The exhaust gas cleaning catalyst according to the present invention is provided with a cylindrical substrate 10 and a catalyst coat layer 20 formed on the surface of the substrate 10. A ratio of the length L in the cylindrical axis direction of the substrate 10 and the diameter D of a cross section orthogonal to the cylindrical axis direction is denoted by (L/D)0.8. The coat density of the catalyst coat layer 20 differs between an upstream side portion 10a that includes the exhaust gas inlet-side end 16 of the substrate 10 and a downstream side portion 10b that includes the exhaust gas outlet-side end 18 of the substrate 10. The coat density A in the upstream side portion 10a is lower than the coat density B in the downstream side portion 10b (A<B).

The disclosure relates to a particulate filter for the treatment of exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine, wherein the particulate filter comprises a catalyst material layer comprising at least one platinum group metal, and the average loading of platinum group metal in the region which is around the whole central axis of the particulate filter and accounts for 20 to 70 vol. % of the total volume of the particulate filter, is 1.1 to 10 times the average loading of platinum group metal in the remaining part of the particulate filter. The particulate filter according to the present invention has a centralized-distributed PGM in the radial direction, shows excellent HC, NOx, and CO conversions and low backpressure.

In one aspect, structural catalyst bodies comprising one or more gradients of catalytic material are provided herein. In some embodiments, a structural catalyst body described herein comprises an inner partition wall having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the inner partition wall having a gradient of catalytic material along the width of the inner partition wall.

The present disclosure generally relates to emission control catalyst articles comprising a platinum group metal (PGM) enriched zone, methods of making such emission control catalyst articles, and methods of using such emission control catalyst articles.