Production method of ceramic catalyst body

摘要

This invention provides a method for producing a ceramic catalyst body that can directly support a catalyst on a ceramic support without disposing a coating layer on the ceramic support. In the invention, a catalyst solution containing a catalyst component consisting of a negative complex ion resulting from a catalyst precursor is prepared, and a pH of the catalyst solution is adjusted in such a manner as to satisfy the relation E 1 >E 2 and E 1 >0 where E 1 is a surface potential of a matrix phase consisting of a cordierite-W composite body relative to the pH of the catalyst solution and E 2 is a surface potential of a dispersed phase consisting of compounds other than the cordierite-W composite body. After the ceramic support is brought into contact with the catalyst solution to support the catalyst component, heat-treatment is conducted to bond the matrix phase consisting of the cordierite-W composite body and the catalyst component to support the catalyst on the ceramic support.