“…The carbon particulate matter (mainly soot particles) with adsorbed toxicants derived from vehicle exhaust is an important source of urban atmospheric fine particles, which can seriously endanger physical health and environment. − In the after-treatment system of vehicle exhaust, the particulate filter combined with the catalysts is widely regarded as one of the most efficient methods to eliminate them, and the catalysts are crucial to the removal efficiency of soot particles. − In recent years, a great number of high-efficient catalysts reported by the scientists are able to achieve catalytic soot purification at low temperatures, whose compositions involve noble metals, − transition-metal oxides, − alkaline metal oxides, , perovskite-like type oxides, − and rare earth oxides. − The primary active component in the commercial catalysts for soot purification is noble metal (Pt and Pd) elements, and the usage amount of the Pt element in the field of automobile exhaust purification exceeds 30% of the total usage amount in the Pgm market report (May 2021) of Johnson Matthey. Thus, the key issue is to decrease the usage amount of the Pt element in the catalysts for vehicle exhaust purification. , However, the role and mechanism of the Pt element and metal oxide support in improving the removal efficiency of soot particles are still unclear, and it is still a challenge to obtain high-efficient Pt-based catalysts for the removal of soot particles.…”