Studiengesellschaft Kohle Mbh

British American Tobacco (investments) Limited

Ferdi Schüth

Diana Carolina Galeano Nunez

Claudio Baldizzone

Karl Mayrhofer

Stefano Mezzavilla

Hans-Josef Bongard

Josef C Meier

Manfred Schwickardi

Peter James Branton

Roberto Rinaldi

Niklas Meine

Jean-Francois Drillet

Sakthivel Mariappan

Tadios Tesfu

Volker Peinecke

Jakob Hilgert

Karl J J Mayrhofer

Josef Meier

Mats KÄLDSTRÖM

The invention relates to a smoking article comprising a carbonaceous dried gel (), (such as a xerogel, aerogel or cryogel), a filter () for a smoking article comprising a carbonaceous dried gel and the use of a carbonaceous dried gel for the filtration of smoke.

Smoke filtration

The present invention refers to highly sinter-stable metal nanoparticles supported on mesoporous graphitic spheres, the so obtained metal-loaded mesoporous graphitic particles, processes for their preparation and the use thereof as catalysts, in particular for high temperature reactions in reducing atmosphere and cathode side oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in PEM fuel cells.

Highly sinter-stable metal nanoparticles supported on mesoporous graphitic particles and their use

The present invention relates to the use of mesoporous graphitic particles having a loading of sintering-stable metal nanoparticles for fuel cells and further electrochemical applications, for example as constituent of layers in electrodes of fuel cells and batteries.

Use of mesoporous graphite particles for electrochemical applications

The present invention relates to a method for obtaining a high yield of sugar alcohols containing five to six carbon atoms from cellulose-containing materials. In a first step the starting materials (for example microcrystalline cellulose, alpha-cellulose, wood and cellulose-containing residues, such as sugar cane bagasse or wood shavings) and an acid are brought into close contact with the substrates by a impregnation carried out in the liquid or gaseous phase. In addition, in a second step the starting materials impregnated with acid and preferably dried are brought into contact by the action of mechanical energy, such that the cellulose-containing materials are degraded into water-soluble products. Subsequently, in a third step, sugar alcohols having five to six carbon atoms are obtained in a high yield and in high selectivity from the water-soluble products in aqueous solution by hydrolytic hydrogenation by means of a metal-containing catalyst under hydrogen pressure.

Method for obtaining sugar alcohols having five to six carbon atoms

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