Abstract: Provided is a production method of an electrode catalyst that can reduce the content of chlorine species reliably and sufficiently through a simple operation, even when using an electrode catalyst precursor containing a high concentration of chlorine (Cl) species as a raw material of the electrode catalyst. The production method of the electrode catalyst has a core-shell structure including a core part formed on a support and a shell part formed to cover at least a part of a surface of the core part.

Abstract: Provided is a production method of an electrode catalyst that can reduce the content of chlorine species reliably and sufficiently through a simple operation, even when using an electrode catalyst precursor containing a high concentration of chlorine (Cl) species as a raw material of the electrode catalyst. The production method of the electrode catalyst has a core-shell structure including a core part formed on a support and a shell part formed to cover at least a part of a surface of the core part.

Abstract: Provided is an electrode catalyst that can exhibit sufficient performance, is suitable for mass production, and is suitable for reducing production costs, even when containing a relatively high concentration of chlorine. The electrode catalyst has a core-shell structure including a support; a core part that is formed on the support; and a shell part that is formed so as to cover at least one portion of the surface of the core part. A concentration of bromine (Br) species of the electrode catalyst as measured by X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy is 500 ppm or less, and a concentration of chlorine (Cl) species of the electrode catalyst as measured by X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy is 8,500 ppm or less.

Abstract: Provided is an electrode catalyst that can exhibit sufficient performance, is suitable for mass production, and is suitable for reducing production costs, even when containing a relatively high concentration of chlorine. The electrode catalyst has a core-shell structure including a support; a core part that is formed on the support; and a shell part that is formed so as to cover at least one portion of the surface of the core part. The electrode catalyst concurrently fulfills conditions expressed by the following formulae (1) and (2): (X1/M)?1.2 . . . (1) (X2/M)?47.0 . . . (2) (in the formula (1) and the formula (2), M represents an amount of substance (number of atoms) of one or more constituent metal elements of the shell part, X1 represents an amount of substance (number of atoms) of bromine (Br), and X2 represents an amount of substance (number of atoms) of chlorine (Cl)).

Abstract: Provided is an electrode catalyst production method capable of obtaining, through an easy operation, an electrode catalyst whose chlorine (Cl) species content has been reliably and sufficiently reduced, even when using as an electrode catalyst raw material an electrode catalyst precursor containing a high concentration of chlorine. The method is to produce an electrode catalyst having a core-shell structure including a support, a core part formed on the support and a shell part formed to cover at least a part of a surface of the core part.

Abstract: Provided are an oxidation catalyst for exhaust gas purification that removes toxic materials from exhaust gas emitted from a diesel engine, a catalyst structure for exhaust gas purification that contains the catalyst, and a method for purifying exhaust gas that uses the catalyst structure and can efficiently remove toxic materials from exhaust gas at low temperatures. The oxidation catalyst for exhaust gas purification contains either or both of titania (A) and a zeolite component (B) as a carrier; and a noble metal component (C) supported on the carrier. The zeolite component (B) contains a H-Beta type zeolite in a quantity of not less than 90% by weight relative to the total quantity of the zeolite component (B). The content of each component in the whole catalyst is 55 to 75% by weight for the titania (A), 15 to 25% by weight for the zeolite component (B), and 0.05 to 4% by weight for the noble metal component (C).

Abstract: An exhaust gas purification catalyst composition and a catalyst for exhaust gas purification for automobile, superior in purification performance of a carbon monoxide (CO), a hydrocarbon (HC) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) in exhaust gas discharged from an internal combustion engine of a gasoline vehicle or the like. The exhaust gas purification catalyst composition for purifying a carbon monoxide (CO), a hydrocarbon (HC) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) in automobile exhaust gas, includes a catalyst composition where a rhodium particle (A) is supported on alumina (C) together with a neodymium oxide particle (B), or the like. The neodymium oxide particle (B) having an average particle diameter of 100 nm or smaller, exists at the neighborhood of the rhodium particle (A), as a transfer inhibiting material.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a catalyst composition for exhaust gas purification, which is superior in purification performance for nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrocarbons (HC) in exhaust gas to be discharged from an internal combustion engine of a gasoline vehicle or the like; and an catalyst for exhaust gas purification for automobiles. The present invention is a catalyst composition for exhaust gas purification for purifying nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, and hydrocarbons in exhaust gas, which includes a catalyst composition wherein rhodium is supported, together with an ?-alumina particle, on a zirconia-type base material, characterized in that average particle size of the ?-alumina particle is 10 nm to 1 ?m, and also is smaller than average particle size of the zirconia (ZrO2)-type base material.

Abstract: Described is a selective catalytic reduction catalyst comprising an iron-promoted 8-ring small pore molecular sieve. Systems and methods for using these iron-promoted 8-ring small molecular sieves as catalysts in a variety of processes such as abating pollutants in exhaust gases and conversion processes are also described.

Abstract: A urea hydrolysis catalyst and a selective reduction catalyst containing a urea hydrolysis material which have an excellent hydrolysis ability of urea-water solution to NH3 and can exhibit the ability at low temperatures upon removal of nitrogen oxide (NOx) from exhaust gas emitted from lean-burn engines such as boilers, gas turbines, lean-burn gasoline engines and diesel engines. A urea hydrolysis catalyst including a monolithic carrier coated with a urea hydrolysis material as one or more catalytic layers, wherein the urea hydrolysis material includes a titania-containing inorganic oxide having an activation energy of urea hydrolysis reaction of 120 kJ/mol or less.

Abstract: Described are compositions and catalytic articles comprising a copper-promoted 8-ring small pore molecular sieve and an iron-promoted 8-ring small pore molecular sieve. The catalytic articles are useful in methods and systems to catalyze the reduction of nitrogen oxides in the presence of a reductant.

Abstract: Provided is: an oxidation catalyst having excellent ability to combust diesel fuel intermittently sprayed from a nozzle disposed in an exhaust pipe, the oxidation catalyst being incorporated into an exhaust gas purification device having a diesel particulate filter (DPF) or a catalyst soot filter (CSF) for collecting particulate matter from a diesel engine; and an exhaust gas purification device that uses the oxidation catalyst. An oxidation catalyst for exhaust gas purification in which a precious metal component is carried on an inorganic matrix, wherein the inorganic matrix is one or more inorganic oxides selected from the group consisting of alumina, titania, zirconia, silica, and silica-alumina, the oxidation catalyst being characterized in the use of a material in which the activation energy of diesel fuel combustion performance is 72 kJ/mol or less.

Abstract: Disclosed is a catalyst, preferably for use in selective catalytic reduction (SCR), said catalyst comprising one or more zeolites of the MFI structure type, and one or more zeolites of the BEA structure type, wherein at least part of the one or more zeolites of the MFI structure type and at least part of the one or more zeolites of the BEA structure type respectively contain iron (Fe). Furthermore, an exhaust gas treatment system is described, comprising said catalyst as well as a process for the treatment of a gas stream comprising NOx using said catalyst as well.

Abstract: The invention discloses a catalyst for purifying exhaust gas apparatus having a Three-way Catalyst (TWC) superior in purification performance of, particularly, NOx, among carbon monoxide (CO), hydrocarbons (HC), and nitrogen oxides (NOx), in exhaust gas discharged from a gasoline automobile. It is provided by a catalyst for purifying exhaust gas containing a Rhodium (Rh)-loaded porous inorganic oxide and barium sulfate (BaSO4), with loaded or not-loaded onto alumina. At least a part of Rh is present independently from Ba inside a catalyst layer, and Rh—Ba deviation rate determined from EPMA analysis is 10% to 80%. It is preferable that loaded amount of Rhodium is 0.05 g/L to 2.0 g/L, and amount of barium sulfate is 0.5 g/L to 25 g/L and 0.5 g/L to 15 g/L, in the case of being loaded or not-loaded onto alumina, respectively.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a catalyst composition for exhaust gas purification, which is superior in purification performance for nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrocarbons (HC) in exhaust gas to be discharged from an internal combustion engine of a gasoline vehicle or the like; and an catalyst for exhaust gas purification for automobiles. The present invention is a catalyst composition for exhaust gas purification for purifying nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, and hydrocarbons in exhaust gas, which includes a catalyst composition wherein rhodium is supported, together with an ?-alumina particle, on a zirconia-type base material, characterized in that average particle size of the ?-alumina particle is 10 nm to 1 ?m, and also is smaller than average particle size of the zirconia (ZrO2)-type base material.

Abstract: Described is a selective catalytic reduction catalyst comprising an iron-promoted 8-ring small pore molecular sieve. Systems and methods for using these iron-promoted 8-ring small molecular sieves as catalysts in a variety of processes such as abating pollutants in exhaust gases and conversion processes are also described.

Abstract: An ammonia oxidation catalyst being superior in heat resistance and capable of suppressing by-production of N2O or NOx. The ammonia oxidation catalyst is made by coating at least two catalyst layers having a catalyst layer (lower layer) including a catalyst supported a noble metal on an inorganic base material including any of a composite oxide (A) having at least titania and silica as main components, alumina, and a composite oxide (B) consisting of alumina and silica; and a catalyst layer (upper layer) including a composite oxide (C) consisting of at least silica, tungsten oxide, ceria and zirconia, at the surface of an integral structure-type substrate, wherein a composition of the composite oxide (C) is silica: 20% by weight or less, tungsten oxide: 1 to 50% by weight, ceria: 1 to 60% by weight, and zirconia: 30 to 90% by weight.

Abstract: An exhaust gas purification catalyst apparatus, which is superior in oxidation performance of, in particular, nitrogen monoxide, among hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides and particulate components such as soot, included in exhaust gas from a lean burn engine, and combustion performance of light oil. The exhaust gas purification apparatus arranged with an oxidation catalyst (DOC) comprising a noble metal component for oxidizing carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, in particular, nitrogen monoxide among nitrogen oxides, and for combusting light oil, a catalyzed soot filter (CSF) including a noble metal component for collecting a particulate component such as soot and removing by combustion (oxidation). The oxidation catalyst (DOC) has a catalyst layer where platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd) and barium oxide (BaO) are supported on alumina (Al2O3) having a pore size of 12 to 120 nm, and ratio of platinum and palladium is 1:1 to 11:2 in weight equivalent.

Abstract: Described is a selective catalytic reduction catalyst comprising an 8-ring small pore molecular sieve promoted with copper and an alkaline earth component. The catalyst is effective to catalyze the reduction of nitrogen oxides (NOx) in the presence of a reductant. A method for selectively reducing nitrogen oxides is also described.

Abstract: The invention discloses a catalyst for purifying exhaust gas apparatus having a Three-way Catalyst (TWC) superior in purification performance of, particularly, NOx, among carbon monoxide (CO), hydrocarbons (HC), and nitrogen oxides (NOx), in exhaust gas discharged from a gasoline automobile. It is provided by a catalyst for purifying exhaust gas containing a Rhodium (Rh)-supported porous inorganic oxide and barium sulfate (BaSO4), with supported or not-supported onto alumina, characterized in that at least a part of Rh is present independently from Ba inside a catalyst layer, and Rh—Ba deviation rate determined from EPMA analysis is 10% to 80%. It is preferable that supported amount of Rhodium is 0.05 g/L to 2.0 g/L, and amount of barium sulfate is 0.5 g/L to 25 g/L and 0.5 g/L to 15 g/L, in the case of being supported and not-supported onto alumina, respectively.