Automotive exhaust conversion catalysis

Nieuwenhuys, B.E. (2000) The surface science approach toward understanding automotive exhaust conversion catalysis at the atomic level, Adv. Catal. 44, 35. 

The Surface Science Approach Toward Understanding Automotive Exhaust Conversion Catalysis at the Atomic Level... 

As discussed in the "Chemistry at Work" box in Section 14.7, one of the goals of automotive catalytic converters is to achieve the rapid conversion of NO to N2 and O2 at the temperature of the exhaust gas. Some catalysts for this reaction have been developed that are reasonably effective under the grueling conditions found in automotive exhaust systems. Nevertheless, scientists and engineers are continually searching for new materials that provide even more effective catalysis of the decomposition of nitrogen oxides. 

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