Methods and systems are provided for an emissions aftertreatment device. In one example, the emissions aftertreatment device may include a catalyst and a high entropy oxygen storage material formed of at least five metal oxides in equal molar proportions. The at least five metal oxides includes one or more rare earth metals as well as other metals with similar chemical properties as the rare earth metals.

Both a system and a method for scrubbing a contaminated gas stream with a glycerol solution are disclosed. The system includes a contaminated gas stream in need of purification, along with a column which receives the contaminated gas stream. A glycerol solution is also received by the column and is used to scrub the contaminated gas stream in the column. The glycerol solution is used to reduce at least three contaminants from the gas stream, and includes greater than 50% glycerol and less than 98% glycerol. In one embodiment, the glycerol solution includes between 0.5% to 10% salts, wherein the salts are sodium based, potassium based or a combination thereof. The salts act catalytically to convert glycerol and carbon dioxide to glycerol carbonate.

An exhaust gas after-treatment system for an internal combustion engine, with a particle filter arranged downstream of an internal combustion engine for filtering soot out of the exhaust gas, and with an oxidation catalytic converter arranged upstream of the particle filter and downstream of the internal combustion engine for the oxidation of SO.sub.2 into SO.sub.3. The SO.sub.3 and/or precipitated H2SO.sub.4 serves for the oxidation of soot in the particle filter and thus for the regeneration of the particle filter.

Methods and systems are provided for an emissions aftertreatment device. In one example, the emissions aftertreatment device may include a catalyst and a high entropy oxygen storage material formed of at least five metal oxides in equal molar proportions. The at least five metal oxides includes one or more rare earth metals as well as other metals with similar chemical properties as the rare earth metals.