Selective catalytic reduction catalyst and a process for preparing a selective catalytic reduction catalyst

1 . A process for preparing a catalyst for a selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxide comprising a coating comprising iron and a zeolitic material comprising copper, the process comprising:

(i) preparing a first aqueous mixture comprising water and a zeolitic material comprising copper;

(ii) disposing the first aqueous mixture obtained according to (i) to a substrate, wherein the substrate comprises 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, and over x % of the substrate axial length from the inlet end to the outlet end of the substrate, wherein x ranges from 80 to 100; calcining the substrate having the first aqueous mixture disposed thereon, obtaining a substrate comprising a coating comprising a zeolitic material comprising copper;

(iii) preparing a second aqueous mixture comprising only water and an iron salt;

(iv) disposing only the second aqueous mixture obtained according to (iii) on the substrate obtained according to (ii) over y % of the substrate axial length from the inlet end to the outlet end of the substrate, wherein y ranges from 10 to x, obtaining a substrate comprising, in a first zone, the coating comprising a zeolitic material comprising copper and over y of the substrate axial length the iron salt; and, if x>y, in a second zone extending from y % to x of the substrate axial length from the inlet end to the outlet end, the coating comprising the zeolitic material comprising copper, wherein the iron salt is one or more of iron (III) nitrate, iron (II) acetate, ammonium iron (III) citrate, iron (II) sulfate, and iron (II) oxalate, wherein (iv) is performed by dipping the substrate obtained according to (ii) into the second aqueous mixture prepared in (iii); and

(v) calcining the substrate obtained according to (iv).

2 . The process of claim 1 , wherein the zeolitic material comprising copper in the first aqueous mixture prepared according to (i) has a framework type selected from the group consisting of CHA, AEI, RTH, LEV, DDR, KFI, ERI, AFX, a mixture of two or more thereof, and a mixed type of two or more thereof.

3 . The process of claim 1 , wherein the zeolitic material comprising copper in the aqueous mixture prepared according to (i) has a framework type selected from the group consisting of FER, BEA, MFI, FAU, MOR, a mixture of two or more thereof, and a mixed type of two or more thereof.

4 . The process of claim 1 , wherein the first aqueous mixture prepared according to (i) comprises at most 1000 ppm of iron, calculated as elemental iron.

5 . The process of claim 1 , wherein calcining the substrate having the first aqueous mixture disposed thereon according to (ii) is performed in a gas atmosphere having a temperature ranging from 400° C. to 800° C.

6 . The process of claim 1 , wherein the substrate comprising the coating comprising a zeolitic material comprising copper obtained according to (ii) has a water adsorption, expressed in weight of H 2 O relative to the volume of the coating, ranging from 1 g/in 3 to 5 g/in 3 .

7 . The process of claim 1 , wherein the second aqueous mixture prepared according to (iii) comprises the iron salt in an amount, calculated as Fe 2 C>3, which ranges from 4 weight-% to 40 weight-%, based on the weight of the second aqueous mixture prepared according to (iii).

8 . The process of claim 1 , wherein y ranges from 20 to x.

9 . The process of claim 1 , wherein (iv) is performed by dipping the substrate obtained according to (ii) into the second aqueous mixture prepared in (iii) for 5-120 seconds.

10 . A catalyst for a selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxide prepared by the process of claim 1 .

11 . The catalyst of claim 10 , wherein the zeolitic material comprising copper in the coating has a framework type selected from the group consisting of CHA, AEI, RTH, LEV, DDR, KR, ERI, AFX, a mixture of two or more thereof, and a mixed type of two or more thereof; or wherein the zeolitic material comprising copper has a framework type selected from the group consisting of FER, BEA, MF, FAU, MOR, a mixture of two or more thereof, and a mixed type of two or more thereof.

12 . The catalyst of claim 10 , wherein the amount of copper, calculated as CuO, comprised in the zeolitic material in the coating ranges from 1.5 weight-% to 15 weight-%, based on the weight of the zeolitic material comprised in the coating.

13 . The catalyst of claim 10 , wherein the coating comprised in the first zone comprises the iron salt in an amount ranging from 0.5 weight-% to 3.5 weight-%, based on the weight of the zeolitic material.

14 . The catalyst of claim 10 , wherein x>y.

15 . An exhaust gas treatment system for the treatment of exhaust gas exiting from an internal combustion engine, the system comprising:

a catalyst for a selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxide according to claim 10 and

one or more of a diesel oxidation catalyst, an ammonia oxidation catalyst, a selective catalytic reduction catalyst, a catalyzed soot filter, and a SCR/AMOx catalyst.

16 . An exhaust gas treatment catalyst comprising:

an ammonia oxidation catalyst disposed over z % of the substrate axial length, from the outlet end to the inlet end of the substrate, wherein z ranges from 5 to 100; and

the catalyst for a selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxide prepared by the process of claim 1 .

17 . The catalyst of claim 16 , wherein z ranges from 8 to 50.

18 . The catalyst of claim 16 , wherein the ammonia oxidation catalyst comprises a platinum group metal component, wherein the platinum group metal component is one or more of platinum, palladium, rhodium, osmium, and iridium.