Disclosed is a solid acid catalyst for preparing D-galactose and a preparation method thereof. The method includes: S1. synthesis of a skeleton carrier: S11. preparation of a sodium aluminate solution and an organic template solution; S12. mixing the sodium aluminate solution with the organic template solution, and thoroughly shaking a resulting mixture to obtain a mixed solution; S13. adding a zirconium source to the mixed solution obtained in S12, and thoroughly mixing; S14. subjecting a reaction system obtained in S13 to a hydrothermal reaction to obtain a mixed crystal ZrO.sub.2/Al.sub.2O.sub.3; and S15. rapidly heating the mixed crystal ZrO.sub.2/Al.sub.2O.sub.3 obtained in S14 until the organic template is completely ashed, and washing a resulting product with absolute ethanol to obtain a white solid ZrO.sub.2/Al.sub.2O.sub.3; and S2. soaking the skeleton carrier obtained in S1 in concentrated sulfuric acid such that sulfonyl is loaded on the skeleton carrier to obtain the target solid acid.

The present disclosure provides a solid catalyst composition for organic waste treatment, manufacturing method thereof and use thereof. With the solid catalyst composition comprising a catalyst liquid, an inorganic mineral carrier, a biochar carrier and an organic carrier, the maturing efficiency of the organics can be improved, and a high-quality organic fertilizer can be obtained.

An as-synthesized microporous material having a CHA structure and containing at least one organic structure directing agent that has the following general structure of the quaternary ammonium cation is disclosed:

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A microporous crystalline material made from the as-synthesized material is also disclosed. A method of making microporous crystalline material using one or more organic structure directing agents is also disclosed. A method of selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides in exhaust gas that comprises contacting exhaust gases, typically in the presence of ammonia, urea, an ammonia generating compound, or a hydrocarbon compound, with an article comprising the disclosed microporous crystalline is also disclosed.

An efficient photocatalyst nanocomposite comprising reduced graphene oxide, noble metal, and a metal oxide prepared by a one-step method that utilizes date seed extract as a reducing and nanoparticle determining size agent. The photocatalyst of the invention is a more effective sunlight photocatalyst than that prepared by traditional method in the photo decomposition of organic compounds in contaminated water.

The invention relates to a process for preparing a hydrocracking catalyst, comprising (i) contacting a shaped body comprising a zeolite and a binder with an aqueous solution of a hydrogenation metal compound which is a complex or a salt of a hydrogenation metal to deposit the hydrogenation metal onto the shaped body, wherein the aqueous solution comprises an ammonium salt and (ii) calcining the shaped body obtained by step (i).

This disclosure generally relates to an oxide composition basically composed of cerium and zirconium that has exceptional and stable porosity, surface area and lattice oxygen mobility. The oxide composition can contain one or more other rare earth oxides other than cerium oxide. For example, some compositions can contain one or more of lanthanum oxide, yttrium oxide and neodymium oxide. The oxide composition can be useful as a catalyst, catalyst support, sensor applications and combinations thereof.

A combustion system operated at low cost is provided. A combustion system 1 includes a combustion device 10 that burns fuel, an exhaust line L1 through which exhaust gas flows, the exhaust gas being generated through combustion of the fuel in the combustion device 10, an air preheater 30 that is disposed in the exhaust line L1 and that recovers heat from the exhaust gas, and a denitration device 40 that is disposed in the exhaust line L1 and that removes nitrogen oxide from the exhaust gas using a denitration catalyst. The denitration device 40 is disposed downstream from the air preheater 30 in the exhaust line L1, and the denitration catalyst contains 43 wt % or more of vanadium pentoxide and has a BET specific surface area of 30 m.sup.2/g or more.

A catalyst pellet has the shape of a column and has a cross-section having the shape of an ellipse in a direction perpendicular to an axis.

Described herein is a plurality of acicular particles dispersed with ionomer binder for use in an electrolyzer. The acicular particles comprise a microstructured core with a layer of catalytic material on at least one portion of the surface of the microstructured core. The catalytic material comprises iridium and the microstructured core comprises at least one of a polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon and heterocyclic compounds. The acicular particles are substantially free of platinum.

An object of the present invention is to provide a photocatalytic electrode for water splitting and a water splitting device excellent in the onset potential. The water splitting device of the present invention is a water splitting device which generates gases from a photocatalytic electrode for hydrogen generation and a photocatalytic electrode for oxygen generation by irradiating the photocatalytic electrode for hydrogen generation and the photocatalytic electrode for oxygen generation with light, and includes a bath to be filled with an electrolytic aqueous solution and the photocatalytic electrode for hydrogen generation and the photocatalytic electrode for oxygen generation each disposed in the bath. The photocatalytic electrode for hydrogen generation has a p-type semiconductor layer, an n-type semiconductor layer provided on the p-type semiconductor layer, and a co-catalyst provided on the n-type semiconductor layer. The p-type semiconductor layer is a semiconductor layer containing a CIGS compound semiconductor containing Cu, In, Ga, and Se, and a molar ratio of Ga to a total molar amount of Ga and In in the CIGS compound semiconductor is 0.4 to 0.8.