The invention provides for a method to prepare an alumina catalyst support comprising bismuth for emission control applications, to an alumina catalyst support prepared according to the method of the invention and to an alumina catalyst support comprising bismuth and having a specific crystallinity value that leads to improved technical effects.

The present invention relates to an ammonia decomposition catalyst that converts ammonia into hydrogen and nitrogen. The catalyst includes ruthenium (Ru) as an active catalytic component and a composite oxide solid solution (La.sub.xCe.sub.1-xO.sub.y) including lanthanum oxide and cerium oxide as a catalyst support. The present invention also relates to an ammonia decomposition method using the catalyst and a hydrogen production method using the catalyst.

Described herein are reusable, mesh-based catalysts with superior mechanical stability and magnetic separability wherein the mesh may be formed in a variety of shapes and can be easily separated from a process stream and in combination with biomass torrefaction, reduces toxic emissions and produce hydrogen gas, which can be burned at the facility to generate heat or electricity.

The electrode catalyst ink for a water electrolysis cell includes a catalyst including a layered double hydroxide, an organic polymer, and a solvent. The Hansen solubility parameter distance R.sub.a1 between the solvent and the catalyst is 15.0 MPa.sup.½ or more and less than 20.5 MPa.sup.½. The Hansen solubility parameter distance R.sub.a2 between the solvent and the organic polymer is 10.0 MPa.sup.½ or more and 14.0 MPa.sup.½ or less.

An oxidation catalyst composition is provided, the composition including a plurality of platinum group metal particles having a multi-modal distribution of particle sizes. The plurality of platinum group metal particles includes a first population of platinum group metal particles having a range of particle sizes of from about 0.5 nm to about 3 nm, and a second population of platinum group metal particles having a range of particle sizes of from about 4 nm to about 15 nm. Methods for the preparation and use of the catalyst composition are also provided, as well as catalyst articles and emission gas treatment systems employing such catalyst articles. The catalyst exhibits enhanced stability with respect to oxidation performance after degreening and/or aging, as compared to conventional oxidation catalysts, in particular less loss of NOx oxidation performance.

organic frameworks that include catalytic components incorporated throughout the framework. These covalent organic frameworks have unique structural and physical properties, which lend these frameworks to be versatile and useful in a number of different applications and uses and chemical reactions. In one, the covalent organic frameworks include a plurality of fused aromatic groups or polyaromatic groups and ligands, where catalytic components such as transition metal catalysts are coordinated by the ligand to the frameworks.

The present invention relates to a catalyst to be applied to the process of gasification of coke or coal, individually or in mixture, and to the process of preparing said catalyst, which is useful in obtaining higher levels of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, which allows the conversion of coke into by-products of higher added value (hydrogen-rich syngas). The present invention also addresses to a process for converting petroleum coke by using a catalyst according to the present invention.

An object of the present invention is to increase the reduction performance of nitrogen oxides compared to existing three-way catalysts; simultaneously inhibit the emission of ammonia and nitrous oxide; simplify a process by means of a method of further doping an iridium-ruthenium catalyst into a commercial three-way catalyst; and expand the scope of application. The present invention provides a catalyst for simultaneously inhibiting the emission of ammonia and nitrous oxide by doping an iridium-ruthenium catalyst component into a three-way catalyst (TWC), a diesel oxidation catalyst, or a lean NOx trap supported on a honeycomb support.

A method of manufacturing a catalyst article, the method comprising: providing a complex of a humic acid or derivative thereof, and a PGM; providing a support material; applying the complex to the support material to form a loaded support material; disposing the loaded support material on a substrate; and heating the loaded support material to form nanoparticles of the PGM on the support material.

A method for preparing a molybdenum-bismuth-based composite metal oxide.