Technical Paper
Development of Advanced Pd/Rh Automotive Catalyst
2004-01-16
2004-28-0027
With the ever-increasing stringency of emissions regulations, automotive three-way catalysts (TWCs) require much faster light-off performance and higher warmed-up activity than before. Most automotive manufacturers are considering the adoption of close-coupled catalyst systems as a means of dealing with cold start emissions and need the catalyst to have improved thermal durability. It is still generally true that Pd-based catalyst is suitable for close-coupled application. In this paper, an advanced Pd/Rh is reported to be improved for both cold start and hot emissions. Pd based catalyst has been an excellent catalyst for removing THC and CO at light-off but is weak in NOx. In order to elevate the NOx activity of Pd-based catalyst, Rh has been combined into the catalyst system. The Pd-Rh, Pd-OSC and Rh-OSC interactions were found to be important for the improvement of light-off and warmed-up activities on Pd/Rh catalyst.