Claims
- 1. A nitrogen oxide storage material, comprising:at least one storage component for nitrogen oxides selected from the group consisting of particles of an oxide, carbonate and hydroxide of magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, potassium or cesium, the particles having a mean particle diameter of less than 1 μm; and a support material, on which the storage component is provided, the support material being a member selected from the group consisting of doped cerium oxide, cerium/zirconium mixed oxide, calcium titanate, strontium titanate, barium titanate, barium stannate, barium zirconate, magnesium oxide, lanthanum oxide, praseodymium oxide, samarium oxide, neodymium oxide, yttrium oxide, and mixtures thereof.
- 2. The nitrogen oxide storage material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the support material comprises a doped cerium oxide which has been doped with 0.5 to 20 wt. % of at least one oxide of an element selected from the group consisting of silicon, scandium, yttrium, the rare earth metals, and mixtures thereof, with respect to the total weight of storage material.
- 3. The nitrogen oxide storage material as claimed in claim 2, wherein the cerium oxide has been doped by co-precipitation, co-thermal hydrolysis, impregnation or precipitation.
- 4. The nitrogen oxide storage material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the support material comprises a cerium/zirconium mixed oxide with a zirconium oxide content of 1 to 25 wt. %, with respect to the total weight of mixed oxide.
- 5. The nitrogen oxide storage material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cerium/zirconium mixed oxide has been doped with 0.5 to 20 wt. % of at least one oxide of an element selected from the group consisting of silicon, scandium, yttrium, or rare earth metals, and mixtures thereof, with respect to the total weight of storage material.
- 6. The nitrogen oxide storage material as claimed in claim 5, wherein the cerium/zirconium mixed oxide has been doped by co-precipitation, co-thermal hydrolysis, impregnation or precipitation.
- 7. The nitrogen oxide storage material as claimed in claim 1, which contains 10 to 45 wt. % of the storage component, with respect to the total weight of storage material.
- 8. The nitrogen oxide storage material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the support material on which the storage material is provided has a specific surface area of at least 10 m2/g.
- 9. A process for preparing the storage material as claimed in claim 1, comprising depositing a storage component onto a support material by impregnating the support material with a water-soluble precursor compound of the storage component, and then drying and calcining, wherein the temperature and duration of calcining is such that the size of the particles of the storage components is less than 1 μm.
- 10. The process for preparing the storage material as claimed in claim 1, comprising precipitating a storage component onto the support material present in an aqueous dispersion using a precipitation reagent, drying and calcining, wherein the temperature and duration of calcining is such that the size of the particles of the storage components is less than 1 μm.
- 11. A process for preparing the storage material as claimed in claim 1, comprising co-precipitating a storage material from an aqueous solution of a precursor compound of the support material and the storage component, and then drying and calcining, whereby temperature and duration of calcining is such that the size of the particles of the storage components is less than 1 μm.
- 12. The nitrogen oxide storage material according to claim 1, wherein the storage component for nitrogen oxides comprises barium oxide.
- 13. A nitrogen oxide storage material comprising an inert honeycomb structure, made of ceramic or metal, coated with the storage material of claim 1.
- 14. The nitrogen oxide storage material as claimed in claim 13, wherein the coating contains additional storage components on aluminum oxide or stabilized aluminum oxide.
- 15. A process for treating exhaust gas from a lean operating internal combustion engine which periodically alternates from a lean operation to a rich operation, wherein the nitrogen oxides contained in the exhaust gas are stored by the nitrogen oxide storage material as claimed in claim 12 under lean exhaust gas conditions, and are released under rich exhaust gas conditions.
- 16. A nitrogen oxide storage catalyst, in the form of a coating on an inert support structure, comprising the nitrogen oxide storage material according to claim 1, and at least one member of the platinum group metals selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium and mixtures thereof.
- 17. The nitrogen oxide storage catalyst as claimed in claim 16, which further comprises aluminum oxide or stabilized aluminum oxide, and at least one oxygen storing material comprising cerium oxide.
- 18. The nitrogen oxide storage catalyst as claimed in claim 17, wherein the platinum group metal is deposited on the aluminum oxide or the stabilized aluminum oxide.
- 19. The nitrogen oxide storage catalyst as claimed in claim 18, wherein storage components are also deposited on the aluminum oxide or the stabilized aluminum oxide, and on the oxygen storing material.
- 20. A process for the removal of nitrogen oxides from a nitrogen oxides storage catalyst of a lean operating internal combustion engine, comprising periodically alternating from a lean mode of operation to a rich mode of operation, wherein the nitrogen oxides are stored by the nitrogen oxide storage catalyst as claimed in claim 15 under lean operating conditions, and are released under rich exhaust gas conditions and are largely reduced to nitrogen on the catalytically active components, with the assistance of components contained in the exhaust gas.
- 21. A nitrogen oxide storage material, comprising:at least one storage component for nitrogen oxides selected from the group consisting of particles of an oxide, carbonate and hydroxide of magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, potassium or cesium, the particles having a mean particle diameter of less than 1 μm; and a support material, on which the storage component is provided, consisting of doped cerium oxide, which has been doped with 0.5 to 20 wt. % of at least one oxide of an element selected from the group consisting of silicon, scandium, yttrium, the rare earth metals, and mixtures thereof, with respect to the total weight of storage material.
- 22. The nitrogen oxide storage material according to claim 21, wherein the storage component for nitrogen oxides comprises barium oxide.
- 23. A nitrogen oxide storage material, comprising:at least one storage component for nitrogen oxides selected from the group consisting of particles of an oxide, carbonate and hydroxide of magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, potassium or cesium, the particles having a mean particle diameter of less than 1 μm; and a support material, on which the storage component is provided, consisting of a cerium/zirconium mixed oxide having a zirconium oxide content of from 1 to 25 wt. %, with respect to the total weight of the mixed oxide.
- 24. The nitrogen oxide storage material according to claim 23, wherein the storage component for nitrogen oxides comprises barium oxide.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/099,661, filed Sep. 9, 1998.
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