Catalysts to reduce carbon monoxide such as in the mainstream smoke of a cigarette
AssigneePhilip Morris USA Inc.
InventorsSarojini Deevi, Padmanabha Reddy Ettireddy
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Abstract
Catalysts for the conversion, or oxidation, of carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide. Cigarettes with filters containing the catalysts have acceptable resistance to draw. Additionally, the catalysts can be used to reduce the concentration of carbon monoxide from a vehicle exhaust emission, a gas used in a CO2 laser, a gas used in a fuel cell and/or ambient air undergoing air filtration.
Claims8
A catalyst comprising noble metal nanoparticles on non-noble metal oxides incorporated in a porous support of mesoporous silica wherein the catalyst is catalytically active for oxidation of carbon monoxide and wherein the noble metal nanoparticles are selected from the group consisting of gold, palladium, platinum and mixtures thereof and the non-noble metal oxides are selected from the group consisting of titania, alumina, ceria, zirconia, iron oxide, zinc oxide, magnesium oxide, and mixtures thereof.
A catalyst comprising noble metal nanoparticles on non-noble metal oxides incorporated in a porous support wherein the catalyst is catalytically active for oxidation of carbon monoxide and wherein the noble metal nanoparticles are gold, the non-noble metal oxides are selected from the group consisting of ceria, zirconia, iron oxide, magnesium oxide, and mixtures thereof and the porous support is mesoporous silica.
A method of making a catalyst catalytically active for oxidation of carbon monoxide comprising:
- treating a catalyst comprising noble metal nanoparticles on non-noble metal oxides incorporated in a support to develop porosity in the support,
- wherein the noble metal nanoparticles are gold, the non-noble metal oxides are selected from the group consisting of ceria, zirconia, iron oxide, magnesium oxides, and mixtures thereof and the porous support is mesoporous silica.
A cigarette comprising a filter containing a catalyst, the catalyst comprising noble metal nanoparticles on non-noble metal oxides incorporated in a porous support,
- wherein the catalyst is catalytically active for oxidation of carbon monoxide, the noble metal nanoparticles are selected from the group consisting of gold, palladium, platinum and mixtures thereof, the non-noble metal oxides are selected from the group consisting of titania, alumina, ceria, zirconia, iron oxide, zinc oxide, magnesium oxide, and mixtures thereof, the support is selected from the group consisting of carbon beads, activated carbon, mesoporous silica, mesoporous titania, mesoporous alumina, and mesoporous ceria and the mesoporous silica is selected from the group consisting of SBA-15, SBA-16, MCM-41, and MCM-48.
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