2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Synthesis of New Oxide Solid Solutions of High Redox Activities and Their Application to Automotive Exhaust Catalysts
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17350100
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Inorganic industrial materials
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| Research Institution | Osaka University |
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Principal Investigator |
IMANAKA Nobuhito Osaka University, Graduate School of Engineering, Professor, 大学院工学研究科, 教授 (30192503)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MASUI Toshiyuki Osaka University, Graduate School of Engineering, Associate Professor, 大学院工学研究科, 助教授 (00304006)
TAMURA Shinji Osaka University, Graduate School of Engineering, Assistant Professor, 大学院工学研究科, 助手 (80379122)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2006
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| Keywords | pollution control / functional materials / catalysis / ceramics / oxygen storage capacity / automotive exhaust catalysts / cerium oxide / bismuth oxide |
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| Research Abstract |
Because of recent environmental regulations, reduction of the redox temperature and addition of high thermal stability are urgent subjects for oxide solid solutions employed in the automotive exhaust catalysts.
In this study, low temperature reduction behavior of CeO_2-ZrO_2-Bi_2O_3 solid solutions was promoted by the addition of silver, which is an oxygen permeable component. The mechanism of the behavior was attributed to the synergetic effects of the partial solution of silver into the CeO_2-ZrO_2-Bi_2O_3 lattice and the surface deposition of silver on the solid solution. The reactivity of oxygen in the bulk of the catalyst greatly improves the soot combustion activities at low temperatures.
Furthermore, we prepared and characterized a CeO_2-ZrO_2-Bi_2O_3 solid solution supported on La-stabilised γ-Al_2O_3 (CZB/Al_2O_3), which has the potential to be a key material in advanced catalytic converters. The low temperature redox activities demonstrated by the CZB/Al_2O_3 catalyst, which is effective at low temperatures below 100 ℃ even after calcination at 1000 ℃, have never been attained in conventional catalysts without help of precious metals. By the deposition of the CeO_2-ZrO_2-Bi_2O_3 solid solution on the surface of γ-Al_2O_3, particle size of the solid solution considerably decreased to a nanoscale, and the dynamic oxygen storage capacity became 7.5 times of the bulk CeO_2-ZrO_2-Bi_2O_3 catalyst without the γ-Al_2O_3 support (at 600 ℃). Studies using CH_4 oxidation, as a model reaction, showed that the redox activities of such catalysts at low temperatures correlates with their catalytic activities.
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