SCR catalyst for the treatment of an exhaust gas of a diesel engine
An SCR catalyst for treating diesel exhaust gas has: a flow-through substrate with 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 flow through substrate extending therethrough; a first coating disposed on the internal wall surface of the substrate, the surface defining the interface between the internal walls and passages, the first coating extending over 40 to 100% of the substrate axial length, the first coating having an 8-membered ring pore zeolitic material with copper and/or iron; a second coating extending over 20 to 100% of the substrate axial length, the second coating having a first oxidic material with titania, wherein at least 75 wt. % of the second coating is titania, calculated as TiO 2 , and 0 to 0.01 wt. % of the second coating is vanadium oxides, calculated as V 2 O 5 .
1. A selective catalytic reduction catalyst suitable for treating an exhaust gas of a diesel engine, the catalyst comprising:
(i) a flow through 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 flow through substrate extending therethrough;
(ii) a first coating disposed on a surface of the internal walls of the substrate, the surface defining an interface between the internal walls and the passages, the first coating extending over 40 to 100% of the substrate axial length, and comprising an 8-membered ring pore zeolitic material comprising copper and/or iron;
(iii) a second coating extending over 20 to 100% of the substrate axial length, the second coating comprising a first oxidic material comprising titania, the second coating comprising at least 75 wt. % titania, calculated as TiO 2 , and from 0 to 0.01 wt. % vanadium oxide(s), calculated as V 2 O 5 ,
wherein in the catalyst, the first coating has a total loading (L1) and the second coating has a total loading (L2), wherein the ratio of the total loading of the first coating relative to the total loading of the second coating, (L1): (L2), is in the range of from 0.5:1 to 5:1.
2. The catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the first coating extends over 75 to 100% of the substrate axial length.
3. The catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the second coating extends over 75 to 100% of the substrate axial length.
4. The catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the second coating disposed on the first coating.
5. The catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the 8-membered ring pore zeolitic material in the first coating has a CHA, AEI, RTH, LEV, DDR, KFI, ERI, and/or AFX framework type.
6. The catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the zeolitic material in the first coating comprises copper.
7. The catalyst of claim 1 , wherein in the framework structure of the zeolitic material in the first coating, the molar ratio of Si to Al, calculated as molar SiO 2 :Al 2 O 3 , is in a range of from 2:1 to 50:1.
8. The catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the first coating further comprises an oxidic binder.
9. The catalyst of claim 1 , wherein from 0 to 0.01 wt. %, of the first coating is titania.
10. The catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the titania in the first oxidic material of the second coating has a tetragonal crystal system and/or an orthorhombic crystal system.
11. The catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the first oxidic material of the second coating further comprises cerium oxide, magnesium oxide, niobium oxide, silicon oxide, and/or tungsten oxide.
12. The catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the second coating further comprises a second oxidic material comprising silica, alumina, zirconia, and/or ceria.
13. The catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the first coating extends over 75 to 100% of the substrate axial length, from the inlet end toward the outlet end of the substrate.
14. The catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the first coating extends over 75 to 100% of the substrate axial length, from the outlet end toward the inlet end of the substrate.