Removing soot is one of the most important challenges in minimizing the impact of combustion engines on the environment. Catalysts based on CeO2 have proved suitable to oxidize soot due to their capacity to store and release ...

Engineering the shape and size of catalyst particles and the interface between different components of heterogeneous catalysts at the nanometer level can radically alter their performances. This is particularly true with ...

A series of Pd-supported metal oxides (Al2O3, Fe2O3 and CeO2) have been prepared by a single step solution combustion synthesis (SCS) method. Their catalytic performance was evaluated for the selective hydrogenation of ...

A series of copper ion substituted MAl2O4 (M = Mg, Mn, Fe and Zn) spinels is prepared by a single step solution combustion synthesis (SCS) and tested for methanol steam reforming (MSR). The copper ion substituted Cu0.1Fe0.9Al2O4 ...

High temperature treatment under air of samples of polycrystalline ceria and ceria–zirconia is shown to induce a rearrangement of crystals, with a surface structural evolution of the oxides toward the formation of more ...

The very close contact between ceria–zirconia and carbon soot allows the detection of oxygen transfer from ceria–zirconia to carbon by in situ Environmental HRTEM already at low temperatures. This highlights the outstanding ...

Efficiently treating methane emissions in transportation remains a challenge. Here, we investigate palladium and platinum mono- and bimetallic ceria-supported catalysts synthesized by mechanical milling and by traditional ...

In this review, we report on recent advances in the use of mechanochemistry to synthesize new catalytic materials. We report recent results obtained by our groups where a rational design of the milling parameters led to ...

A series of ceria-zirconia solid solutions has been prepared by a surfactant assisted coprecipitation method. After impregnation of copper, their activities have been assessed for methanol steam reforming. The results ...