Fabrication and testing of low-temperature catalytically active washcoat materials for next-generation vehicle catalytic converters.
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2014-01-01
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Abstract:With funds from this grant, Youngstown State University has purchased a
Quantachrome iQ Chemisorption Analyzer and built a Chemical Reactor with Gas
Chromatographer for catalyst characterization. PI has been involved in the purchase and
installation of the instruments. The two new instruments were fully operational in the spring of
2013 and have so far been used for student research. For the research projects, we found that the
nucleation and oxidation of Ce(OH)3 are critical steps which needs careful control in order to
synthesize different morphological CeO2 nanocrystals. The combination of stirring and oxidation
of suspension could destroy the nucleation and growth of Ce(OH)3, resulting in the formation of
irregular CeO2 nanocrystals during the hydrothermal reactions. We demonstrated a general route
for shape-controlled synthesis of CeO2 nanocrystals via mediation of the Ce(OH)3 seed before
hydrothermal reactions. It was revealed that the shape of CeO2 support plays a critical role in
metal-CeO2 catalytic activity for low-temperature CO oxidation. Out of this project, six refereed
and four proceeding papers were published, along with several oral presentations made by PI and
students.
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