A catalyst composition comprising a first platinum group metal (PGM) component and a first support material, wherein the first PGM component comprises platinum (Pt) and palladium (Pd) and is supported on the first support material; and wherein the first PGM component has a Pt:Pd molar ratio of from about 5:95 to about 95:5.

A three-way catalyst article, and its use in an exhaust system for internal combustion engines, is disclosed. The catalyst article for treating exhaust gas comprising: a substrate comprising an inlet end and an outlet end with an axial length L; and a first catalytic region on the substrate; wherein the first catalytic region comprises a first PGM component and a first alumina, wherein the first alumina is doped with a first dopant of at least 5 wt. %, and wherein the first dopant is selected from the group consisting of Zr, Ta, Mo, W, Ti, Nb, and a combination thereof.

Provided herein is a catalytic article including a catalytic coating disposed on a substrate, wherein the catalytic coating comprises a bottom coating on the substrate and a top coating layer on the bottom coating layer, one such coating layer containing a platinum group metal on a refractory metal oxide support and the other such coating layer containing a ceria-containing molecular sieve. Such catalytic articles are effective toward treating exhaust gas streams of internal combustion engines and exhibit outstanding resistance to sulfur.

The present disclosure generally provides a catalyst composition comprising a zeolite containing iron and/or copper with a reduced amount of extra-framework aluminum. The catalyst composition is useful to catalyze the reduction of nitrogen oxides in exhaust gas in the presence of a reductant.

Methods for exhaust gas purification, including the steps of: attaching an exhaust gas purification catalyst to an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, and supplying an exhaust gas to the exhaust gas purification catalyst, where the exhaust gas purification catalyst includes an upper layer containing first carrier particles which are particles of an inorganic oxide and rhodium, and a lower layer containing second carrier particles which are particles of an inorganic oxide, the upper layer includes a rhodium-rich portion near the surface of the upper layer on the upstream side of the exhaust gas flow, and the existence range of the rhodium-rich portion is in a range of greater than 50% to 80% of the length of the upper layer from a downstream side end of an exhaust gas flow and of less than 20 μm in the depth direction from an outermost surface of the upper layer.

An aftertreatment system for treating an exhaust gas comprises an exhaust conduit, a preheating oxidation catalyst, a primary oxidation catalyst disposed downstream of the preheating oxidation catalyst, and a selective catalytic reduction system disposed in the exhaust conduit downstream of the primary oxidation catalyst. A controller is configured to determine a temperature of an exhaust gas at an inlet of the selective catalytic reduction system. In response to the temperature being below a threshold temperature, the controller generates a hydrocarbon insertion signal configured to cause hydrocarbons to be inserted into or upstream of the preheating oxidation catalyst so as to increase a temperature of the exhaust gas to above the threshold temperature.

An emissions treatment article comprises: a honeycomb body comprising porous ceramic walls having wall surfaces defining a plurality of inner channels; deposits comprising a magnetic susceptor material disposed on one or more portions of the porous ceramic walls; and a catalytic material within the honeycomb body and disposed separate from the deposits of the magnetic susceptor material. A first number of inner channels comprising the deposits comprising the magnetic susceptor material is greater than or equal to a second number of inner channels comprising the catalytic material. In one or more embodiments, the catalytic material is a three-way conversion (TWC) catalytic material. Methods of making and using the same are also provided.

A method of coating a substrate with a foam is described. The method comprises: (a) introducing a foam into a substrate comprising a plurality of channels through open ends of the channels at a first end of the substrate; and (b) applying at least one of (i) a vacuum to open ends of the channels at a second end of the substrate and (ii) a pressure to the open ends of the channels at the first end of the substrate; wherein the foam comprises a particulate material, and wherein the foam is particle stabilized.

A functional structural body includes a skeletal body of a porous structure composed of a zeolite-type compound, and at least one type of metallic nanoparticles present in the skeletal body, the skeletal body having channels connecting with each other, the metallic nanoparticles being present at least in the channels of the skeletal body.

To provide a hydrocarbon adsorbent having high hydrocarbon adsorbing properties even after exposed to a high temperature/high humidity reducing atmosphere. A hydrocarbon adsorbent, which includes a FAU type zeolite having a lattice constant of at least 24.29 Å and containing copper. Such a hydrocarbon adsorbent may be used for a method for adsorbing hydrocarbons to be exposed to a high temperature/high humidity environment, and may be used particularly for a method for adsorbing hydrocarbons in an exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, such as an automobile exhaust gas.