Abstract: A method for producing a ceramic cathode layer on an electrically conductive substrate includes applying a coating to the electrically conductive substrate, the coating being in a form of a suspension including at least one suspending agent and at least one ceramic material. The method further includes heating the coating in a reducing atmosphere such that the ceramic material is completely or in part reduced to a fusible reaction product, heating the coating in a reducing atmosphere to temperatures above the melting point of the reaction product so as to form a melt, densifying or sintering the coating in a reducing atmosphere at temperatures that are 100° C. greater than a melting temperature of the reaction product, and reoxidizing the densified or sintered coating in an oxidizing atmosphere in a temperature range of between 400° C. and 1,200° C.

Abstract: A method for producing a ceramic cathode layer on an electrically conductive substrate includes applying a coating to the electrically conductive substrate, the coating being in a form of a suspension including at least one suspending agent and at least one ceramic material. The method further includes heating the coating in a reducing atmosphere such that the ceramic material is completely or in part reduced to a fusible reaction product, heating the coating in a reducing atmosphere to temperatures above the melting point of the reaction product so as to form a melt, densifying or sintering the coating in a reducing atmosphere at temperatures that are 100° C. greater than a melting temperature of the reaction product, and reoxidizing the densified or sintered coating in an oxidizing atmosphere in a temperature range of between 400° C. and 1,200° C.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the, (in particular continuous), oxidation of particulates from the exhaust gases of diesel motors. Said device consists of an open-pored body as a particle filter, on whose surface an oxidation catalyst is finely dispersed. The device is characterized in that from an exhaust gas temperature as low as 150° C., the catalyst causes the oxidation of particulates attached to the filter using the residual oxygen of the exhaust gas, thus keeping the filter body continuously free of particulates during almost all the operating conditions of the motor.

Abstract: In an electrically heated catalytic converter including a heater consisting of a structure having an open porosity so as to permit fluid to flow therethrough, a heterogeneous catalyst is disposed within the heater structure. The heater structure, which includes the catalyst, is capable of accommodating sufficient electrical energy to provide the activation energy required for a particular catalytic reaction to be performed by the catalytic converter.