“…For the case of propylene as reductant, for Zr PILC, very low conversions of NO into nitrogen were observed, and propylene was mainly consumed by the deep oxidation route ( figure 11). Here, performance of nanosized zirconia particles differs drastically from that of bulk zirconia samples, which are reasonably active and selective in propane and propylene NO x SCR in the high temperature range [4,11]. This difference appears to be due to the different structural properties of nanosized pillars resulting in much lower density of strong LAS (vide supra) responsible both for the hydrocarbons activation and stabilization of reactive nitrate surface species.…”