3056 results about "Inorganic oxide" patented technology

There is described a process and a catalyst for the hydroalkylation of an aromatic hydrocarbon, particularly benzene, wherein the catalyst comprises a first metal having hydrogenation activity and a crystalline inorganic oxide material having a X-ray diffraction pattern including the following d-spacing maxima 12.4+/-0.25, 6.9+/-0.15, 3.57+/-0.07 and 3.42+/-0.07.

A thermoelectric material comprises two or more components, at least one of which is a thermoelectric material. The first component is nanostructured, for example as an electrically conducting nanostructured network, and can include nanowires, nanoparticles, or other nanostructures of the first component. The second component may comprise an electrical insulator, such as an inorganic oxide, other electrical insulator, other low thermal conductivity material, voids, air-filled gaps, and the like. Additional components may be included, for example to improve mechanical properties. Quantum size effects within the nanostructured first component can advantageously modify the thermoelectric properties of the first component. In other examples, the second component may be a thermoelectric material, and additional components may be included.

The invention discloses an application of load non- metallocene catalyst in the slurry process for vinyl polymerying, the load non- metallocene catalyst and catalyst promoter forming the catalytic system, the alkene polymerization comprising: vinyl homopolymerization, combined polymerization of vinyl with propylene, butylenes, hexane, octane or norbornene; the catalyst carrier being chosen from: inorganic oxide of metallic oxide from IIA, IIIA, IVA, and IVB groups, or oxided mixture and mixing oxide; the catalyst promoter being chosen from: methylaluoxane, ethylaluoxane, isobutylaluoxane, trimethylaluminum,triethylaluminum,triisobutylaluminum,methylaluoxane-trimethylaluminum or methylaluoxane-triethylaluminum; the mole proportion between the catalyst promoter and catalyst being Al/Ti= 1:1-500. The inventioin is characterized by the less methylaluoxane consumption, stable reaction, easy-to-control polymerization temperature and non still-sticking phenomenon. The produced polyolefine possesses perfect granual shape, and the maximum polymer clamp density can reach 0.385 g/ml.

The invention relates to a catalyst for dehydrogenating propane to prepare propone, which uses thermal-resistant oxide as carrier, uses palladium-group metal as main catalyst, uses IV A group metal and rare-earth metal as agents, uses halogen as modifier, and uses inorganic oxide with high temperature resistance as adhesive. The inventive catalyst under high temperature and low pressure has higher propane transfer rate, propone selectivity and reaction stability. And the preparation comprises that at 60-100Deg. C, immerging thermal-resistant oxide with rare-earth metal water solution for 2-10h, at 60-180Deg. C baking for 2-10h, at 400-600Deg. C baking for 3-10h, immerging said carrier and the water solution which contains palladium metal and IVA metal at 60-100Deg. C for 2-10h, and baking for 2-10h at 60-180Deg. C, adding adhesive, protruding agent and acid gel solvent, protruding and shaping, baking for 2-10h at 60-180Deg. C, activating for 3-10h at 400-600Deg. C, and reducing for 2-10h in hydrogen flow at 400-600Deg. C.

A method for insulating an article requiring resistance against repeated exposure to temperatures exceeding 900° C. uses saline soluble, non-metallic, amorphous, inorganic oxide, refractory fibrous materials as thermal insulation. The compositions that can be used for that purpose include vitreous fibers based on SiO₂, CaO, M_gO, and optionally, A₂O₃.

A catalyst system and a method for reducing nitrogen oxides in an exhaust gas by reduction with a hydrocarbon or oxygen-containing organic compound reducing agent are provided. The catalyst system contains a silver catalyst and a modifier catalyst, where the modifier catalyst contains a modifier oxide, where the modifier oxide is selected from the group consisting of iron oxide, cerium oxide, copper oxide, manganese oxide, chromium oxide, a lanthanide oxide, an actinide oxide, molybdenum oxide, tin oxide, indium oxide, rhenium oxide, tantalum oxide, osmium oxide, barium oxide, calcium oxide, strontium oxide, potassium oxide, vanadium oxide, nickel oxide, tungsten oxide, and mixtures thereof. The modifier oxide is supported on an inorganic oxide support or supports, where at least one of the inorganic oxide supports is an acidic support. The catalyst system of the silver catalyst and the modifier catalyst provides higher NO_x conversion than either the silver catalyst or the modifier catalyst alone.

The invention provides a high selectivity catalyst used for catalyzing and completely oxidizing formaldehyde with low concentration at room temperature. The catalyst can catalyze formaldehyde completely so as to lead the formaldehyde to be converted into carbon dioxide and water at room temperature. In addition, the conversion rate of formaldehyde remains 100% within a long period of time, without complex auxiliary facilities such as light source, a heating oven and the like, and external conditions. The catalyst comprises three parts which are inorganic oxide carrier, noble metal component and auxiliary ingredient. Porous inorganic oxide carrier is one of cerium dioxide, zirconium dioxide, titanium dioxide, aluminium sesquioxide, tin dioxide, silicon dioxide, lanthanum sesquioxide, magnesium oxide and zinc oxide or the mixture thereof or composite oxide thereof, zeolite, sepiolite and porous carbon materials. The noble metal component of the catalyst is at least one of platinum, rhodium, palladium, gold and silver. The auxiliary ingredient is at least one of the alkali metals of lithium, sodium, kalium, rubidium and cesium. The loading of the noble metal component used in the catalyst of the invention is 0.1 to 10% according to weight converter of metal elements and the selective preference is 0.3 to 2%. The loading of the auxiliary ingredient is 0.2 to 30% according to weight converter of metal elements and the selective preference is 1 to 10%. When the loading of the auxiliary ingredient is lower than 0.2% or higher than 30%, the activity of the catalyst for catalyzing and oxidizing formaldehyde at room temperature is decreased remarkably.

A thermoelectric material comprises core-shell particles having a core formed from a core material and a shell formed from a shell material. In representative examples, the shell material is a material showing an appreciable thermoelectric effect in bulk. The core material preferably has a lower thermal conductivity than the shell material. In representative examples, the core material is an inorganic oxide such as silica or alumina, and the shell material is a chalcogenide semiconductor such as a telluride, for example bismuth telluride. A thermoelectric material including such core-shell particles may have an improved thermoelectric figure of merit compared with a bulk sample of the shell material alone. Embodiments of the invention further include thermoelectric devices using such thermoelectric materials, and preparation techniques. The use of core-shell nanoparticles allows highly uniform nanocomposites to be formed, and embodiments of the invention also includes other materials and devices using core-shell particles.

There is provided a backside protective sheet for a solar battery module that is excellent in strength as well as in various properties such as weathering resistance, heat resistance, water resistance, light resistance, wind pressure resistance, hailstorm resistance, chemical resistance, moisture resistance, antifouling properties, light reflectivity, light diffusivity, and design, and is particularly excellent in the so-called “moisture resistance,” which is the ability to prevent the entry of moisture, oxygen and the like, and durability against performance degradation with time, particularly against hydrolytic degradation and the like, and is also excellent in protective capability. There is also provided a backside protective sheet for a solar battery module, which can facilitate inventory control by properly using the front side and back side of the protective sheet depending upon applications and is excellent in cost performance, and a solar battery module using the same. The backside protective sheet for a solar battery module comprises: a deposited assembly comprising a vapor-deposited film of an inorganic oxide provided on at least one side of a substrate; and a transparent or translucent heat-resistant polyolefin resin layer provided on both sides of the deposited assembly.

An adsorbent material fabricated into a reinforcement-free, self-supported coherent thin sheet and configured for use as a parallel passage contactor element in adsorption/separation applications with gases and liquids is disclosed. The adsorbent sheet material is obtained by enmeshing fine adsorbent particulates in a polymer binder. Particulates include but are not limited to carbon particles, inorganic oxides particles, or ceramic particles, or synthetic polymer resin particles. The adsorbent sheet advantageously contains a large volume percentage of active adsorbent particles. The parallel passage contactor device fabricated from the adsorbent sheet material is characterized by minimal mass transfer resistance and better separation efficiency expressed as height equivalent to a theoretical plate, while it maintains most of the adsorptive properties of the starting particulates, and can be used in gas separation applications with short adsorption cycles, such as rapid pressure swing adsorption, rotary concentrators, rapid electric swing adsorption.

A thermoelectric material includes a composite having a first electrically conducting component and second low thermal conductivity component. The first component may include a semiconductor and the second component may include an inorganic oxide. The thermoelectric composite includes a network of the first component having nanoparticles of the second component dispersed in the network.

The modified octahedral zeolite is prepared through the once exchange reaction of octahedral zeolite, phosphorus compound and ammonium compound, the further reaction inside exchange slurry with introduced RE solution, filtering, washing and roasting in vapor. The catalyst contains the modified octahedral zeolite 5-45 wt%, clay 15-85 wt% and heat resistant inorganic oxide 15-85 wt%. The catalyst is prepared through mixing the zeolite component, clay and the precursor of the heat resistant inorganic oxide, spraying to form and washing. The catalyst has high activity stability, high gasoline yield, low coke yield, strong heavy oil cracking capacity and high heavy metal pollution resistance.

A composition for the formation of an electric field programmable film, the composition comprising a matrix precursor composition or a dielectric matrix material, wherein the dielectric matrix material comprises an organic polymer and/or a inorganic oxide; and an electron donor and an electron acceptor of a type and in an amount effective to provide electric field programming. The films are of utility in data storage devices.

The invention relates to a catalyst used for catalyzing and dehydrogenation of low-carbon alkane and the method of producing propylene by alkane catalyzing and dehydrogenation with the catalyst. The former catalyst used for catalyzing and dehydrogenation of low-carbon alkane, each molecule of the hydrocarbon has about 2 to 8 carbon atom, which is characterized in that: the catalyst makes a molecular sieve the carrier, the Pt family metal is loaded on the carrier as the active component, makes the IVA family metal element and alkalinity metal element as additional agent and high temperature standing inorganic oxide as connection agent; when the catalyst is used in producing propylene by alkane catalyzing and dehydrogenation, the reaction temperature is 500 to 700 DEG C., the pressure is 0 to 0.2Mpa, the quality air speed is 2 to 5h to 1, the regenerating temperature of the catalyst is 500 to 700 DEG C., the air speed is 100 to 1000h to 1, the pressure is 0 to 1.0MPa. With adopting the invention, the reaction of producing propylene by alkane catalyzing and dehydrogenation is good, the average transforming rate is 30 per cent, the selectivity above 95 per cent can keep for 50 days.

A molecular sieve-containing catalyst for cracking hydrocarbons, comprising molecular sieve, refractory inorganic oxide, clay and a metal component, wherein the amount of said molecular sieve is from 1 to 90% by weight, the refractory inorganic oxide is from 2 to 80% by weight, the clay is from 2 to 80% by weight, and the metal component is from 0.1 to 30% by weight, calculated as the oxide of said metal having its maximum valence state, based on the total amount of the catalyst, wherein said metal component exists essentially in a reduction state and is one or more metals selected from the group consisting of metals of Group III A(other than aluminum), and metals of Group IVA, VA, IB, IIB, VB, VIB and VIIB, and non-noble metals of Group VIII of the periodic table. The catalyst has higher cracking activity and higher sulfur reduction activity.

Processes are disclosed for removing sulfur, including cyclic and polycyclic organic sulfur components such as thiophenes and benzothiophenes, from a hydrocarbon feedstock including fuels and fuel components. The feedstock is contacted with a regenerable sorbent material capable of selectively adsorbing the sulfur compounds present in the hydrocarbon feedstock in the absence of a hydrodesulfurization catalyst. In one embodiment, the sorbent can be an active metal oxide sulfur sorbent in combination with a refractory inorganic oxide cracking catalyst support. In another embodiment, the sorbent can be a metal-substituted refractory inorganic oxide cracking catalyst wherein the metal is a metal which is capable in its oxide form, of adsorption of reduced sulfur compounds by conversion of the metal oxide to a metal sulfide. The processes are preferably carried out in a transport bed reactor.

The invention relates to a functional composite membrane for a lithium-sulfur battery and a preparation method of the functional composite membrane. The composite membrane comprises a membrane for the lithium-sulfur battery and a functional modified layer, wherein the functional modified layer is located on the membrane for the lithium-sulfur battery, and comprises an electronic conductive material and/or inorganic oxides. Compared with the lithium-sulfur battery employing an ordinary battery membrane, the lithium-sulfur battery employing the functional composite membrane with the modified layer has a relatively high specific discharge capacity; the shuttle effect of the lithium-sulfur battery can be suppressed; the coulombic efficiency of the battery is improved; and the cycle performance of the battery is improved.

The present invention relates to coated fullerenes comprising a layer of at least one inorganic material covering at least a portion of at least one surface of a fullerene and methods for making. The present invention further relates to composites comprising the coated fullerenes of the present invention and further comprising polymers, ceramics and/or inorganic oxides. A coated fullerene interconnect device wherein at least two fullerenes are contacting each other to form a spontaneous interconnect is also disclosed as well as methods of making. In addition, dielectric films comprising the coated fullerenes of the present invention and methods of making are further disclosed.

A conventional thin membrane of aerogel, although achieving a low refractive index, retains some difficulty when it is to be applied to display apparatuses or the like, because of its low strength. Membranes produced by other methods are difficult to simultaneously achieve low refractive index and sufficient strength. The present invention provides an anti-reflecting membrane which is formed at least on one side of a plate transmitting visible light, is composed of fine inorganic oxide particles and a binder, contains a number of pores inside, and has an arithmetic average surface roughness (Ra) below 6 nm. The present invention also provides preferred embodiments of the display apparatuses provided with the membrane.

A composite oxide catalyst for removing NOx from the tail gas generated by combustion through low-temp selective catalytic reduction reaction in which ammonia gas or urea is used as reducing agent for reducing the NOx into N2 and H2O is prepared from a composite metallic oxide (whose main component is manganese oxide) and a porous inorganic oxide as carrier through citric acid complexing method.

A catalytic converter for cleaning exhaust gas includes a heat-resistant support, and a catalytic coating formed on the heat-resistant support. The catalytic coating contains Pd-carrying particles of a cerium complex oxide, Pt & Rh-carrying particles of zirconium complex oxide, and particles of a heat-resistant inorganic oxide.

The invention discloses a catalyst for preparing lower carbon number hydrocarbon olefin through petroleum hydrocarbon decomposition, which comprises (catalyst weight as benchmark) 0-70% clay, 5-99% inorganic oxide compound and 1-50% zeolite, wherein the zeolite is 25-100 wt% MFI structure zeolite and 0-75 wt% Y-type zeolite, characterized by that, the MFI structure zeolite contains phosphor and transient metal M. the catalyst can improve the cracking capability for heavy oil macromolecule and conversion rate of reaction.