Characterization of gamma-Ga2O3-Al2O3 prepared by solvothermal method and its performance for methane-SCR of NO.

The gamma-Ga(2)O(3)-Al(2)O(3) mixed oxides with a spinel structure were prepared by the solvothermal reaction of gallium acetylacetonate and aluminum isopropoxide in diethylenetriamine. In the crystal structures of the catalysts obtained by the calcination of these mixed oxides, Ga(3+) and Al(3+) ions preferentially occupied tetrahedral and octahedral sites, respectively. The catalysts with low Ga contents had a unique structure with high surface areas and a concentration gradient of decreasing Ga content from the surface to the bulk.