The present invention discloses a rare-earth-manganese/cerium-zirconium-based composite compound, a method for preparing the same, and a use thereof. The composite compound is of a core-shell structure with a general formula expressed as: A RE.sub.cB.sub.aO.sub.b-(1-A)Ce.sub.xZr.sub.(1-x-y)M.sub.yO.sub.2-z, wherein 0.1≤A≤0.3, preferably 0.1≤A≤0.2; a shell layer has a main component of rare-earth manganese oxide with a general formula of RE.sub.cMn.sub.aO.sub.b, wherein RE is a rare-earth element or a combination of more than one rare-earth elements, and B is Mn or a combination of Mn and a transition metal element, 1≤a≤8, 2≤b≤18, and 0.25≤c≤4; and a core has a main component of cerium-zirconium composite oxide with a general formula of Ce.sub.xZr.sub.(1-x-y)M.sub.yO.sub.2-z, wherein M is one or more non-cerium rare-earth elements, 0.1≤x≤0.9, 0≤y≤0.3, and 0.01≤z≤0.3. The composite compound enhances an oxygen storage capacity of a cerium-zirconium material through an interface effect, thereby increasing a conversion rate of a nitrogen oxide.

A method of forming a catalyst is provided herein. The method comprises combining a binder, a support, and an active metal to form a slurry composition. The method further comprises applying the slurry composition using an additive manufacturing process to form a green part. The method further comprises exposing the green part to heat at a temperature of from about 10° C. to about 150° C. to form the hardened part. The method further comprises applying a ceramic-based coating material to the hardened part to form the catalyst.

A catalyst material for abatement of exhaust gas emissions from a lean burn engine is provided, the catalyst material including a metal-exchanged SAPO-34 material, and an oxide layer at least partially covering an outside surface of the SAPO-34 material, wherein the oxide layer is not substantially blocking the pores of the SAPO-34 material.

The present invention relates to a process for preparing alkanolamines and ethyleneamines in the liquid phase, by reacting ethylene glycol and/or monoethanolamine with ammonia in the presence of an amination catalyst which is obtained by reducing a catalyst precursor, wherein the preparation of the catalyst precursor comprises a step a) in which a catalyst precursor comprising one or more catalytically active components of Sn, Cu and Ni, and a step b) in which the catalyst precursor prepared in step a) is contacted with a soluble Re compound.

The present disclosure relates to nanoparticle compositions, catalyst compositions, processes for making nanoparticle compositions and processes for making catalyst compositions. In at least one embodiment, a composition includes a plurality of nanoparticles, where each nanoparticle includes a kernel, the kernels include at least one metal element and oxygen, and the kernels have an average particle size from 4 to 100 nanometers, and a particle size distribution of less than 20%.

Ceramic honeycomb bodies and methods for then manufacture are provided. The ceramic honeycomb body comprises a bulk density of less than 210 g/L, a geometric surface area (GSA) greater than 93 in.sup.−1 (3.66 mm.sup.−1), a mechanical integrity factor (MIF) greater than 0.28%, and a back pressure factor (BPF) greater than 0.4 mm.sup.2.

A method for producing a catalyst for unsaturated carboxylic acid synthesis is proposed. The method includes: obtaining a dried product by drying and heat-treating a starting material mixed liquid in which supply source compounds of respective catalyst component elements are integrated; and forming a catalyst precursor by supporting powder to be supported on a carrier in the form of a particle aggregate. The powder to be supported is either the dried product or obtained from the dried product. The method further includes calcining the catalyst precursor to form the catalyst. The mass loss rate of the powder to be supported at 300° C. is less than 5 percent by mass, and the difference between the mass loss rate of the powder at 370° C. and the mass loss rate of the powder at 300° C. is not less than 1 percent by mass and not more than 6 percent by mass.

A method comprising treating combustion exhaust gas containing nitrogen oxides in the presence of a denitration catalyst to remove nitrogen oxides from the combustion exhaust gas, wherein the denitration catalyst is composed of a shaped product comprising a catalyst component, the shaped product has micro cracks in a mesh pattern or a bipectinate pattern on the surface of the shaped product, and the micro cracks have a 95% crack width of 100 μm or less and a crack area ratio variation coefficient of 0.7 or less.

Provided is a combustion system in which a catalyst having superior denitration efficiency at a low temperature compared with those used in the conventional techniques is used in a selective catalytic reduction reaction using ammonia as a reducing agent. A combustion system equipped with: a denitration device which is arranged in the exhaust passage and can remove a nitrogen oxide from the exhaust gas with a denitration catalyst. In the combustion system, the denitration device is arranged on the downstream side of the dust collection device in the exhaust passage, and the denitration catalyst is one which contains vanadium oxide as the main component and in which the content of a second metal in terms of oxide content is 1 to 40 wt % inclusive, wherein the second metal comprises at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Co, W, Mo, Nb, Ce, Sn, Ni, Fe, Cu, Zn and Mn.

A method for preparing copper-nickel cobaltate nanowires includes steps of: (1) dissolving a soluble nickel salt, cobalt salt and copper salt in ultrapure water, and preparing same into a mixed salt solution A; (2) adding 1-4 mmol of sodium dodecyl sulfate to solution A, and dissolving same with stirring; (3) dissolving 12-30 mmol of hexamethylenetetramine in 20 mL of ultrapure water to form solution B; (4) slowly dropwise adding solution B to solution A via a separatory funnel to form solution C, and stirring same for 0.5-1 h; and (5) further transferring same into a 100 mL reaction vessel, reacting same at 100-160° C. for 8-20 h, suction filtration and washing, and drying same at 40-60° C. in a vacuum oven, and further reacting same at 350-800° C. for 1-4 h in a muffle furnace.