Shaped porous carbon products and processes for preparing these products are provided. The shaped porous carbon products can be used, for example, as catalyst supports and adsorbents. Catalyst compositions including these shaped porous carbon products, processes of preparing the catalyst compositions, and various processes of using the shaped porous carbon products and catalyst compositions are also provided.

Disclosed is a direct synthesis method of nanostructured catalyst particles on surfaces of various supports. In the disclosed synthesis method of a catalyst structure having a plurality of nanostructured catalyst particles dispersed in a support by a one-step process using a high-temperature high-pressure closed reactor, the one-step process includes supplying the support and a catalyst source into the high-temperature high-pressure closed reactor; supplying an atmosphere forming gas of the reactor into the reactor; perfectly sealing the high-temperature high-pressure closed reactor and heating the reactor to produce the catalyst structure in the reactor under self-generated pressure and synthesis temperature conditions, the catalyst structure including the plurality of nanostructured catalyst particles dispersed in the support; removing internal gases of the reactor to allow the reactor to be in a high-temperature, atmospheric pressure state and supplying an inert gas into the reactor to remove unreacted materials and byproducts remaining in the reactor; and cooling the reactor to room temperature while supplying the inert gas to synthesize the catalyst structure.

A reverse water-gas shift catalyst that can be used at high temperatures is obtained. A reverse water-gas shift catalyst (cat1) is produced by executing an impregnation-supporting step of impregnating a carrier (cb1) containing alumina as a main component with nickel as a catalytically active component (ca1) to be supported on the carrier, and calcinating a precursor obtained in the impregnation-supporting step at a temperature of 500? C. or higher.

Catalyst comprising an Ir layer having an outer layer with a layer comprising Pt directly thereon, wherein the Ir layer has an average thickness in a range from 0.04 to 30 nanometers, wherein the layer comprising Pt has an average thickness in a range from 0.04 to 50 nanometers, and wherein the Pt and Ir are present in an atomic ratio in a range from 0.01:1 to 10:1. Catalysts described herein are useful, for example, in fuel cell membrane electrode assemblies.

A catalyst for production of carboxylic acid ester, containing: catalyst metal particles; and a support supporting the catalyst metal particles, wherein a bulk density of the catalyst for production of carboxylic acid ester is 0.50 g/cm.sup.3 or more and 1.50 g/cm.sup.3 or less, when a particle diameter, at which a cumulative frequency is x % in a particle diameter distribution based on a volume of the catalyst for production of carboxylic acid ester, is defined as D.sub.x, D.sub.10/D.sub.50?0.2 and D.sub.90/D.sub.50?2.5 are satisfied, and when a half-width of the particle diameter distribution is defined as W, W/D.sub.50?1.5 is satisfied.

The invention relates to a method for the catalyzed decomposition of lignin with a high yield and high selectivity for phenolic building blocks and with minimal formation of the coke fraction, and to a catalyst suitable for the method. The catalyst contains a basic carrier material, platinum at a weight percentage of 1-10 wt. % and nickel at a weight percentage of 0-5 wt. %. The method comprises: providing a reaction mixture comprisinglignin, the catalyst and a solvent; and heating the reaction mixture so as to obtain a mixture comprisinga product mix, the catalyst and the solvent.

Disclosed herein are trimetallic PtAu-based nanocatalysts for electrochemical hydrogen production and screening methods thereof. Nanocatalysts are produced through a polymer pen lithography (PPL) technique, which enables large-scale fabrication of nanoparticle arrays with programmable specifications such as size, shape, and composition, providing a route to the high-throughput screening and discovery of new catalysts.

The present invention relates to a photocatalyst nanomaterial comprising a solid substrate and a metal oxide/oxyhydroxide arranged on the solid substrate forming a coating having a thickness comprised between 1 nm and 1 micrometer and having an amorphous structure. The invention also relates to a nanometric coating which comprises the described photocatalyst material and metallic nanoparticles, as well as to the method for obtaining the catalyst material, to the use of the catalyst material as a photocatalyst in the ultrafast synthesis of metallic nanoparticles, and to the use of the nanometric coating in the manufacture of optical sensors, biocidal coatings and elimination of reactive oxygen species.

The present invention disclosed an improved process for the preparation of bimetallic core-shell nanoparticles by using facile aqueous phase synthesis strategy and their application in catalysis such as selective hydrogenation of alkynes into alkenes or alkanes and CO hydrogenation to hydrocarbons.

Gamma-valerolactone is prepared from a levulinic acid ester in a continuous process where a stream of the levulinic acid ester together with a gaseous stream of a hydrogen-containing gas is contacted with a hydrogenation catalyst, where the levulinic acid ester is in the liquid phase, and where the hydrogenation catalyst is a solid particulate catalyst including at least one hydrogenating metal, supported on an oxide carrier.