The present invention relates to a porous iron oxide-zirconia composite catalyst, a preparation method thereof, and a method for producing alcohol using the same, and the iron oxide-zirconia composite catalyst having a porous structure may produce alcohol at low cost by carrying out an excellent methane reforming reaction even under room temperature and room pressure conditions through an electrochemical reaction.

The present invention pertains to a catalyst for use in the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of nitrogen oxides comprising: • a monolithic substrate and • a coating A which comprises an oxidic metal carrier comprising an oxide of titanium and a catalytic metal oxide which comprises an oxide of vanadium wherein the mass ratio vanadium/titanium is 0.07 to 0.26.

A method of treating an exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine comprising contacting the exhaust gas with a lean NO.sub.x trap catalyst is disclosed. The lean NO.sub.x trap catalyst comprises a first layer and a second layer.

This exhaust gas purifying catalyst is provided with a substrate and a catalyst layer formed on a surface of the substrate. The catalyst layer contains zeolite particles that support a metal, and a rare earth element-containing compound that contains a rare earth element. The rare earth element-containing compound is added in such an amount that the molar ratio of the rare earth element relative to Si contained in the zeolite is 0.001 to 0.014 in terms of oxides.

The present invention relates to a method for preparing a supported catalyst comprising a crystalline Pd—Rh alloy, the method comprising the steps of: (i) producing an impregnated support by means of mixing an inorganic support, a Pd precursor solution and an Rh precursor solution; and (ii) thermally treating the impregnated support in a reducing gas atmosphere.

A catalyst composition for hydrogenating 4,4′-methylenedianiline derivatives is provided. The catalyst composition includes a carrier including aluminum oxide and magnesium oxide, a rhodium-ruthenium active layer loaded on the surface of the carrier, and a solvent including an organic amine. The weight percentage of magnesium oxide in the carrier is between 12% and 30%. A method for preparing 4,4′-methylene bis(cyclohexylamine) derivatives using the catalyst composition is also provided.

An exhaust gas purifier is disposed in an exhaust gas passage of an engine, and includes: a DPF for capturing PM contained in exhaust gas; an SCR catalyst provided downstream of the DPF in a direction of flow of the exhaust gas, and for reducing NO.sub.x contained in the exhaust gas for purification in the presence of NH.sub.3; an injection unit provided between the DPF and the SCR catalyst, and for supplying urea to the SCR catalyst so as to supply NH.sub.3 to the SCR catalyst; and an AMOX provided downstream of the SCR catalyst in the direction of flow of the exhaust gas, and for removing NH.sub.3 having passed through the SCR catalyst. The DPF does not contain Pt or Pd, and contains Rh. The AMOX contains Pt.

An exhaust gas purification catalyst of the present invention is provided with a base 10 and a catalyst coat layer 30. The catalyst coat layer is provided with Rh and Pd as noble metal catalysts. Herein Rh is disposed in a first-stage upper layer A and a second-stage upper layer C, and Pd is disposed in the first-stage upper layer A and a first-stage lower layer B, and in a second-stage lower layer D. A mass ratio (A.sub.Pd/A.sub.Rh) of Pd to Rh, disposed in first-stage upper layer A is 0.5(A.sub.Pd/A.sub.Rh)3.

An exhaust gas cleaning catalyst that has: a substrate having a wall flow structure, wherein an entry side cell, in which the end part on an exhaust gas inflow side is open, and an exit side cell, in which the end part on the exhaust gas outflow side is open, are divided by a porous dividing wall; and a first catalyst layer that includes a metal catalyst and is disposed within the dividing wall so as to be in contact with the exit side cell and not in contact with the entry side cell, and no catalyst layer is provided in the region in contact with the entry side cell.

The present invention relates to a diesel oxidizing catalytic converter which comprises a supporting body with a length L which extends between a first end surface a and a second end surface b, and catalytically active material zones A and B of different composition which are arranged on the supporting body, wherein material zone A comprises palladium or platinum and palladium in a weight ratio Pt:Pd of <1 and, starting from the end surface a, extends to from 20% to 80% of the length L, and material zone B comprises platinum and palladium in a weight ratio Pt:Pd of <10 and extends to from 80% to 100% of the length L, and wherein material zone B is arranged above material zone A and the weight ratio Pt:Pd in relation to the material zones A and B is from 1.5 to 3.0.