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Catalytic elimination of environmental pollutants, such as nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, sulfur compounds, chlorinated and other
organic compounds, and soot emitted from stationary or mobile sources
Basic understanding of catalysts used in environmental
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All aspects of preparation, characterization, activation,
deactivation and regeneration of novel and commercially applicable environmental catalysts
New catalytic routes and processes
for the production of clean energy, such as in hydrogen generation via catalytic fuel processing; and new catalysts and electrocatalysts
for fuel cells
Catalytic reactions in which wastes are converted to useful products
Clean manufacturing replacing toxic
chemicals with environmentally friendly catalysts
Scientific aspects of photocatalytic processes and basic understanding of
photocatalysts as applied to environmental problems
New catalytic combustion technologies and catalysts
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