The present invention relates to a ternary catalyst for carbon dioxide reduction, the catalyst including Au and Cu, and further including In or Mo, wherein the content of In or Mo is 0.1 at % to 3 at %.

A hydrocarbon conversion catalyst composition which comprises ZSM-48 and/or EU-2 zeolite particles and refractory oxide binder essentially free of alumina in which the average aluminium concentration of the ZSM-48 and/or EU-2 zeolite particles is at least 1.3 times the aluminium concentration at the surface of the particles, processes for preparing such catalyst compositions and processes for converting hydrocarbon feedstock with the help of such compositions.

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.

Described are catalytic articles comprising a substrate having a washcoat on the substrate, the washcoat containing a catalytic component having a first average (D50) particle size and a functional binder component having a second average (D50) particle size in the range of about 10 nm to about 1000 nm, wherein the ratio of the first average (D50) particle size to the second average (D50) particle size is greater than about 10:1. The catalytic articles are useful in methods and systems to purify exhaust gas streams from an engine.

An exhaust gas-purifying three-way catalyst containing: (i) base material particles of a Nd-solid dissolved zirconia-based complex oxide comprising Nd and Zr as constituent metal elements in the following mass proportions: TABLE-US-00001 ZrO.sub.2 50 to 75% by mass; and Nd.sub.2O.sub.3 25 to 50% by mass, in terms of oxides; and (ii) Pd catalyst particles supported on the base material particles, wherein the Nd-solid dissolved zirconia-based complex oxide further contains at least one or more rare earth elements selected from the group consisting of yttrium, scandium, lanthanum, and praseodymium, as a constituent metal element, in an amount of a total of more than 0% by mass to 20% by mass or less in terms of an oxide.

Disclosed is a reactive filter, that is a selective catalytic reduction filter or an oxidative reaction filter, including a porous substrate including internal pores having their inner surface, totally or partially, directly coated with a catalytic zeolite material resulting from an in situ hydrothermal synthesis. Also disclosed is a process for preparing such a reactive filter and the use thereof in an engine exhaust depolluting system.

The supporter material for catalyst includes a main body alumina and a rod-shaped alumina. The main body alumina is provided with micron-sized pore channels, at least part of the rod-shaped alumina is distributed on the exterior surface of the main body alumina and/or in the micron-sized pore channels with a pore diameter D within a range of 3-10 m; the rod-shaped alumina has a length of 1-12 m and a diameter of 80-300 nm. The alumina supporter material is used as a residual oil hydrogenation catalyst supporter to facilitate a long period operation of the residual oil hydrogenation, and has high demetalization rate, desulfurization rate and denitrification rate.

The present invention relates to a catalyst for producing olefins from dehydrogenation of alkane having 2 to 5 carbon atoms and a method for producing olefins using said catalyst, wherein said catalyst comprises a hierarchical zeolite nanosheet having a silica to alumina(SiO.sub.2/AI.sub.2O.sub.3) ratio more than 120 and group X metal(s) in a range of 0.3 to 5% by weight. The catalyst according to the conversion of precursor to yields and high olefins selectivity.

The present invention relates to a catalyst for hydrogenation of an aromatic compound, which is capable of greatly reducing the inactivation of a catalyst by using a support including a magnesium-based spinel structure, and a preparation method therefor.

Methods and apparatuses capable of enabling carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to be grown from a structured catalyst to produce zero-chirality strands (fibers), as well as methods for manufacturing catalytic membranes capable of use in such methods and apparatuses and structures produced with such methods, apparatuses, and membranes. Such a method includes forming interlinked cyclic graphene hexagons at a growth site on a permeable catalyst layer disposed on a porous support. The growth site is located over a pore in the porous support. A strand of zero-chiral carbon nanotube is continuously grown from the dome by providing a hydrocarbon feed at a positive pressure through the porous support and the permeable catalyst layer toward the growth site.