4390 results about "Noble metal" patented technology

A series of noble metal organometallic complexes of the general formula (I): ML_aX_b(FBC)_c, wherein M is a noble metal such as iridium, ruthenium or osmium, and L is a neutral ligand such as carbonyl, alkene or diene; X is an anionic ligand such as chloride, bromide, iodide and trifluoroacetate group; and FBC is a fluorinated bidentate chelate ligand such as beta diketonate, beta-ketoiminate, amino-alcoholate and amino-alcoholate ligand, wherein a is an integer of from zero (0) to three (3), b is an integer of from zero (0) to one (1) and c is an 10 integer of from one (1) to three (3). The resulting noble metal complexes possess enhanced volatility and thermal stability characteristics, and are suitable for chemical vapor deposition(CVD) applications. The corresponding noble metal complex is formed by treatment of the FBC ligand with a less volatile metal halide. Also disclosed are CVD methods for using the noble metal complexes as source reagents for deposition of noble metal-containing films such as Ir, Ru and Os, or even metal oxide film materials IrO₂, OsO₂ and RuO₂.

The invention provides a biosensor comprising a support; a conductive layer composed of a electrical conductive material such as a noble metal, for example gold or palladium, and carbon; slits parallel to and perpendicular to the side of the support; working, counter, and detecting electrodes; a spacer which covers the working, counter, and detecting electrodes on the support; a rectangular cutout in the spacer forming a specimen supply path; an inlet to the specimen supply path; a reagent layer formed by applying a reagent containing an enzyme to the working, counter, and detecting electrodes, which are exposed through the cutout in the spacer; and a cover over the spacer. The biosensor can be formed by a simple method, and provides a uniform reagent layer on the electrodes regardless of the reagent composition.

A process for manufacturing a lubricating base oil by: a) performing Fischer-Tropsch synthesis on syngas to provide a product stream; b) isolating from said product stream a substantially paraffinic wax feed having less than about 30 ppm total nitrogen and sulfur, and less than about 1 wt % oxygen; c) dewaxing said feed by hydroisomerization dewaxing using a shape selective intermediate pore size molecular sieve comprising a noble metal hydrogenation component, wherein the hydroisomerization temperature is between about 600° F. (315° C.) and about 750° F. (399° C.), to produce an is dimerized oil; and d) hydrofinishing said isomerized oil to produce a lubricating base oil having specific desired properties.

A method for enhancing the reliability of copper interconnects and/or contacts, such as the bottom of vias exposing top surfaces of buried copper, or at the top of copper lines just after CMP. The method comprises contacting the exposed copper surface with a vapor phase compound of a noble metal and selectively forming a layer of the noble metal on the exposed copper surface, either by a copper replacement reaction or selective deposition (e.g., ALD or CVD) of the noble metal.

A process for manufacturing a finished lubricant by: a) performing Fischer-Tropsch synthesis on syngas to provide a product stream; b) isolating from said product stream a substantially paraffinic wax feed having less than about 30 ppm total nitrogen and sulfur, and less than about 1 wt % oxygen; c) dewaxing said feed by hydroisomerization dewaxing using a shape selective intermediate pore size molecular sieve comprising a noble metal hydrogenation component, wherein the hydroisomerization temperature is between about 600° F. (315° C.) and about 750° F. (399° C.), to produce an isomerized oil; and d) hydrofinishing said isomerized oil, whereby a lubricating base oil is produced having specific desired properties; and e) blending the lubricating base oil with at least one lubricant additive.

The invention relates to platinum-coated particles useful as fuel cell electrocatalysts. The particles are composed of a noble metal or metal alloy core at least partially encapsulated by an atomically thin surface layer of platinum atoms. The invention particularly relates to such particles having a palladium, palladium alloy, gold alloy, or rhenium alloy core encapsulated by an atomic monolayer of platinum. In other embodiments, the invention relates to fuel cells containing these electrocatalysts and methods for generating electrical energy therefrom.

Methods and applications of surface plasmon resonance-enhanced antibacterial, anti-adhere, adhere, catalytic, hydrophilic, hydrophobic, spectral change, biological and chemical decomposition properties of materials with embedded nanoparticles are disclosed. A method of the nonlinear generation of surface plasmon resonance enables the use of light with wavelengths from X-Ray to IR to enhance properties of materials by several orders of magnitude. The nanoparticle size is crucial for the enhancement and their size is considered to be in the proposed methods and applications within a range of 0.1 nm to 200,000 nm. The nanoparticles preferably are made of noble metals and/or semiconductor oxides. The invention describes a very broad spectrum of applications of surface plasmon resonance-enhanced properties of materials with embedded nanoparticles, from environmental cleanup by road pavement and construction materials, self-cleaning processes of surface materials, thermochromic effects on heat blocking materials, corrosion preventing paint, to sanitization by antibacterial textile fabrics, filters, personal clothing, contact lenses and medical devices.

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.

Nanoparticle compositions of noble metals, and methods of making them, are described. The nanoparticle compositions are made by reacting a salt or complex of a noble metal, such as Au, Ag, Cu or Pt, with a weak ligand, and a reducing agent, in a single liquid phase. The noble metal is typically provided as a halide or carboxylate. The ligand is preferably a fatty acid or aliphatic amine. The reducing agent is preferably a borohydride reagent, hydrazine, or a mixture thereof. Nanocrystals in the size range of 1 nm to 20 nm are produced, and can be made in substantially monodisperse form.

A catalyst for purifying an exhaust gas includes a support and a noble metal loaded on the support. The support includes a mixture containing a porous oxide and a composite oxide. The composite oxide is expressed by the following formula:in which the values "a" and "b" are molar ratios and the value "a" falls in a range of from 0.4 to 2.5 and the value "b" falls in a range of from 0.2 to 0.7. The support includes a particle having a particle diameter of 5 mum or more in an amount of 30% by volume or more. With the thus arranged support, even when the catalyst is subjected to such a severe durability test that it is heated at 1,000° C. for 10 to 20 hours, it exhibits a high purifying activity, and its coating layer is inhibited from cracking or coming off.

A non-volatile memory resistor cell with a nanotip electrode, and corresponding fabrication method are provided. The method comprises: forming a first electrode with nanotips; forming a memory resistor material adjacent the nanotips; and, forming a second electrode adjacent the memory resistor material, where the memory resistor material is interposed between the first and second electrodes. Typically, the nanotips are iridium oxide (IrOx) and have a tip base size of about 50 nanometers, or less, a tip height in the range of 5 to 50 nm, and a nanotip density of greater than 100 nanotips per square micrometer. In one aspect, the substrate material can be silicon, silicon oxide, silicon nitride, or a noble metal. A metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) process is used to deposit Ir. The IrOx nanotips are grown from the deposited Ir.

An interconnect structure that includes a dielectric material having a dielectric constant of about 3.0 or less is provided. This low k dielectric material has at least one conductive material having an upper surface embedded therein. The dielectric material also has a surface layer that is made hydrophobic prior to the formation of the noble metal cap. The noble metal cap is located directly on the upper surface of the at least one conductive material. Because of the presence of the hydrophobic surface layer on the dielectric material, the noble metal cap does not substantially extend onto the hydrophobic surface layer of the dielectric material that is adjacent to the at least one conductive material and no metal residues from the noble metal cap deposition form on this hydrophobic dielectric surface.

The invention relates to a catalyst for selective hydrogenation reaction of an aromatic nitrocompound and a preparation method of the catalyst. The catalyst consists of a catalyst carrier and active metal coated with carbon, wherein the catalyst carrier includes a carbon-base carrier, SiO2, TiO2 or Al2O3; the active metal is selected from Co, Fe, Ni or Cu and other poor and noble metals. The catalyst is prepared by adopting a Pechini type sol-gel process which comprises the steps of dispersing an active metal precursor to water containing a coordination compound, adding a polyhydric alcohol solution and a macromolecule auxiliary, then adding the carrier, stirring for dispersion, carrying out hydrothermal reaction, separating out solid on the lower layer, and calcining in the inert atmosphere to obtain the catalyst in which carbon coats the active metal. Compared with the prior art, the catalyst can realize the hydrogenation reaction of a substituted aromatic nitrocompound in the mild condition; substrate conversion rate and production selectivity are high; the catalyst has recyclable economy and good application prospect.

A process for preparing metal nanoparticles, comprising reacting suitable metal salts and anionic surfactant containing an anionic group of carboxylic group (COO-), sulfate group (SO42-) or sulfonate group (SO32-) as reducing agent in water under reflux at a temperature of 50-140° C., such that under the reducing power of said anionic surfactant itself, the metal salts can be effectively reduced into metal nanoparticles having a uniform particle size and that the reaction will be not too fast, no large microparticle will be formed, the yield will not be lowered, and the nanoparticle thus prepared can be dispersed stably in polar and non-polar solvent.

A catalyst for purifying exhaust gases of a diesel engine. The catalyst contains two functional layers superimposed on an inert supporting body, whereby the first layer, which is situated directly on the supporting body, has a nitrogen oxide storage function and the second layer, which is in direct contact with the exhaust gas, has a catalytic function. The second functional layer additionally has a hydrocarbon-storage function and its catalytic function is provided by catalytically active noble metals of the platinum group which are deposited in highly dispersed form on finely divided, acidic carrier materials. Nitrogen oxides in the oxygen-rich exhaust gas of a diesel engine can be converted with optimal utilization of the reductive constituents contained in the exhaust gas. For this purpose, no reducing agents going beyond the reductive components (carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons) which are contained as a consequence of incomplete combustion need to be added to the exhaust gas. Nevertheless, rates of conversion in respect of the nitrogen oxides are obtained, averaged over practical driving cycles, which lie distinctly above the rates of conversion of conventional reduction catalysts.

A shift converter (16) in a fuel processing subsystem (14, 16, 18) for a fuel cell (12) uses an improved catalyst composition (50) to reduce the amount of carbon monoxide in a process gas for the fuel cell (12). The catalyst composition (50) is a noble metal catalyst having a promoted support of mixed metal oxide, including at least both ceria and zirconia. Cerium is present in the range of 30 to 50 mole %, and zirconium is present in the range of 70 to 50 mole %. Additional metal oxides may also be present. Use of the catalyst composition (50) obviates the requirement for prior reducing of catalysts, and minimizes the need to protect the catalyst from oxygen during operation and/or shutdown.

The invention provides a noble metal-containing supported catalyst which contains one of the noble metals from the group Au, Ag, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ru, Ir, Os or alloys of one or more of these noble metals in the form of noble metal particles on a powdered support material. The particles deposited on the support material have a degree of crystallinity, determined by X-ray diffraction, of more than 2 and an average particle size between 2 and 10 nm. The high crystallinity and the small particle size of the noble metal particles lead to high catalytic activity for the catalyst. It is particularly suitable for use in fuel cells and for the treatment of exhaust gases from internal combustion engines.

A removable filter for capturing thrombi in a body vessel. The filter has anti-thrombogenic, echogenic, and radiopaque features. The features of the filter provide for enhanced identifying and reduced endotheliosis in a body vessel of a patient. Generally, the anti-thrombogenic feature is preferably a fibrinolytic coating disposed on the filter to decrease the accumulation of fibrin thereon. The echogenic feature preferably is comprised of marks formed on the filter that give rise to reflections of ultrasound waves during ultrasonography. The radiopaque feature is preferably a polymeric coating, ceramic coating, or noble metal coating applied on the filter for enhanced fluoroscopy.

The invention discloses a dual-functional catalyst composition and an integrated process for production of olefin epoxides including propylene oxide by catalytic reaction of hydrogen peroxide from hydrogen and oxygen with olefin feeds such as propylene. The epoxides and hydrogen peroxide are preferably produced simultaneously in situ. The dual-functional catalyst comprises noble metal crystallites with dimensions on the nanometer scale (on the order of <1 nm to 10 nm), specially dispersed on titanium silicalite substrate particles. The dual functional catalyst catalyzes both the direct reaction of hydrogen and oxygen to generate hydrogen peroxide intermediate on the noble metal catalyst surface and the reaction of the hydrogen peroxide intermediate with the propylene feed to generate propylene oxide product. Combining both these functions in a single catalyst provides a very efficient integrated process operable below the flammability limits of hydrogen and highly selective for the production of hydrogen peroxide to produce olefin oxides such as propylene oxide without formation of undesired co-products.

The present application relates to methods for producing a lubricant base oil from a waxy hydrocarbon feed using a pre-sulfided shape selective, intermediate pore size, noble metal-containing molecular sieve catalyst. According to the present invention, a shape selective, intermediate pore size, noble metal-containing molecular sieve catalyst is pre-sulfided to provide a sulfided catalyst, wherein the molar ratio of sulfur to noble metal in the sulfided catalyst is greater than one, and a waxy hydrocarbon feed is hydroisomerized by contacting the waxy hydrocarbon feed with the sulfided catalyst at hydroisomerization conditions, to produce a lubricant base oil.

A method for preparing polybenzimidazole or polybenzimidazole blend membranes and fabricating gas diffusion electrodes and membrane-electrode assemblies is provided for a high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell. Blend polymer electrolyte membranes based on PBI and various thermoplastc polymers for high temperature polymer electrolyte fuel cells have also been developed. Miscible blends are used for solution casting of polymer membranes (solid electrolytes). High conductivity and enhanced mechanical strength were obtained for the blend polymer solid electrolytes. With the thermally resistant polymer, e.g., polybenzimidazole or a mixture of polybenzimidazole and other thermoplastics as binder, the carbon-supported noble metal catalyst is tape-cast onto a hydrophobic supporting substrate. When doped with an acid mixture, electrodes are assembled with an acid doped solid electrolyte membrane by hot-press. The fuel cell can operate at temperatures up to at least 200° C. with hydrogen-rich fuel containing high ratios of carbon monoxide such as 3 vol % carbon monoxide or more, compared to the carbon monoxide tolerance of 10-20 ppm level for Nafion®-based polymer electrolyte fuel cells.

A method for removing from a microelectronic device structure a noble metal residue including at least one metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium, iridium and rhodium, by contacting the microelectronic device structure with a cleaning gas including a reactive halide composition, e.g., XeF2, SF6, SiF4, Si2F6 or SiF3 and SiF2 radicals. The method may be carried out in a batch-cleaning mode, in which fresh charges of cleaning gas are successively introduced to a chamber containing the residue-bearing microelectronic device structure. Each charge is purged from the chamber after reaction with the residue, and the charging/purging is continued until the residue has been at least partially removed to a desired extent. Alternatively, the cleaning gas may be continuously flowed through the chamber containing the microelectronic device structure, until the noble metal residue has been sufficiently removed.

The invention discloses a preparation method of a catalyst with a core-shell structure for a low-temperature fuel cell, belonging to the technical field of fuel cells. In the catalyst with the core-shell structure prepared with the preparation method, platinum is taken as a shell, a metal alloy consisting of more than one of metals including ruthenium, platinum, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, tin, iridium, gold and silver is taken as an inner core, and the shell and the inner core are loaded on a carbon carrier. The preparation method comprises the following preparation steps of: reducing a metal chloride or a metal nitrate with a reducing agent, and forming a core on the carbon carrier with a large specific surface area; stabilizing the core; and precipitating Pt on a core layer with a impregnation reduction method, a high-pressure organic sol method, a microwave method or an electrodeposition process to form the catalyst with the core-shell structure. Due to the adoption of the preparation method, the utilization ratio of noble metal platinum is increased, the cost of an electro-catalyst is reduced effectively, and the methanol oxidizing capability and oxygen reducing activity of the obtained catalyst are increased by 10.8 times and 8.7 times in maximum respectively in comparison to the mass ratio and activity of a commercial JM4100Pt/C catalyst.

To provide a grain oriented ceramic capable of exerting excellent piezoelectric properties, a production method thereof, and a piezoelectric material, a dielectric material, a thermoelectric conversion element and an ion conducting element each using the grain oriented ceramic, there is provided a grain oriented ceramic comprising, as the main phase, an isotropic perovskite-type compound which is represented by formula (1): {Li_x(K_1−yNa_y)_1−x}(Nb_1−z−wTa_zSb_w)O₃ in which x, y, z and w are in respective composition ranges of 0≦x≦0.2, 0≦y≦1, 0≦z≦0.4, 0≦w≦0.2 and x+z+w>0. The main phase comprises a polycrystalline body containing from 0.0001 to 0.15 mol of any one or more additional element selected from metal elements, semimetal elements, transition metal elements, noble metal elements and alkaline earth metal elements belonging to Groups 2 to 15 of the Periodic Table, per mol of the compound represented by formula (1). A specific crystal plane of each crystal grain constituting said polycrystalline body is oriented.

The invention relates generally to processes for producing electrically conductive noble metal thin films on a substrate by atomic layer deposition. According to one embodiment of the invention a substrate with a surface is provided in a reaction chamber and a vaporised precursor of a noble metal is pulsed into the reaction chamber. By contacting the vaporised precursor with the surface of the substrate, no more than about a molecular layer of the metal precursor is formed on the substrate. In a next step, a pulse of molecular oxygen-containing gas is provided in the reaction chamber, where the oxygen reacts with the precursor on the substrate. Thus, high-quality metal thin films can be deposited by utilising reactions between the metal precursor and oxygen. In one embodiment, electrically conductive layers are deposited in structures that have high aspect ratio vias and trenches, local high elevation areas or other similar surface structures that make the surface rough.

High-stability, self-protecting particles encapsulated by a thin film of a catalytically active noble metal are described. The particles are preferably nanoparticles comprising a passivating element having at least one metal selected from the group consisting of columns IVB, VB, VIB, and VIIB of the periodic table. The nanoparticle is preferably encapsulated by a Pt shell and may be either a nanoparticle alloy or a core-shell nanoparticle. The nanoparticle alloys preferably have a core comprised of a passivating component alloyed with at least one other transition metal. The core-shell nanoparticles comprise a core of a non-noble metal surrounded by a shell of a noble metal. The material constituting the core, shell, or both the core and shell may be alloyed with one or more passivating elements. The self-protecting particles are ideal for use in corrosive environments where they exhibit improved stability compared to conventional electrocatalyst particles.

A fabrication method, a product structure, a fabrication method, and a sputtering target for the deposition of a conductive barrier or other liner layer in an interconnect structure. The barrier layer comprises a conductive metal of a refractory noble metal alloy, such as a ruthenium/tantalum alloy, which may be amorphous though it is not required to be so. The barrier layer may be sputtered from a target of similar composition. The barrier and target composition may be chosen from a combination of the refractory metals and the platinum-group metals as well as RuTa. A copper noble seed layer may be formed of an alloy of copper and ruthenium in contact to a barrier layer over the dielectric.

A polymer-electrolyte-membrane fuel cell assembly comprising an ionomeric, conducting polymer membrane, an anode on a first face of the polymer membrane, a cathode on a second face of the polymer membrane, at least one of the anode and the cathode each comprising catalyst support material comprising conductive zeolite particulate material, and noble metal catalysts supported on the catalyst support material.

The invention discloses a hydroisomerization catalyst, a preparation method and an application thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps: a) providing a catalyst precursor containing a carrier, and a compound containing noble metals in the VIII group and a compound containing a second metal which are both supported on the carrier, wherein the two compounds hereinabove are both non-oxides, the second metal is one or more than two selected from the metal in the VB group, the metal in the VIB group, non-noble metal in the VIII group and lanthanum-series metals, the carrier containing mesoporous molecular sieve; and b) roasting the catalyst precursor in an atmosphere formed by a gas containing an oxidizing gas and a halogen-containing compound. The invention also discloses a hydroisomerization method for hydrocracked tail oil with the hydroisomerization catalyst. The hydroisomerization catalyst, when being used in the hydroisomerization for the hydrocracked tail oil, can be used for producing an isomerized product having high viscosity index and low pour point, which is suitable for being used as lubricant basic oil.

The invention belongs to the technical field of molecular sieve preparation, and particularly relates to an in-situ preparation method for a microporous-mesoporous molecular sieve containing noble metal. The in-situ preparation method comprises the steps as follows: adding a coupling pore-forming agent, a silicon source, an aluminum source or a titanium source, and an alkali source into a water solution of noble metal nano particles in sequence under the water bath condition; and ageing, drying, crystallizing, drying and carrying out high-temperature calcination to obtain the microporous-mesoporous molecular sieve containing the noble metal. The prepared microporous-mesoporous molecular sieve is provided with a hierarchical pore structure; the noble metal nano particles with high dispersity are covered in situ while a mesoporous structure is generated; and a synthetic method is convenient and simple, saves energy and reduces emission. A multifunctional catalyst prepared with the method integrates the advantages of the microporous channels of the molecular sieve, the transgranular meso pores and the intergranular meso pores of the molecular sieve and the noble metal nano particles, and is more suitable for catalytic reactions of sulfur-containing large molecules such as hydrogen desulfurization and the like.