Rhodium on a La-containing ZrO2 support effectively eliminated NOx from a synthetic auto exhaust gas under fluctuating oxygen conditions. Rhodium particles maintained a low oxidation state on the ZrO2-La2O3 mixed oxide even after treatment with 5% O2 at 773 K, highlighting the significant effect of the La addition.

zro2 nanopowder was prepared by the sol-gel auto-combustion method. the product was characterized by x-ray diffraction (xrd), energy dispersive analysis of x-ray (edx) and scanning electron microscopy (sem). the average crystalline size of zro2 was obtained 62 nm. also, photocatalytic removal of nitrophenol from aqueous solution by using nanoscale zro2 under uv light irradiation was studied. th...

In this study, 10 mol% ZrO2 was added to a 27CaO-5P2O5-68SiO2 (mol%) base composition synthesized via a simple sol-gel method. This composition is similar to that of a frequently investigated bioactive gel-glass. The effects of ZrO2 on the in vitro bioactivity and MG-63 cell proliferation of the glass and its derivative polycrystalline (glass-ceramic) powder were investigated. The samples were ...

To enhance the uniformity of correlated color temperature (CCT) and luminous flux, we integrated ZrO2 nanoparticles into white light-emitting diodes. This novel packaging scheme led to a more than 12% increase in luminous flux as compared to that in conventional dispensing structures. This was attributed to the scattering effect of ZrO2 nanoparticles, which enhanced the utilization of blue ligh...

The phase diagram for the YTaO4-ZrO2 quasi-binary has been determined up to 1600 °C. There are three distinct compositional regimes: an extensive YTaO4 solid solution, an extensive ZrO2 solid solution and a two-phase intermediate region. The addition of ZrO2 to YTaO4 decreases the M–T transition temperature almost linearly from 1426 °C to approximately 450 °C at the solubility limit (∼28mol% Zr...

Zirconia (ZrO2) nanoparticles co-doped with Cu and Pt were applied as catalysts for carbon monoxide (CO) oxidation. These materials were prepared through solution combustion in order to obtain highly active and stable catalytic nanomaterials. This method allows Pt2+ and Cu2+ ions to dissolve into the ZrO2 lattice and thus creates oxygen vacancies due to lattice distortion and charge imbalance. ...

ZrO2 nanograins annealed at different temperatures are systematically investigated using x-ray diffraction ~XRD! and Raman spectroscopy. Our results show that bulk properties of nano-ZrO2 diminish but the defect-, surface-, and size-related features display as grain size decreases. A critical size that divides respective predominance is determined to be about 15 nm. Both XRD and Raman spectra o...

CeO2, ZrO2, and a series of CexZr1-xO2 catalysts with 1 wt% Pd were exposed to fixed exposures of SO2 under oxidizing environments and then characterized by FTIR, pulse-reactor studies with CO and O2, and temperature-programmed desorption (TPD). For exposures above 473 K, sulfates were formed on all of the materials; however, the results are consistent with the formation of bulk sulfates on CeO...

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the antibiofilm activity against Enterococcus faecalis, compressive strength. and radiopacity of Portland cement (PC) added to zirconium oxide (ZrO2), as radiopacifier, with or without nanoparticulated zinc oxide (ZnO). The following experimental materials were evaluated: PC, PC + ZrO2, PC + ZrO2 + ZnO (5%), and PC + ZrO2 + ZnO (10%). Antibiofilm act...

Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) and Portland cement (PC) are calcium silicate cements. They have similar physicochemical, mechanical and biological properties. The addition of zirconium oxide (ZrO2) to PC provides radiopacity. Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) may improve some properties of cements. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of AgNPs on physicochemical/mechanical properties a...