A series of TiO
2-, Al
2O
3-, and SiO
2-supported manganese oxide catalysts were prepared, characterized, andcatalytically tested for selecti
ve catalytic reduction (SCR) of NO with NH
3 in the presence of excess oxygenat low tem
peratures (373-523 K). Various commercial supports were used in this study to find out the influenceof surface area, support nature (acidic, basic), and crystalline phase on SCR acti
vity. XRD studies re
veal thepresence of anatase and rutile phases for titania supports and the existence of
-alumina in the case of aluminasupport. Silica support was amorphous. No inde
pendent lines corresponding to the crystalline MnO
2 wereobser
ved on pure anatase and rutile samples. Howe
ver, the presence of MnO
2 was confirmed on other supportsby XRD. BET surface area
values suggest that s
pecific surface area of the supports was decreased afterimpregnating with MnO
2. The FT-IR and ammonia TPD studies indicate the presence of two ty
pes of acidsites on these catalysts, and the acidic strength of the catalysts is higher than the corresponding pure supports.XPS results re
vealed the presence of two ty
pes of manganese oxides, MnO
2 (642.4 eV) and Mn
2O
3 (641.2eV), on all the samples. The SCR
performance of the supported Mn catalysts decreased in the followingorder: TiO
2 (anatase, high surface area) > TiO
2 (rutile) > TiO
2 (anatase, rutile) >
-Al
2O
3 > SiO
2 > TiO
2(anatase, low surface area). Quantitati
ve NO con
version with 100% N
2 selecti
vity was achie
ved at 393 Kwith Mn supported on TiO
2 (anatase). TiO
2-supported MnO
2 catalysts showed more promising SCR acti
vitythan Al
2O
3- or SiO
2-supported manganese oxide catalysts. Various characterization techniques suggest thatLewis acid sites, a high surface concentration of MnO
2, and redox pro
perties are important in achie
ving highcatalytic
performance at low tem
peratures.