A catalyst for catalytic oxidation-deoxidation method of unsaturated hydrocarbon-containing gas has a carrier, an active component, a first co-agent component, and a second co-agent component loaded on the carrier respectively. The active component is one or more selected from the group consisting of oxides of Pt, Pd, Ru, Rh, Ag and Ir. The first co-agent component has one or more selected from the group consisting of a rare earth metal element, a group IVB metal element and a group VIII metal element; and the second co-agent component has one or more alkali metal element and alkaline earth metal element. The deoxidation method using the catalyst eliminates the need to add a reducing gas such as H.sub.2, allows hydrocarbons to react directly with oxygen to produce CO.sub.2 and H.sub.2O, achieves the goal of deoxidating a hydrocarbon-containing tail gas, and can prevent the generation of carbon deposits.

A device and method of simultaneously removing flammable gases and nitrous oxide are provided. The device includes a thermal oxidation chamber, a high-temperature resistant dust filter, and a catalyst chamber. The thermal oxidation chamber is configured to receive an exhaust gas from a process tool. The exhaust gas includes flammable gases and nitrous oxide. The thermal oxidation chamber has a first exhaust pipe to emit nitrous oxide and dust generated after the exhaust gas is thermally oxidized. The high-temperature resistant dust filter receives dust and nitrous oxide from the first exhaust pipe, wherein the high-temperature resistant dust filter has a filter fiber net and a second exhaust pipe, and the second exhaust pipe is configured to emit nitrous oxide. The catalyst chamber receives nitrous oxide from the second exhaust pipe, wherein the catalyst chamber has a nitrous oxide decomposition catalyst to decompose nitrous oxide into nitrogen and oxygen.

An exhaust gas control apparatus includes a honeycomb substrate and an inlet cell-side catalyst layer. The honeycomb substrate includes a porous partition wall that defines a plurality of cells extending from an inlet-side end face to an outlet-side end face. The cells include an inlet cell and an outlet cell that are adjacent to each other with the partition wall therebetween. The inlet cell is open at its inlet-side end and is sealed at its outlet-side end. The outlet cell is sealed at its inlet-side end and is open at its outlet-side end. The inlet cell-side catalyst layer is provided on a surface on the inlet cell side of the partition wall and extends from an inlet-side end of the partition wall. Porosity of the inlet cell-side catalyst layer is in a specific range.

A powdered catalyst material on a titanium oxide basis. The powdered catalyst material includes a combined content of at least 90 wt.-% of a hydrated titanium oxide having the general formula TiO.sub.(2-x)(OH).sub.2x, with 0<x≤1, (calculated as TiO.sub.2), and a silicon dioxide and hydrated precursors of the silicon dioxide (calculated as SiO.sub.2). A weight ratio of TiO.sub.2/SiO.sub.2, determined for TiO.sub.2 and SiO.sub.2 respectively, is at least 3 and less than 30. The wt.-% is based on a total weight of the catalyst material after the catalyst material has been dried at 105° C. for at least 2 hours. The powdered catalyst material has a specific surface area of >300 m.sup.2/g and an isoelectric point of from 4.0 to 7.0.

Process for preparing a catalyst or a trapping mass comprising the following steps: bringing a porous oxide support into contact with a metal salt comprising at least one metal belonging to groups VIB, VIIB, VIIIB, IB or IIB, of which the melting point of said metal salt is between 20° C. and 150° C., for a period of between 5 minutes and 5 hours in order to form a solid mixture, the weight ratio of said metal salt to said porous oxide support being between 0.1 and 1; heating the solid mixture with stirring at a temperature between the melting point of said metal salt and 200° C. and for 5 minutes to 12 hours; calcining the solid obtained in the preceding step at a temperature above 200° C. and below or equal to 1100° C. under an inert atmosphere or under an oxygen-containing atmosphere.

The present invention relates to a catalyst, which comprises * a carrier substrate with a first end a and a second end b, and length L, * a material zone A containing a platinum group metal on a support material with a load of 40 to 150 g/l, relative to the volume of the carrier substrate and * material zone B containing a platinum group metal on a support material with a load of 75 to 200 g/l, relative to the volume of the carrier substrate, wherein material zone B has a greater content of platinum group metal, relative to the volume of the carrier substrate and calculated in g/l, than material zone A, and wherein material zone B has a proportion of pores with a diameter of 0.5 to 50 .Math.m of 20 to 30%.

A catalyst-coated, plugged honeycomb body having a honeycomb structure with a matrix of porous walls forming a plurality of channels, at least some of the plurality of channels being plugged to form inlet channels and outlet channels. At least some of the porous walls are filtration walls and at least some of the porous walls are non-filtration walls. A catalyst is preferentially disposed on the non-filtration walls, wherein the catalyst being preferentially disposed comprises CR<0.2 wherein CR is a coating ratio defined as an average percent loading of a washcoat containing the catalyst on and within the filtration walls divided by an average percent loading of the washcoat containing the catalyst on and within the non-filtration walls. Methods and apparatus configured to preferentially apply a catalyst-containing slurry to the non-filtration walls are provided, as are other aspects.

Manganese-cobalt (Mn—Co) spinel oxide nanowire arrays are synthesized at low pressure and low temperature by a hydrothermal method. The method can include contacting a substrate with a solvent, such as water, that includes Mn04- and Co2 ions at a temperature from about 60° C. to about 120° C. The method preferably includes dissolving potassium permanganate (KMn04) in the solvent to yield the Mn04- ions. the substrate is The nanoarrays are useful for reducing a concentration of an impurity, such as a hydrocarbon, in a gas, such as an emission source. The resulting material with high surface area and high materials utilization efficiency can be directly used for environment and energy applications including emission control systems, air/water purifying systems and lithium-ion batteries.

Provided is an exhaust gas purification device that ensures an improved purification performance and a suppressed pressure loss. An exhaust gas purification device of the present disclosure includes a honeycomb substrate and an inflow cell side catalyst layer. disposed on a surface on the inflow cell side in an inflow side region of the partition wall. When a gas permeability coefficient of an inflow side partition wall portion including the inflow side region of the partition wall and the inflow cell side catalyst layer is Ka and a gas permeability coefficient of an outflow side partition wall portion including an outflow side region at least from the predetermined position to an outflow side end of the partition wall is Kb, a ratio Ka/Kb of the gas permeability coefficients is within a range of 0.4 or more and 0.8 or less.

A catalyst for purification of exhaust gas including a substrate, and a catalyst coat layer which is formed on a surface of the substrate and contains catalyst particles, wherein the catalyst coat layer has an average thickness ranging 25 to 150 μm, a void fraction, as determined by scanning electron microscope observation of a cross-section of the catalyst coat layer, ranging 1.5 to 8.0% by volume, 60 to 90% by volume of all voids in the catalyst coat layer are high-aspect ratio pores which have equivalent circle diameters ranging 2 to 50 μm in a cross-sectional image of a cross-section of the catalyst coat layer perpendicular to a flow direction of exhaust gas in the substrate, and which ratios of 5 or higher, the high-aspect ratio pores have an average aspect ratio ranging 10 to 50, and a noble metal is supported on the entire catalyst coat layer.