Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho

Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha

Yusuke Akimoto

Naoki Takahashi

Akihiko Suda

Toshiyuki Tanaka

Miho Hatanaka

Toshio Yamamoto

Yuichi Sasaki

Naohiro Terao

Kazuhiro Yoshida

Disclosed are a porous material comprising particles without substantial fibrous structure and having pores, the pores having a mean pore diameter in a meson-pore region, sharp pore size distribution, and at least a part of the pores being connected three-dimensionally to form a three-dimensional network structure with random passages, the porous material preferably being of alumina and having a spongy structure or the porous material preferably being an aggregate of particles having an aspect ratio of 3 or less; a process of producing the porous material which includes a step of aging a system capable of becoming an oxide on thermal decomposition; a catalyst for exhaust gas purification having excellent NOremoval performance, high resistance against sulfur poisoning, and satisfactory high-temperature durability which comprises the porous material as a carrier having supported thereon a noble metal and an NOstorage component; and a method of exhaust gas purification using the catalyst.

Porous material process of producing the porous material, catalyst for purifying exhaust gas comprising the porous material, method of purifying exhaust gas

Disclosed are a porous material comprising particles without substantial fibrous structure and having pores, the pores having a mean pore diameter in a meso-pore region, sharp pore size distribution, and at least a part of the pores being connected three-dimensionally to form a three-dimensional network structure with random passages, the porous material preferably being of alumina and having a spongy structure or the porous material preferably being an aggregate of particles having an aspect ratio of 3 or less; a process of producing the porous material which includes a step of aging a system capable of becoming an oxide on thermal decomposition; a catalyst for exhaust gas purification having excellent NO removal performance, high resistance against sulfur poisoning, and satisfactory high-temperature durability which comprises the porous material as a carrier having supported thereon a noble metal and an NO storage component; and a method of exhaust gas purification using the catalyst.

Porous material, catalyst, method of producing the porous material and method for purifying exhaust gas

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