Three-way conversion catalyst in gasoline-natural gas applications

1. A three-way conversion catalyst for the treatment of an exhaust gas comprising nitrogen monoxide, carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon, wherein the catalyst comprises:

(i) a substrate comprising an inlet end, an outlet end, a substrate axial length extending from the inlet end to the outlet end and a plurality of passages defined by internal walls of the substrate extending therethrough;

(ii) a first coating comprising rhodium supported on a first oxidic component; and

(iii) a second coating comprising palladium supported on a non-zeolitic oxidic material, wherein the non-zeolitic oxidic material comprises manganese and a second oxidic component, wherein from 0 weight-% to 0.001 weight-% of the second coating consists of platinum;

wherein the first coating is disposed on the surface of the internal walls of the substrate over x % of the substrate axial length and x ranging from 80 to 100;

wherein the second coating extends over y % of the substrate axial length from the inlet end to the outlet end and is disposed on the first coating and y ranging from 20 to x.

2. The three-way conversion catalyst of claim 1 , wherein x ranges from 90 to 100 and wherein y ranges from 80 to x.

3. The three-way conversion catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the first oxidic component, in the first coating, is chosen from alumina, ceria, silica, zirconia, titania, a mixture of two or more thereof, and a mixed oxide of two or more thereof.

4. The three-way conversion catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the first coating further comprises a platinum group metal other than rhodium.

5. The three-way conversion catalyst of claim 4 , wherein the platinum group metal other than rhodium is supported on a third oxidic component.

6. The three-way conversion catalyst of claim 5 , wherein the platinum group metal other than rhodium is further supported on a first oxygen storage compound.

7. The three-way conversion catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the first coating consists of from 0 weight-% to 0.001 weight-% of manganese.

8. The three-way conversion catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the second coating comprises manganese an amount ranging from 1 weight-% to 10 weight-%, calculated as MnO 2 and based on the weight of the non-zeolitic oxidic material.

9. The three-way conversion catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the second oxidic component, in the non-zeolitic oxidic material of the second coating, is chosen from alumina, silica, ceria, zirconia, titania, a mixture of two or more thereof, and a mixed oxide of two or more thereof.

10. The three-way conversion catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the second coating comprises palladium, calculated as elemental palladium, at a loading ranging from 20 g/ft 3 to 200 g/ft 3 .

11. The three-way conversion catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the second coating further comprises a second oxygen storage compound.

12. The three-way conversion catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the substrate according to (i) is a flow-through substrate.

13. An exhaust gas treatment system downstream of and in fluid communication with an engine, the system comprising a three-way conversion catalyst according to claim 1 .

14. A method of treating an exhaust gas comprising hydrocarbon, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen monoxide from a gasoline engine or a combined gasoline-natural gas engine comprising using the three-way conversion catalyst according to claim 1 for the treatment.

15. A process for preparing a three-way conversion catalyst comprising:

(a) providing a substrate comprising an inlet end, an outlet end, a substrate axial length extending from the inlet end to the outlet end and a plurality of passages defined by internal walls of the substrate extending therethrough;

(b) preparing a slurry comprising rhodium, a first oxidic component and water; disposing the slurry on the surface of the internal walls of the substrate over x % of the substrate axial length, from the inlet end to the outlet end of the substrate, or from the outlet end to the inlet end of the substrate, with x ranging from 80 to 100; calcining the obtained slurry-treated substrate, obtaining a substrate coated with a first coating;

(c) preparing a slurry comprising water, palladium and a non-zeolitic oxidic material, comprising manganese and a second oxidic component; disposing the slurry on the first coating of the coated substrate obtained in (b) over y % of the substrate axial length from the inlet end to the outlet end of the substrate, with y ranging from 20 to x; calcining the obtained slurry-treated substrate, obtaining a substrate coated with a first coating and a second coating, wherein the second coating consist of 0 weight-% to 0.001 weight-% of platinum.