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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2017
Pacific Industrial Development Corporation, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Anatoly Bortun, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
David Shepard, South Lyon, MI (US);
Yunkui Li, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Wei Wu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jeffery Lachapelle, Northville, MI (US);
Pacific Industrial Development Corporation, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
Mesoporous, zirconium-based mixed oxides and a method of making the same comprises: injecting a polyvalent metal-containing solution into an electrolyte solution to form a mother liquor; forming a precipitate; aging the precipitate in the mother liquor to form the mixed oxides; washing the mixed oxides with an aqueous medium; drying and collecting the mixed oxides. The pH of the electrolyte solution exceeds the isoelectric point for zirconium-based mixed oxides. The mixed oxides exhibit a single particle size distribution, improved Ce02 reducibility in the presence of Rhodium, a decrease in surface area after calcination (800-1100° C.) that is not more than 55%, and a tetragonal/cubic structure after calcination. After calcination at 1100° C. for 10 hours in air, the mixed oxides exhibit a surface area >25 m2/g, a pore volume >0.20 cm3/g, an average pore size >30 nm, and an average crystallite size between 8-15 nm.