The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for manufacturing a core-shell catalyst, and more particularly, to a method and an apparatus for manufacturing a core-shell catalyst, in which a particle in the form of a core-shell in which the metal nanoparticle is coated with platinum is manufactured by substituting copper and platinum through a method of manufacturing a metal nanoparticle by emitting a laser beam to a metal ingot, and providing a particular electric potential value, and as a result, it is possible to continuously produce nanoscale uniform core-shell catalysts in large quantities.

Composites of mixed metal oxides for an exhaust gas purifying catalyst comprise the following co-precipitated materials by weight of the composite: zirconia in an amount in the range of 55-99%; titania in an amount in the range of 1-25%; a promoter and/or a stabilizer in an amount in the range of 0-20%. These composites are effective as supports for platinum group metals (PGMs), in particular rhodium.

A process for the preparation of a zeolitic material having a FAU-type framework structure comprising YO.sub.2 and X.sub.2O.sub.3, comprising: (a) preparing a mixture comprising one or more sources of YO.sub.2, one or more sources of X.sub.2O.sub.3, and one or more structure directing agents (SDA); (b) crystallizing the zeolitic material from the mixture obtained in (a); wherein Y is a tetravalent element and X is a bivalent element, and wherein the one or more structure directing agents comprise one or more isomers of diaminomethylcyclohexane. A zeolitic material having an FAU-type framework structure obtained according to the inventive process; processes for preparing a coated substrate and a shaped body, respectively, from the zeolitic material having a FAU-type framework structure obtained according to the inventive process and, a method for selectively reducing nitrogen oxides NOx employing said zeolitic material.

Provided are a method of synthesizing molybdenum dioxide (MoO.sub.2) directly onto a metal substrate to form a coating on the surface of the substrate, products having a coated metal surface produced by the disclosed method, and their uses to decontaminate water and/or air. The coated metal surface disclosed herein also may be used as a structural component of a Li-ion battery, a supercapacitor, or a sensor for detecting a molecule.

An exhaust gas purification device has a metal substrate and a catalyst layer on the metal substrate, wherein the metal substrate is a wound body of one or a plurality of metal foils, at least one of the one or a plurality of metal foils is a perforated metal foil having holes, the catalyst layer contains noble metal catalyst particles and a carrier for carrying the noble metal catalyst particles, and more noble metal catalyst particles are present in the catalyst layer on side surfaces of holes, which face an upstream side of an exhaust gas flow, than in the catalyst layer on side surfaces of holes, which face a downstream side of the exhaust gas flow.

The present disclosure provides the exhaust gas purification catalyst capable of efficiently converting HC in the upstream region relative to the exhaust gas flow direction in the exhaust gas purification catalyst and capable of efficiently converting NOx in the downstream region relative to the exhaust gas flow direction in the exhaust gas purification catalyst while maintaining the good warming-up performance. The present disclosure relates to an exhaust gas purification catalyst including a monolith substrate formed by a catalyst carrier and a catalyst coat layer coated on the monolith substrate, in which the monolith substrate contains Pd, the catalyst coat layer includes a downstream coat layer, the downstream coat layer contains Rh, a density of the downstream coat layer is in a specific range, the exhaust gas purification catalyst has an upstream region (upstream portion) relative to an exhaust gas flow direction and a downstream region (downstream portion) excluding the upstream region and the upstream portion has a Pd concentration higher than a Pd concentration in the downstream portion.

Disclosed is a honeycomb catalyst substrate core having geometrically non-linear flow channels. In an embodiment, the honeycomb catalyst substrate core includes helical flow channels. In another embodiment, the honeycomb catalyst substrate core includes sinusoidal flow channels. In yet another embodiment, the honeycomb catalyst substrate core includes helical plus sinusoidal flow channels. The honeycomb catalyst substrate core comprises a plurality of parallel non-linear flow channels formed along a longitudinal axis of symmetry of the catalyst substrate core, each non-linear flow channel configured such that eddies occurs during engine exhaust gas flow. Also disclosed is a method for manufacturing a ceramic honeycomb having non-linear flow channels, comprising the steps extrusion soft ceramic material through a die whilst the die moves through six degrees of freedom along its axis of symmetry. Disclosure includes a method for manufacturing a ceramic honeycomb having non-linear flow channels using three-dimensional printing.

The invention aims to provide a copper mesh coated with manganese molybdate and application thereof in the separation of oil-water emulsion and degradation of organic pollutants in water. A large amount of nano-scale manganese molybdates are grown on the surface of a copper mesh through a two-step hydrothermal method. Thereby, a multifunctional composite material is prepared, which can effectively separate oil-water emulsion and degrade organic pollutants in water. The copper mesh has good recyclability. Most of all, the product is suitable for industrial production to achieve the purpose of treating water pollution.

The invention relates to a method of preparing titanium dioxide-coated nanostars. Titanium precursors are hydrolyzed into crystalline TiO.sub.2 polymorphs at low temperatures, allowing the delicate morphology of the nanostars to be preserved while maintaining their desirable photocatalytic properties.

A catalyst article for treating a flow of a combustion exhaust gas comprises: a catalytically active substrate comprising one or more channels extending along an axial length thereof through which, in use, a combustion exhaust gas flows, the one or more channels having a first surface for contacting a flow of combustion exhaust gas; wherein the substrate is formed of an extruded vanadium-containing SCR catalyst material, wherein a first layer is provided on at least a portion of said first surface, wherein the first layer comprises an ammonia slip catalyst composition comprising one or more platinum group metals supported on titania, a silica-titania mixed oxide, a CeZr mixed oxide, or a mixture thereof, and a second layer is provided on at least a portion of the first layer and comprises an SCR catalyst composition.