Catalysts for selective production of hydrogen peroxide and methods of making and using thereof have been developed. The catalysts include an alloyed or doped metal oxide which permits tuning of the catalytic properties of the catalysts for selection of a desired pathway to a product, such as hydrogen peroxide. The catalysts may be incorporated into electrochemical or photochemical devices.

Compositions, articles, and methods related to a three-way-catalyst composition comprising a perovskite-type compound of formula (I): La.sub.zB.sub.1-qB.sub.qO.sub.3 or formula (II): [BO.sub.x].sub.y:[La.sub.zBO.sub.3].sub.1-y and a non-redox active component; wherein B or B is Fe, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Ti, or Zr; q is in a range from about 0 to about 0.5; x is from about 1 to about 2.5; y is from about 1 to about 30 wt %; z is about 0.6 to about 1.1; is in a range from about 0 to about 0.6.

Disclosed are a heterogeneous catalyst, a production method thereof, and a method for producing a lignin-derived high-substituted aromatic monomer from a woody biomass material using the heterogeneous catalyst. The heterogeneous catalyst includes a carrier; and a NiAl nano-particle supported on the carrier.

Disclosed is a method of preparing a catalyst having a conductive oxide protective layer. The method may include providing (e.g., supplying) a carbon support having a metal catalyst supported thereon to a fluidized bed reactor, and forming a conductive oxide protective layer using atomic layer deposition (ALD). Particularly, the atomic layer deposition may include supplying a conductive oxide precursor to the fluidized bed reactor, conducting a first purging by supplying an inert gas to the fluidized bed reactor, converting the conductive oxide precursor to conductive oxide by supplying a reactive gas to the fluidized bed reactor, and conducting a second purging by supplying an inert gas to the fluidized bed reactor.

An object is to produce a titanium material with a crystalline titanium oxide film formed on the surface thereof. The titanium material with a crystalline titanium oxide film formed on the surface thereof is useful as a photocatalyst material, a photoelectric conversion element material, a wear-resistant member, an edible oil deterioration-preventing member, and the like that have high functionality.

Provided is a method for producing a titanium material with a crystalline titanium oxide film formed on the surface thereof, the method comprising: (1) performing roughening treatment on the surface of a titanium material to form a roughened material, (2) forming a titanium compound on the surface of the roughened material obtained in step (1), (3) performing anodizing treatment on the material with the titanium compound formed on the surface thereof to form an amorphous titanium oxide film, and (4) performing heat treatment on the material with the amorphous titanium oxide film formed on the surface thereof in an air atmosphere at a temperature of 300 C. or more to form a crystalline titanium oxide film.

Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to nanocomposite pellicles for extreme ultraviolet lithography systems. A pellicle comprises a plurality of carbon nanotubes arranged in a planar sheet formed from a plurality of metal catalyst droplets. The plurality of carbon nanotubes are coated in a first conformal layer of boron nitride. The pellicle may comprise a plurality of boron nitride nanotubes formed simultaneously as the first conformal layer of boron nitride. The pellicle may comprise a carbon nanotube coating disposed on the first conformal layer of boron nitride and a second conformal layer of boron nitride or boron nitride nanotubes disposed on the carbon nanotube coating. The pellicle is UV transparent and is non-reactive in hydrogen radical environments.

A process for the production of nanoparticles from a liquid mixture comprising at least one precursor and at least one solvent in a reactor with continuous through-flow comprises the steps of feeding at least one oxygen-containing gas inflow stream having a temperature into the at least one reactor, adding at least one fuel having a temperature to the oxygen-containing gas inflow stream, wherein the fuel and the oxygen-containing gas inflow stream form a homogeneous ignitable mixture having a temperature, wherein the temperature of the homogeneous ignitable mixture is above the autoignition temperature of the homogeneous ignitable mixture, introducing at least one precursor-solvent mixture into the homogeneous ignitable mixture; autoignition of the ignitable mixture of oxygen-containing gas and fuel after an ignition delay time to form a stabilized flame and reacting the precursor-solvent mixture in the stabilized flame to form nanoparticles from the metal salt precursor, removing the formed nanoparticles.

The present development is a metal particle coated nanowire catalyst for use in the hydrodesulfurization of fuels and a process for the production of the catalyst. The catalyst comprises titanium(IV) oxide nanowires wherein the nanowires are produced by exposure of a TiO.sub.2KOH paste to microwave radiation. Metal particles selected from the group consisting of molybdenum, nickel, cobalt, tungsten, or a combination thereof, are impregnated on the metal oxide nanowire surface. The metal impregnated nanowires are sulfided to produce catalytically-active metal particles on the surface of the nanowires The catalysts of the present invention are intended for use in the removal of thiophenic sulfur from liquid fuels through a hydrodesulfurization (HDS) process in a fixed bed reactor. The presence of nanowires improves the HDS activity and reduces the sintering effect, therefore, the sulfur removal efficiency increases.

An adsorption material which includes a carbon nanohorn aggregate in which a plurality of single-walled carbon nanohorns aggregate in a fibrous state, particularly coexisting a globular carbon nanohorn aggregate and some of the single-walled carbon nanohorns included in the carbon nanohorn aggregate have an opening portion, is used. The adsorption material including such a fibrous carbon nanohorn aggregate is produced by a method including: preparing an inert gas atmosphere, a nitrogen gas atmosphere or a mixed atmosphere in a vessel in which a catalyst-containing carbon target is placed; and evaporating the target to obtain a carbon nanohorn aggregate including a fibrous carbon nanohorn aggregate in which a plurality of single-walled carbon nanohorns aggregate in a fibrous state.

A process of methane catalytic conversion produces olefins, aromatics, and hydrogen under oxygen-free, continuous flowing conditions. Such a process has little coke deposition and realizes atom-economic conversion. Under the conditions encountered in a fixed bed reactor (i.e. reaction temperature: 750-1200 C.; reaction pressure: atmospheric pressure; the weight hourly space velocity of feed gas: 1000-30000 ml/g/h; and fixed bed), conversion of methane is 8-50%. The selectivity of olefins is 30-90%. And selectivity of aromatics is 10-70%. The catalyst for this methane conversion has a SiO.sub.2-based matrix having active species that are formed by confining dopant metal atoms in the lattice of the matrix.