Exhaust gas purification catalyst

An exhaust gas purification catalyst comprising:

• a substrate;
• and
• a catalyst coating layer coated on the substrate,
• wherein the catalyst coating layer includes a first catalyst coating layer containing Pd and/or Pt as a catalyst metal and a second catalyst coating layer containing Rh as a catalyst metal,
• wherein the first catalyst coating layer is formed from an end portion in an upstream side with respect to an exhaust gas flow direction in the exhaust gas purification catalyst,
• wherein the second catalyst coating layer includes an upstream coating layer and a downstream coating layer, the upstream coating layer being formed from the end portion in the upstream side with respect to the exhaust gas flow direction in the exhaust gas purification catalyst, the downstream coating layer being formed from an end portion in a downstream side with respect to the exhaust gas flow direction in the exhaust gas purification catalyst,
• wherein the upstream coating layer includes particles in which Rh is supported on an OSC material, a support amount of Rh on the OSC material is 20 weight % or more relative to a total weight of the whole of Rh present in the upstream coating layer,
• wherein the downstream coating layer includes particles in which Rh is supported on a ZrO2-containing composite oxide selected from zirconia, an alumina-zirconia-based composite oxide (AZ), and an alumina-zirconia-titanium-based composite oxide (AZT), and
• wherein a mean particle diameter of Rh is 1.0 nm to 2.0 nm with a standard deviation σ of 0.8 nm or less in a measurement by a transmission electron microscope observation.