Effect of support oxide and noble metal precursor on the activity of automotive diesel catalysts

This paper reports on the investigation of the effect of noble metal precursor and support oxide on their catalytic activity for the conversion of diesel exhaust gas components. The noble metal precursors used in this investigation were hexachloroplatinic acid, platinum nitrate, and tetraammine platinum(II) hydroxide. As support metal oxides zirconia, a base metal doped alumina, alumina, and titania were used. Catalysts were prepared from all combinations of precursors and supports and were tested in an integral model gas test reactor both in the fresh and in the aged state. The catalysts were also characterized by various techniques including BET surface area, CO chemisorption, XRD, and TEM. The results indicate that the catalyst prepared from the tetraammine platinum(II) hydroxide precursor on the base metal doped alumina support shows the highest activity for the conversion of the gaseous exhaust components.