The invention discloses a visible light responsive titanium dioxide nanowire/metal organic skeleton/carbon nanofiber membrane and preparation method and application thereof. A CNF (Carbon Nano Fiber)/TiO.sub.2 nano-wire/MIL-100 (represented as CTWM) membrane material is prepared and an MIL-100 material is used for adsorbing waste gas to enhance the photocatalytic effect of titanium dioxide on the membrane material; a CNF/TiO.sub.2/MIL-100 membrane catalyst sufficiently utilizes the adsorption capability of MIL-100 on the waste gas, the photocatalytic degradation performance of the TiO.sub.2 and high electrical conductivity of CNF to effectively prolong the service life of photoelectrons and promote the photocatalytic activity of the photoelectrons.

A catalyst system for propane dehydrogenation includes a hollow fiber members packed with a Pt.sub.1Sn.sub.1/SiO.sub.2 catalyst. The hollow fiber membrane includes a separation layer coated on an interior surface of a support tube. The separation layer selectively removes H.sub.2 generated during the propane dehydrogenation reaction.

The invention provides a metal fiber felt including a woven or nonwoven mixture of fibers including a first plurality of core/shell catalytic metal fibers and an optional second plurality of reinforcing fibers, wherein the catalytic metal fibers include a core including a first metal and a shell including a catalytic metal, the catalytic metal being a noble metal, a base metal, or a combination thereof, and wherein the average diameter of the reinforcing fibers, when present, is greater than the average diameter of the catalytic metal fibers. The metal fiber felt is useful in catalytic articles for use in the abatement of pollutants in exhaust gas streams from internal combustion engines and other environmental and/or chemical catalytic processes.

A dual function composite oxygen transport membrane having a layered structure of mixed conducting oxygen transport materials on a first side of a porous substrate and a reforming catalyst layer on an opposing second side of the porous substrate. The layered structure of the mixed conducting oxygen transport materials contains an intermediate porous layer of mixed conducting oxygen transport materials formed on the porous substrate with a dense impervious layer of mixed conducting oxygen transport materials over the intermediate porous layer, and an optional surface exchange layer of mixed conducting oxygen transport materials over the dense impervious layer. The layered structure and the reforming catalyst layer are formed in separate steps.

A long life catalyst is provided that is conveniently and inexpensively capable of being produced and that is highly active and has inhibited metal leakage. According to aspects of the present invention, a catalyst is provided that includes: a polymer including a plurality of first structural units and a plurality of second structural units; and metal acting as a catalytic center, wherein at least part of the metal is covered with the polymer, each of the plurality of first structural units has a first atom constituting a main chain of the polymer and a first substituent group bonded to the first atom, a second atom included in each of the plurality of second structural units is bonded to the first atom, and the second atom is different from the first atom, or at least one of all substituent groups on the second atom is different from the first substituent group.

The present invention provides a method for generating hydroxyl radicals and removing organic pollutants in water by utilizing an organic membrane. The inventive method generates hydroxyl radicals by adopting a nitrocellulose membrane as a photocatalytic material, placing the nitrocellulose membrane in water, illuminating with the sun or a sunlamp having a wavelength above 280 nm as a light source, and causing the nitrocellulose membrane to undergo a photochemical reaction at the membrane surface, and the generation rate of hydroxyl radicals can be achieved by adjusting the surface area of the membrane and a light intensity. The generated hydroxyl radicals can remove phenol, bisphenol A, thiamphenicol and other typical organic pollutants in water very well. Such method for generating hydroxyl radicals is simple, economical and efficient, and does not need to introduce any hydroxyl radicals precursor into the aqueous solution; and hydroxyl radical are generated on the surface of a solid phase membrane, bring no secondary pollution, and can be applied to sewage treatment and other fields.

Hybrid polymer-inorganic nanocolloids and methods of making them are described.

Oxidative dehydrogenation of paraffins to olefins provides a lower energy route to produce olefins. Oxidative dehydrogenation processes may be integrated with a number of processes in a chemical plant such as polymerization processes, manufacture of glycols, and carboxylic acids and esters. Additionally, oxidative dehydrogenation processes can be integrated with the back end separation process of a conventional steam cracker to increase capacity at reduced cost.

A layered emission control device for an engine system is provided, including a plurality of catalytic layers, the catalytic layers optionally or additionally comprising sublayers, each sublayer having a distinct composition. Advantages of such a device include providing increased treatment rates of one or more engine exhaust gas species over a wide range of engine exhaust operating conditions, while reducing exhaust emissions, and reducing a size of the emissions control system.

The present invention is a structure, method of making and method of use for a novel macroscopic hierarchically structured, nitrogen-doped, nano-porous carbon membrane (HNDCMs) with asymmetric and hierarchical pore architecture that can be produced on a large-scale approach. The unique HNDCM holds great promise as components in separation and advanced carbon devices because they could offer unconventional fluidic transport phenomena on the nanoscale. Overall, the invention set forth herein covers a hierarchically structured, nitrogen-doped carbon membranes and methods of making and using such a membranes.