Cabot Corporation

Basf Corporation

Yipeng Sun

Paolina Atanassova

Berislav Blizanac

Kenneth C Koehlert

Geoffrey D Moeser

Miodrag Oljaca

Gordon Rice

Andriy Korchev

James H Brewster

Aurelien L DuPasquier

Matthew C Ezenyilimba

Mark J Hampden-Smith

Michel Deeba

Tian Luo

Ross A Miesem

Ranko Panayotov Bontchev

Jeffrey Scott Sawrey

Emi Leung

Jian-Ping Shen

Jian-ping Shen

Danny Pierre

Hanwei Lei

George P Fotou

Dinh Dang

Leonard P Perez

Ryan Cash Wall

Toivo Kodos

Pavel Ruvinskiy

Aurelien L Dupasquier

Gordon L Rice

Disclosed herein are compositions, which can be used to coat electrode plates, comprising at least one carbonaceous material and at least one additive, wherein the at least one additive comprises a metal ion selected from calcium, barium, potassium, magnesium, and strontium ion, and wherein the metal ion is present in an amount ranging from 0.5 wt. % to 3 wt. % relative to the total weight of carbonaceous material. Also disclosed are electrodes and lead acid batteries comprising such compositions, and methods of making the compositions.

Carbonaceous materials for lead acid batteries

Provided are automotive catalyst composites having a catalytic material on a carrier, wherein the catalytic material comprises at least two layers. The first layer is deposited directly on the carrier and comprises a first palladium component supported on a first refractory metal oxide component, a first oxygen storage component, or a combination thereof. The second layer is deposited on top of the first layer and comprises a rhodium component supported on a second refractory metal oxide component and a second palladium component supported on a second oxygen storage component, a third refractory metal oxide component or a combination thereof. Generally these catalyst composites are used as three-way conversion (TWC) catalysts. Methods of making and using the same are also provided.

Layered automotive catalyst composites

The invention is directed to high surface area graphitized carbon and to processes for making high surface area graphitized carbon. The process includes steps of graphitizing and increasing the surface area of (in either order) a starting carbon material to form high surface area graphitized carbon. The step of increasing the surface area optionally comprises an oxidizing step (e.g., through steam etching) or template removal from composite particles. The invention is also directed to catalyst particles and electrodes employing catalyst particles that are formed from the high surface area graphitized carbon.

High surface area graphitized carbon and processes for making same

A carbon black having a combination of properties with values in ranges selected to promote high conductivity, high hydrophobicity, and reduced outgassing in lead acid batteries while maintaining high charge acceptance and cycleability. The carbon black has a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area ranging from 100 m/g to 1100 m/g combined with one or more properties, e.g., a surface energy (SE) of 10 mJ/mor less, and/or a Raman microcrystalline planar size (L) of at least 22 &#x212b;, e.g., ranging from 22 &#x212b; to 50 &#x212b;. In some cases, the carbon black has a statistical thickness surface area (STSA) of at least 100 m/g, e.g., ranging from 100 m/g to 600 m/g.

Carbon blacks and use in electrodes for lead acid batteries

A paste suitable for a negative plate of a lead-acid battery comprises at least (a) a lead-based active material and an expander mixture comprising (b) carbon, (c) barium sulfate and (d) a lignosulfonate, wherein at least part of at least two of said components (a) to (d) are present in the paste as composite particles.

Lead-acid batteries and pastes therefor

In a method of producing a particulate electrocatalyst composition, a precursor medium comprising at least a first metal precursor, a liquid vehicle, and a substrate precursor to substrate particles is atomized into precursor droplets. The droplets are then heated to a reaction temperature of not greater than 700&#xb0; C. to form composite particles comprising said first metal at least partly in an oxide form dispersed on said substrate particles. The composite particles are then collected and are heated at a first treatment temperature no greater than 250&#xb0; C. in the presence of a reducing atmosphere to at least partly convert said oxide form to the metal.

Electrocatalyst compositions and processes for making and using same

A catalyst composition comprises a particulate support and catalyst nanoparticles on the particulate support. The catalyst nanoparticles comprise an alloy of platinum and palladium in an atomic ratio of from about 25:75 to about 75:25 and are present in a concentration of between about 3 and about 10 wt % weight percent of the catalyst composition. The catalyst composition has an X-ray diffraction pattern that is substantially free of the (311) diffraction peak assignable to PtPd, where 0.25&#x2266;x&#x2266;0.75.

Diesel oxidation catalysts

Processes for forming catalyst particles utilizing a defoamer are described. Also described are processes for forming catalysts, where the processes comprise providing a correlation between defoamer concentration and catalyst particle morphology, and determining an amount of defoamer to include in a precursor composition to obtain the target morphology based on the correlation.

Processes for controlling catalyst particle morphology

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Albuquerque, NM, United States of America

Yipeng Sun