Coating composition for diesel oxidation catalysts

1. A coating composition for diesel oxidation catalysts or a combination of diesel oxidation catalysts and diesel particle filters, wherein the coating composition comprises:

a mixture of a noble metal on a metal oxide, with the exception of cerium oxide, and a zeolite doped with iron, said zeolite having an iron content of 0.5-10 wt.-%, relative to the overall weight of the zeolite.

2. The coating composition according to claim 1 , wherein said zeolite has an Si/Al ratio of at least 5:1.

3. The coating composition according to claim 2 , wherein said zeolite doped with iron is iron-doped ZSM-5, Y, BETA or mordenite.

4. The coating composition according to claim 1 , wherein said metal oxide is aluminium oxide, Al/Si mixed oxide, titanium oxide or zirconium oxide.

5. The coating composition according to claim 1 , wherein the metal oxide/ iron-doped zeolite weight ratio is 10:1 to 1:1.

6. The coating composition according to claim 1 , wherein said noble metal is platinum or palladium.

7. The coating composition according to claim 6 , wherein said noble metal is platinum.

8. The coating composition according to claim 1 , wherein the iron-doped zeolite is a beta zeolite with an SiO 2 /Al 2 O 3 ratio of from 20:1 to 150:1 and an iron content 0.5 to 1.5%.

9. The coating composition according to claim 1 , wherein the iron-doped zeolite is a mixture of iron beta zeolite and iron ZSM-5 zeolite.

10. The coating composition according to claim 1 , wherein the iron-doped zeolite has an iron content of 0.5-5.9 wt.-%.

11. The coating composition according to claim 1 , wherein the iron-doped zeolite has an iron content of 0.6-2.0 wt.-%.

12. The coating composition according to claim 1 , wherein said metal oxide is aluminium oxide, titanium oxide, zirconium oxide, or Al/Si mixed oxide in which the molar ratio of Al/Si is to 95:5 to 80:20.

13. The coating composition according to claim 1 , wherein the metal oxide/ iron-doped zeolite weight ratio is 6:1 to 1:1.

14. The coating composition according to claim 1 , wherein the metal oxide/ iron-doped zeolite weight ratio is 5:1 to 2:1.

15. A method of coating a catalyst, said method comprising coating a combined diesel oxidation catalyst and diesel particle filter with the coating composition according to claim 1 .

16. A catalyst composition for treating the exhaust gas of diesel internal combustion engines, said composition comprising a diesel oxidation catalyst coated with the coating composition according to claim 1 .

17. The catalyst composition according to claim 16 , wherein said composition further comprises a diesel particle filter.

18. A method for treating the exhaust gas of diesel internal combustion engines, comprising: the

passing said exhaust gas over a catalyst composition according to claim 16 , whereby said exhaust gas is subjected to oxidation of CO and HC, reduction of NO x and elimination or reduction of particle emissions.

19. A method for treating the exhaust gas of diesel internal combustion engines, comprising:

passing said exhaust gas according to claim 17 , whereby said exhaust gas is subjected to oxidation of CO and HC, reduction of NO x and elimination or reduction of particle emissions.

20. A process for the preparation of a diesel oxidation catalyst comprising a mixture of a noble metal on a metal oxide, with the exception of cerium oxide, and a zeolite doped with iron, said zeolite having an iron content of 0.5-10 wt.-%, relative to the overall weight of the zeolite, said process comprising:

depositing on a catalyst support a suspension containing said noble metal on a metal oxide and said zeolite doped with iron.