Catalytic activated diesel particle filter with ammonia trap effect

1. A catalytically active diesel particulate filter for treating exhaust gas comprising a filter body and comprising an oxidation-active catalytic coating layer, and a further coating layer which is catalytically active in a SCR reaction, in which an ammonia storage material is present, wherein an arrangement of layers is maintained such that the exhaust gas to be cleaned primarily passes through the coating layer which is catalytically active in the SCR reaction and subsequently through the oxidation-active catalytic coating layer.

2. A catalytically active diesel particulate filter according to claim 1 , wherein the ammonia storage capacity of the coating layer which is catalytically active in the SCR reaction is at least 20 millimeters per gram of catalyst material.

3. A catalytically active diesel particulate filter according to claim 2 , wherein the coating layer which is catalytically active in the SCR reaction comprises one or more zeolites which have been exchanged with hydrogen cations or transition metal cations.

4. A catalytically active diesel particulate filter according to claim 3 , wherein the coating layer which is catalytically active in the SCR reaction comprises one or more with iron or copper or iron and copper exchanged zeolites.

5. A catalytically active diesel particulate filter according to claim 3 , wherein the coating layer which is catalytically active in the SCR reaction comprises beta-zeolite or Y-zeolite or faujasite or mordenite or ZSM-5 or combinations thereof.

6. A catalytically active diesel particulate filter according to claim 3 , wherein the coating layer which is catalytically active in the SCR reaction is free of precious metals.

7. A catalytically active diesel particulate filter according to claim 1 , wherein the oxidation-active catalytic coating layer is free of zeolites.

8. The catalytically active diesel particulate filter according to claim 7 , wherein the oxidation-active catalytic coating layer comprises platinum or palladium or mixtures thereof on a support material selected from the group consisting of high-surface area active aluminum oxide, cerium oxide, zirconium oxide, titanium oxide, silicon oxide and mixtures or mixed oxides thereof.

9. The catalytically active diesel particulate filter according to claim 1 , wherein the filter body is selected from the group consisting of ceramic wall flow filter substrates, sintered metal filter bodies, or ceramic foam structures and metallic foam structures.

10. The catalytically active diesel particulate filter as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the filter body is selected from the group consisting of ceramic wall flow filter substrates and features walls with an open-pore structure with a porosity of 40 to 80% and a mean pore diameter of 9 to 30 micrometers.

11. The catalytically active diesel particulate filter as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the oxidation-active catalytic coating layer is introduced into the pores of walls of the ceramic wall flow filter substrate over the entire length of the filter and is distributed homogeneously in a particular wall of the wall flow filter substrate.

12. The catalytically active diesel particulate filter as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the oxidation-active catalytic coating layer fills the pores in walls of the ceramic wall flow filter substrate up to an inflow-side surface of the particular wall, and the coating layer which is catalytically active in the SCR reaction is applied to said surface.

13. The catalytically active diesel particulate filter as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the catalytic coating layer which is active in the SCR reaction occupies 5 to 50% of the length of the filter and is arranged on the inflow side of the overall device.

14. The catalytically active diesel particulate filter as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the oxidation-active catalytic coating layer fills pores in the walls of the ceramic wall flow filter substrate up to the outflow-side surface of the particular wall, and the coating layer which is catalytically active in the SCR reaction is likewise introduced into the pores of the walls and is distributed homogeneously in the particular wall but fills the pores up to the inflow-side surface of the particular wall.

15. The catalytically active diesel particulate filter according to claim 1 , wherein the filter body serves as a support body for the oxidation-active catalytic coating layer, and occupies the entire length of said filter, and wherein the filter provided with the oxidation-active catalytic coating layer serves as the support body for the coating layer which is catalytically active in the SCR reaction.

16. The catalytically active diesel particulate filter as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the coating layer which is catalytically active in the SCR reaction occupies 5 to 50% of the length of the filter and is arranged on the inflow side of the filter.

17. An exhaust gas aftertreatment system for removing nitrogen oxides and particulates form the exhaust gas of internal combustion engines operated under predominately lean conditions, wherein the exhaust gas aftertreatment system comprises a catalyst suitable for removing nitrogen oxides and a catalytically active diesel particulate filter according to claim 1 .

18. The exhaust gas aftertreatment system according to claim 17 , wherein the exhaust gas aftertreatment system comprises, on an inflow side of the catalytically activated diesel particulate filter, equipment for metered addition of ammonia or of a compound decomposable to ammonia, and an SCR catalyst.

19. The exhaust gas aftertreatment system according to claim 18 , wherein a diesel oxidation catalyst or a three-way catalyst or a nitrogen oxide storage catalyst or combinations thereof is arranged between the internal combustion engine operated under predominantly lean conditions and the equipment for metered addition of ammonia or of a compound decomposable to ammonia.

20. The exhaust gas aftertreatment system according to claim 17 , wherein the exhaust gas aftertreatment system comprises, on the inflow side of the catalytically active diesel particulate filter, a nitrogen oxide storage catalyst.