N. Takahashi et al., THE NEW CONCEPT 3-WAY CATALYST FOR AUTOMOTIVE LEAN-BURN ENGINE - NOX STORAGE AND REDUCTION CATALYST, Catalysis today, 27(1-2), 1996, pp. 63-69
The new concept 3-way catalysts for a lean-burn engine have been devel
oped, and their NOx purification mechanisms have been studied. The cat
alysts consist of precious metals, aluminum oxide and some other metal
compounds such as NOX storage compounds. NOx is oxidized over the pre
cious metals and stored as nitrate ion combined with NOx storage compo
unds under oxidizing conditions. The stored NOx is reduced to N-2 unde
r stoichiometric and reducing conditions. The NOx storage capacity is
deteriorated by sulfur. The improved catalysts showed sufficient NOx c
onversion durability in the Japanese 10-15 mode test.