A Fischer-Tropsch catalyst includes a substantially homogeneous blend of cobalt and alumina, wherein the catalyst includes a pore volume (PV) ranging from 0.3 cc/g to 0.5 cc/g and an average pore diameter (PD) ranging from 18 nm to 30 nm. Methods of preparing the Fischer-Tropsch catalyst are also included in the present disclosure.

A Fischer-Tropsch catalyst includes a substantially homogeneous blend of cobalt and alumina, wherein the catalyst includes a pore volume (PV) ranging from 0.3 cc/g to 0.5 cc/g and an average pore diameter (PD) ranging from 18 nm to 30 nm. Methods of preparing the Fischer-Tropsch catalyst are also included in the present disclosure.

The present disclosure relates to a naphtha reforming process for obtaining reformed naphtha comprising contacting naphtha with a catalyst, the catalyst comprising a chloride free zeolite coated alumina support impregnated with 0.01 wt % to 0.5 wt % active metal and 0.01 wt % to 0.5 wt % promoter metal, wherein the thickness of the zeolite coating on the alumina support ranges from 100 m to 200 m, which results in formation of reformed products of naphtha and ethylbenzene formed in-situ.

The present invention relates to a catalytic composition comprising a noble metal on an acidic tungsten-containing mixed oxide, a method for producing the catalytic composition and the use of the catalytic composition as oxidation catalyst. The invention further relates to a catalyst shaped body, which has the catalytic composition on a support, a washcoat containing the catalytic composition according to the invention and the use of the washcoat to produce a coated catalyst shaped body.

A NOx trap comprises components comprising at least one platinum group metal, at least one NOx storage material and bulk ceria or a bulk cerium-containing mixed oxide deposited uniformly in a first layer on a honeycombed substrate monolith, the components in the first layer having a first, upstream, zone having increased activity relative to a second, downstream zone for oxidising hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide, and a second, downstream, zone having increased activity to generate heat during a desulphation event, relative to the first zone, wherein the second zone comprises a dispersion of rare earth oxide, wherein the rare earth oxide loading in the second zone is greater than the loading in the first zone. An exhaust system for a lean burn internal combustion engine, a vehicle comprising a lean burn internal combustion engine and the exhaust system and methods of making the NOx trap are also disclosed.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a catalyst for exhaust gas purification, which is capable of effectively processing an exhaust gas, particularly carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrocarbon (HC) in the exhaust gas at a low temperature, and a method for producing the catalyst for exhaust gas purification. The purpose is achieved by a catalyst for exhaust gas purification, which is obtained by having a carrier that contains Al.sub.2O.sub.3 and one or more metal oxides selected from the group consisting of zirconium oxide (ZrO.sub.2), cerium oxide (CeO.sub.2), yttrium oxide (Y.sub.2O.sub.3), neodymium oxide (Nd.sub.2O.sub.3), silicon oxide (SiO.sub.2) and titanium oxide (TiO.sub.2) support one or more catalyst components selected from the group consisting of gold (Au), silver (Ag), platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd), rhodium (Rh), iridium (Ir), ruthenium (Ru) and osmium (Os). The metal oxides have particle diameters of less than 10 nm.

The present invention relates to a mesoporous cobalt-metal oxide catalyst for the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and a method of preparing the same. The mesoporous cobalt-metal oxide catalyst for the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis of the present invention can very stably maintain the mesoporous structure even under a H.sub.2-rich high-temperature reduction condition and under a reaction condition of the low-temperature Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, easily transport reactants to the active site of the catalyst due to structural stability, and facilitate the release of heavier hydrocarbon products after production thereof. Additionally, unlike the conventional cobalt-based catalysts which are prepared by adding various co-catalysts for the purpose of improving reducibility, activity, selectivity and increasing thermal stability, etc., the mesoporous cobalt-metal oxide catalyst for the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis can constantly maintain conversion and selectivity at high levels without further requiring co-catalysts and thus it can be very effectively used for the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis.

Visible-light-active and photostable, multilayered materials and their preparation method based on surface-modified titanium(IV) oxide have been invented.

The present invention relates to the field of catalytic cracking, and discloses a catalyst with regular structure capable of simultaneously reducing the emission of SOx and NOx and a preparation method thereof, and a method for simultaneously reducing both SOx and NOx from flue gas, the catalyst comprises a support with regular structure and an active component coating distributed on the inner surface and/or the outer surface of the support with regular structure, the active metal component contains: 1) as oxide, 50-95 wt % of metal component(s) selected from Group rare earth and/or Group IIA; 2) as oxide, 5-50 wt % of non-precious metal component(s) selected from Groups VB, VIIB, VIII, IB, and IIB; 3) as element, 0.01-2 wt % of precious metal component. Using the catalyst provided by the invention can reduce the total amount of added active components and enhance the emission reduction effect of the additive.

Tantalum nitride and specifically a novel Ta.sub.3N.sub.5 nanoparticles, such as single crystalline Ta.sub.3N.sub.5 nanoparticles, are disclosed. The nanoparticles used with a co-catalyst is further disclosed. The present invention also relates to Ta.sub.3N.sub.5 nanoparticles modified with a metal oxide, such as a CoO.sub.xcocatalyst, wherein O.sub.x represents an oxide that is part of the cobalt oxide. A catalyst, such as for water oxidation to produce O.sub.2, is disclosed. The nanoparticles can further be modified to include a water reducing catalyst. A water splitting catalyst is further disclosed. Methods of making the nanoparticles and catalyst are also disclosed. Methods to split water utilizing the catalyst are further described.