A cluster-supporting catalyst including porous carrier particles having acid sites, and catalyst metal clusters supported within the pores of the porous carrier particles. In the cluster-supporting catalyst including porous carrier particles having acid sites, and catalyst metal clusters supported within the pores of the porous carrier particles, the catalyst metal may be rhodium, the catalyst metal may be palladium, the catalyst metal may be platinum, or the catalyst metal may be copper.

A cluster-supporting catalyst including porous carrier particles having acid sites, and catalyst metal clusters supported within the pores of the porous carrier particles. The catalyst metal clusters are obtained by supporting catalyst metal clusters having a positive charge, which is formed in a dispersion liquid containing a dispersion medium and the porous carrier particles dispersed in the dispersion medium, on the acid sites within the pores of the porous carrier particles through an electrostatic interaction.

Described herein are heterogeneous materials comprising a mixture of a first n-type semiconductor and a second n-type semiconductor. The first n-type semiconductor may be a single or plural phase TiO.sub.2 material. The second n-type semiconductor includes a metal titanate and/or a noble metal. Upon activation with ultraviolet light, the photocatalytic material mixtures described herein efficiently decompose volatile chemical compounds. Furthermore, the photocatalytic materials disclosed herein are observably more stable, relative to known semiconductor materials, to inactivation by deposition.

The present invention provides compositions and methods of making bimetallic metal alloys of composition for example, Rh/Pd; Rh/Pt; Rh/Ag; Rh/Au; Rh/Ru; Rh/Co; Rh/Ir; Rh/Ni; Ir/Pd; Ir/Pt; Ir/Ag; Ir/Au; Pd/Ni; Pd/Pt; Pd/Ag; Pd/Au; Pt/Ni; Pt/Ag; Pt/Au; Ni/Ag; Ni/Au; or Ag/Au prepared using microwave irradiation.

A CON zeolite satisfying the following (1) to (2):(1) The framework is CON as per the code specified by the International Zeolite Association (IZA); and (2) It contains silicon and aluminum, and the molar ratio of aluminum to silicon is 0.04 or more.

Methods are disclosed for achieving the catalytic combustion of a gaseous species in low temperature humid environments. The methods comprise the steps of obtaining a combustion catalyst composition comprising an amount of a precious metal supported on an ion-exchangeable alkali metal titanate substrate, and then exposing the species to the combustion catalyst composition in the presence of an oxygen containing gas and water vapour at a catalysis temperature below 200° C. and at a relative humidity above 0.5%. A novel desiccant-coupled catalytic combustion process and system are also disclosed.

An air treatment unit (100) arranged for an intake of a first flow (110) of air into a space (120) in communication with the air treatment unit, and arranged for a discharge of a second flow (130) of air from the space. The air treatment unit comprises a heat-exchanging unit (140) arranged for thermal exchange between the second flow of air and the first flow of air, and a catalyst (150) configured to capture at least one impurity of the first flow of air. The catalyst is provided on at least a portion (160) of the heat-exchanging unit arranged to come into contact with the first flow of air during operation of the air treatment unit.

A portable or handhold air cleaning system, whose air flow pipeline made of highly reflective and low absorptive material for UVC or UVB light acts also as a UV light waveguide, is invented. The system features a TEC cooled LED light source; air flow warm up mechanism; and UV light absorption/air cleaning enhancement device. The system is useful for travellers and office workers during flu and hay-fever seasons.

CeO.sub.2 nanoparticles having a copper domain disposed on at least a portion of the nanoparticle. The material can catalyze a nitrogen oxide decomposition, such as a deN.sub.xO.sub.y reaction. Methods of making and using the material are also provided.

The present invention relates to diesel oxidation catalyst compositions and catalyst articles, wherein the compositions and articles include a plurality of platinum group nanoparticles substantially in fully reduced form, wherein the nanoparticles have an average particle size of about 1 to about 10 nm and at least about 90% of the nanoparticles have a particle size of +/− about 2 nm of the average particle size. Such compositions can further include a refractory metal oxide material, wherein the nanoparticles and refractory metal oxide material can be combined within the same coating on a substrate or can be applied sequentially on a substrate. The nanoparticles can advantageously be substantially free of halides, alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, sulfur compounds, and boron compounds. Methods of preparing and using such compositions and catalyst articles (e.g., for the treatment of diesel exhaust gas streams) are also provided herein.