivalent amount of peroxide after calcining.

Provide is a functional structural body that can suppress aggregation of metal oxide nanoparticles and prevent functional loss of metal oxide nanoparticles, and thus exhibit a stable function over a long period of time. A functional structural body (1) includes: a skeletal body (10) of a porous structure composed of a zeolite-type compound; and at least one type of metal oxide nanoparticles (20) containing a perovskite-type oxide present in the skeletal body (10), the skeletal body (10) having channels (11) that connect with each other, and the metal oxide nanoparticles (20) being present at least in the channels (11) of the skeletal body (10).