The present invention provides a catalyst composition comprising a) platinum; b) rhodium; and c) a ceria-alumina composite, a zirconia composite or a mixture thereof, wherein platinum is supported on the ceria-alumina composite, zirconia composite or mixture thereof, wherein rhodium is supported on the ceria-alumina composite, zirconia composite or mixture thereof, wherein CeO.sub.2 in the ceria alumina composite is 1.0 to 50 wt. %, based on the total weight of the ceria-alumina composite, wherein the amount of ZrO.sub.2 in the zirconia composite is 50 to 99 wt. %, based on the total weight of the zirconia composite. The present invention also provides a catalytic article comprising the catalyst composition and its preparation.

The present disclosure relates to oxidation catalyst compositions comprising a platinum group metal (PGM) component comprising palladium, platinum, or a combination thereof; a first oxide chosen from oxides of cerium, silicon, iron, cobalt, zinc, chromium, molybdenum, nickel, tungsten, magnesium, antimony, tin, lead, yttrium, and combinations thereof; and a first refractory metal oxide support material; catalytic articles; and exhaust gas treatment systems, as well as methods of making and using such oxidation catalyst compositions.

The present disclosure provides msect-4 molecular sieves with OFF and ERI topologies, a preparation method therefor, and applications thereof. An eight-membered ring small pore molecular sieve used as a raw material is dispersed in an aqueous phase. Following that, caustic potash, an aluminum source, and an organic structure-directing agent (OSDA) are added. The pH value is then adjusted to be greater than 10, and a silicon source is introduced to attain the desired silicon-aluminum ratio, followed by stirring reaction, aging, crystallization, filtration, washing, ammonia exchange reaction, drying, and calcination. The msect-4 molecular sieves with OFF and ERI topologies, the preparation method therefor, and applications exhibit excellent hydrothermal stability, a plurality of adsorption sites exposed by a regular bone-like structure, and a large specific surface area. Consequently, this molecular sieves find applicability across various technical fields including selective catalytic reduction, passive adsorption, and catalytic cracking, and has broad application prospects.

The present invention relates to a particulate filter which comprises a wall-flow filter of length L and two different catalytically active coatings Y and Z, wherein the wall flow filter comprises channels E and A that extend in parallel between a first and a second end of the wall-flow filter and are separated by porous walls which form the surfaces O.sub.E and O.sub.A, respectively, and wherein the channels E are closed at the second end and the channels A are closed at the first end. The invention is characterized in that the coating Y is located in the channels E on the surfaces O.sub.E and the coating Z is located in the porous walls.

A supported catalyst for decomposing an organic substance that includes a carrier and catalyst particles supported on the carrier. The catalyst particles contain a perovskite-type composite oxide represented by A.sub.xB.sub.yM.sub.zO.sub.w, where A contains at least one of Ba and Sr, B contains Zr, M is at least one of Mn, Co, Ni, and Fe, y+z=1, x>1, z<0.4, and w is a positive value that satisfies electrical neutrality. An organic substance decomposition rate after the supported catalyst is subjected to a heat treatment at 950° C. for 48 hours is greater than 0.97 when the organic substance decomposition rate before the heat treatment is regarded as 1, and an amount of the catalyst particles peeled off when the supported catalyst is ultrasonicated in water at 28 kHz and 220 W for 15 minutes is less than 1 wt % of the catalyst particles before untrasonication.

An organic matter decomposition catalyst that contains a perovskite type complex oxide represented by A.sub.xB.sub.yM.sub.zO.sub.w, wherein A contains 90 at % or more of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ba and Sr, B contains 80 at % or more of Zr, M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mn, Co, Ni, and Fe, y+z=1, x>1, z<0.4, and w is a positive value that satisfies electrical neutrality.

A gasoline engine exhaust gas purification catalyst for purifying exhaust gas emitted from a gasoline engine includes a precious metal, alumina, and a ceria/zirconia composite oxide supported on a three-dimensional structure, and has pores having a peak 1 at a pore size of not less than 0.001 μm and not greater than 0.05 μm, pores having a peak 2 at a pore size of not less than 2.5 μm and not greater than 5.0 μm, and pores having a peak 3 at a different pore size than the above pore sizes in a pore size distribution measured by mercury intrusion method, wherein the pore volume of the pores having the peak 3 is greater than 1.4% of the total pore volume. A production method for the catalyst, and an exhaust gas purification method using the catalyst are also described.

The disclosure provides a catalyst composition that includes a catalytic material and a magnetic ferrite compound. The magnetic ferrite compound can be pretreated, for example, by heating prior to incorporation within the catalyst composition. The magnetic ferrite compound may include iron, and one or more additional metals including zinc, cobalt, nickel, yttrium, manganese, copper, barium, strontium, scandium, and lanthanum. The disclosure also includes a system and method for heating the catalyst composition, which employs a conductor for receiving current and generating an alternating magnetic field in response thereto.

This disclosure provides improved processes for converting benzene/toluene via methylation with methanol/dimethyl ether for producing, e.g., p-xylene. In an embodiment, a process utilizes a methylation catalyst system comprising a molecular sieve catalyst and an auxiliary catalyst. The auxiliary catalyst comprises a metal element selected from Group 2, Group 3, the lanthanide series, the actinide series, and mixtures and combinations thereof. The auxiliary catalyst may comprise the oxide of the metal element. Deactivation of the molecular sieve catalyst can be reduced with the inclusion of the auxiliary catalyst in the methylation catalyst system.

A mixed oxide, a catalytic composition, a catalytic wall-flow monolith, the use of the mixed oxide and the process of the preparation of the mixed oxide. The mixed oxide comprises zirconium, cerium, lanthanum and optionally at least one rare earth element other than cerium and other than lanthanum. The catalytic composition and the wall-flow monolith comprise the particles of the mixed oxide. The use of the mixed oxide is in the preparation of a coating on a filter. The process of preparation of the mixed oxide consists jet milling. The mixed oxide is a compromise between a calibrated size and a low viscosity when in the form of an aqueous slurry while retaining a high specific surface area and a high pore volume.