A series of nanopowder Ce–Zr–Pr oxide catalysts were synthesized by a new method which was a low temperature synthesis approach combining rotating evaporation and auto-combustion techniques. The catalysts were characterized by means of XRD, Raman, and SEM. The results showed that the synthesized catalysts had a cubic fluorite structure, nanoparticle sizes and good catalytic activity for soot oxidation.

A new method for the synthesis of Ni–Mo bimetallic nitrides was reported in the present paper. The bimetallic nitrides were successfully prepared by a temperature-programmed reaction between bimetallic oxide precursors and the mixed gases of N2 and H2 instead of NH3. By adjusting pH values of the solution in the process of co-precipitation, pure NiMoO4 or NiMoO4 with excess MoO3 was obtained, and then pure Ni3Mo3N or Ni3Mo3N with γ-Mo2N was synthesized by nitriding the precursors. The structural properties of the precursors and their corresponding nitrides were investigated by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD), ultraviolet laser Raman spectroscopy, thermogravimetric (TG) analysis and chemical analysis of total nitrogen content.

SBA-15 silica-supported potassium catalysts were first reported for the selective oxidation of ethane to aldehydes by using oxygen as oxidant. It was found that SBA-15-supported potassium catalysts exhibited very high yield of aldehydes, especially surprisingly high yield of acrolein in the selective oxidation of ethane. The SBA-15-supported catalyst with 2% loading of potassium showed the best performance for the partial oxidation of ethane to aldehydes. The yields highest of acrolein and total aldehydes (formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, and acrolein) were 2.5% and 5.2%, respectively, when the ethane conversion was 14.8% at the reaction temperature of 748 K.

Several systems of vanadium oxide and K-promoted vanadium oxide catalysts which supported on different carries with the variations of V contents and K contents were prepared by incipient-wetness impregnation method. Their catalytic performances for diesel soot catalytic oxidation were investigated with temperature-programmed oxidation reaction (TPO). Spectroscopic techniques (FT-IR and UV–vis DRS) were utilized to determine the structure of VOx species for vanadia supported on γ-Al2O3, SiO2, TiO2, and ZrO2. Thermal analysis techniques, including thermogravimetrical (TG-DTA) analyses and temperature-programmed reduction (TPR), were used to characterize the thermal behavior and redox properties of K promoting vanadium oxide catalysts, respectively. The results showed that the structure of supportedvanadia catalysts depends on the support materials and also on the V loading. At high V loading, VOx species exists predominantly as polyvanadate species and V2O5. The catalytic activities of the catalysts for soot oxidation are correlated to their redox property and the mobility of surface atoms. The catalytic activity for soot oxidation orders as Ti > Zr > Si > Al, and the sequence for selectivity to CO2 formation (Sco2) is Ti > Zr > Si ~Al for the catalysts over different supports. Adding potassium into supported vanadia catalysts can improve the catalytic activity of soot oxidation. And when n(K):n(V):n(Ti) = 4:4:100 the catalyst of K4V4/TiO2 gives the best activity for soot combustion, i.e., the lowest reaction temperature.

The La1-xKxMnO3 perovskite-type oxides whose sizes were in nanometric range were prepared by the citric acid-ligated method. The structures of these perovskite-type oxides were examined by XRD and FT-IR. The catalytic activity for the combustion of soot particulate was evaluated by a technique of the temperature-programmed reaction. In the LaMnO3 catalyst, the partial substitution of K for La at A-site enhanced the catalytic activity for the combustion of soot particle. In the La1-xKxMnO3 catalysts, the combustion temperature of soot particle decreases with increasing x values. The La1-xKxMnO3 oxides with the substitution quantity between x=0.20 and x=0.25 are good candidate catalysts for the soot particle removal reaction, and the combustion temperature of soot particle is between 285 and 430℃ when the contact of catalysts and soot is loose, and their catalytic activities for the combustion of soot particle are as good as supported Pt catalysts, which is the best catalyst system so far reported for soot combustion under loose contact conditions.