A method for the preparation of zirconia-multi-walled carbon nanotube nanocomposite utilizing Pluronics as templating agents is described. An efficient method for producing hydrogen gas using the nanocomposite as a photocatalyst.

The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a first oxide having a phosphate, a ratio of Brnsted acid sites to Lewis acid sites between 0.05 and 1.00, and a total acidity between 50 mol/g and 300 mol/g, where the phosphate is at least one of a functional group covalently bonded to the first oxide and/or an anion ionically bonded to the first oxide.

The Invention describes photocatalytic reactor systems that employ fluidization of the photocatalyst. These systems are useful for performing chemical transformations on a chemical containing fluid, including for VOCs. Aspects of the invention include non-imaging optics, abrasion resistant coatings and photoreactor designs.

Methods of preparing Pt/SrTiO.sub.3 photocatalysts comprising strontium titanate nanoparticles and platinum doped on a surface of the strontium titanate nanoparticles are described. Processes of oxidizing cycloalkanes to cycloalkanols and/or cycloalkanones by employing the Pt/SrTiO.sub.3 photocatalysts are specified. A method for recycling the photocatalyst is also provided.

A catalyst, methods of making, and process of dehydrogenating paraffins utilizing the catalyst. The catalyst includes at least 20 mass % Zn, a catalyst support and a catalyst stabilizer. The catalyst is further characterizable by physical properties such as activity parameter measured under specified conditions. The catalyst may also be disposed on a porous support in an attrition-resistant form and used in a fluidized bed reactor.

A method for the preparation of zirconia-multi-walled carbon nanotube nanocomposite utilizing Pluronics as templating agents is described. An efficient method for producing hydrogen gas using the nanocomposite as a photocatalyst.

The present invention provides a catalyst composition comprising different metal oxides wherein the catalyst composition comprising Ce, Cr and Ni oxides and a process for preparation thereof. The catalyst composition is used for different reforming techniques for the production of syn gas (CO+H.sub.2) at the same time this material can be used in fuel cell as a anode for power generation as this synthesized material is having good thermal stability and can sustain various redox reaction cycles also.

A method for purifying a gas inside a polymer film production furnace with the use of the purification catalyst is provided. A purification catalyst for a gas inside a polymer film production furnace, contains a mixed oxide composed of a manganese-based oxide containing manganese and potassium and having a cryptomelane structure, and copper oxide. A method for purifying a gas inside a polymer film production furnace, includes a step 1 of bringing hot air containing volatile and/or sublimable organic substances, generated during production of a polymer film by the polymer film production furnace, into contact with the catalyst provided inside or outside the furnace, at a temperature in the range of 200 to 350 C. to decompose the organic substances oxidatively, and a step 2 of refluxing all or a part of a resultant decomposition gas to the polymer film production furnace.

Provided is, for example, an exhaust gas-purifying three-way catalyst which is suppressed in particle growth due to sintering of a catalytically active component on a carrier in exposure to a high temperature and thus is enhanced in purification performance, and a method for producing the same, as well as an integral structure type exhaust gas-purifying catalyst using the same.

The exhaust gas-purifying three-way catalyst of the present invention includes a composite particle which contains a base material particle having a pore size of 100 to 650 nm as measured by a mercury intrusion method and a catalytically active particle of a platinum group element supported on the base material particle, in which a content proportion of the catalytically active particle is 0.001 to 30% by mass in total in terms of metal of the platinum group element, based on a total amount of the composite particle.

Novel catalysts comprising nickel oxide nanoparticles supported on alumina nanoparticles, methods of their manufacture, heavy oil compositions contacted by these nanocatalysts and methods of their use are disclosed. The novel nanocatalysts are useful, inter alia, in the upgrading of heavy oil fractions or as aids in oil recovery from well reservoirs or downstream processing.