Provided is an adsorbent for capturing carbon dioxide and a method for manufacturing same, and more particularly, to an adsorbent for capturing carbon dioxide, including a magnesium oxide/titanium dioxide composite having wide surface area, large pore volume and good CO.sub.2 adsorption performance, and a method for manufacturing same. According to the present invention, a novel MgO based composite metal oxide which may stably adsorb CO.sub.2 at a low temperature such as room temperature is provided. The adsorbent for capturing carbon dioxide, including a magnesium oxide/titanium dioxide composite has good thermal stability, and controls basic sites easily, and is used in various fields for capturing carbon dioxide. In addition, by controlling the molar ratio of the metal ions of the magnesium oxide/titanium dioxide composite and controlling morphology, an adsorbent for capturing carbon dioxide having large surface area and pore volume and strong basic sites may be provided.

The exhaust gas purifying catalyst presented here includes a substrate and a catalyst coat layer formed on the surface of the substrate. The catalyst coat layer is formed in a laminate structure having two layers, with a first layer being nearer to the surface of the substrate and a second layer being relatively further from this surface. The second layer includes a carrier and a noble metal supported on the carrier. The first layer is a noble metal-free layer that does not contain a noble metal but does contain an OSC material having oxygen storage capacity.

A ceramic honeycomb body, suitable for use in exhaust gas processing, includes a honeycomb structure having a plurality of through-channels, a first portion of the plurality of through-channels have a first hydraulic diameter dh1, a second portion of the plurality of through-channels have a second hydraulic diameter that is smaller than the first hydraulic diameter dh1, the first hydraulic diameter dh1 is equal to or greater than 1.1 mm, and the first and second portions of through-channels, taken together, have a geometric surface area GSA greater than 2.9 mm.sup.−1. Diesel oxidation catalysts and methods of soot removal are also provided, as are other aspects.

An exhaust gas purification device includes a substrate including an upstream end and a downstream end and having a length Ls; a first containing Pd particles, extending between the upstream end and a first position, and being in contact with the substrate; a second containing Rh particles, extending between the downstream end and a second position, and being in contact with the substrate; and a third catalyst layer containing Rh particles, extending between the upstream end and a third position, and being in contact with at least the first catalyst layer, wherein an average of a Rh particle size distribution is from 1.0 to 2.0 nm, and a standard deviation of the Rh particle size distribution is 0.8 nm or less in each of the second catalyst layer and the third catalyst layer.

The present invention relates to a composite oxide comprising ceria, praseodymia and alumina, wherein the cerium:praseodymium molar ratio of the composite oxide is 84:16 or less, as well as to a method of preparing the composite oxide and to its use, in particular in a method of treating an exhaust gas stream.

Described are compositions and catalytic articles comprising both a first molecular sieve promoted with copper and a second molecular sieve promoted with iron, the first and second molecular sieves having a d6r unit and the first molecular sieves having cubic shaped crystals with an average crystal size of about 0.5 to about 2 microns. The weight ratio of the copper-promoted molecular sieve to the iron-promoted molecular sieve can be about 1:1 to about 4:1. The catalytic articles are useful in methods and systems to catalyze the reduction of nitrogen oxides in the presence of a reductant.

Proposed inventions are a recipe of denitrification-oxidation complex catalyst containing an SCR catalyst and an oxidation catalyst to simultaneously remove nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, and ammonia, a manufacturing method thereof, an exhaust gas treatment method using the denitrification-oxidation complex catalyst, and an SCR denitrification system including the denitrification-oxidation complex catalyst. The denitrification-oxidation complex catalyst simultaneously removes nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, and ammonia and exhibits an increased catalytic effect compared to the cases where the denitrification catalyst used alone and the denitrification and the oxidation catalyst ratios are and not properly balanced. When the denitrification-oxidation complex catalyst is applied to an SCR denitrification system, the structure is simplified, space is saved, cost is reduced, and catalyst maintenance is easy.

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.

Disclosed is a method of controlling an air supply system for a fuel cell. The air supply system includes a fuel cell stack, an air channel to supply air to an inlet of the fuel cell stack, a gas adsorption unit disposed on the air channel and configured to adsorb oxygen contained in air introduced into the air channel. In particular, the method includes: determining whether a power generation operation of the fuel cell stack is resumed; when the power generation operation of the fuel cell stack is resumed, controlling a voltage source to apply a voltage to the gas adsorption unit; and supplying air to the fuel cell stack through the air channel in a state in which the voltage is applied to the gas adsorption unit.

An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine, the exhaust system comprising, a lean NO.sub.x trap, and a wall flow monolithic substrate having a pre-coated porosity of 40% or greater, and comprising an oxidation catalytic zone, the oxidation catalytic zone comprising a platinum group metal loaded on a first support, the first support comprising at least one inorganic oxide and a zinc compound.