The effects of partial substitution of Mn by Cu and calcination temperature on the physiochemical and catalyticproperties of La
0.8K
0.2Cu
xMn
1-xO
3 catalysts for the simultaneous removal of NO
x and soot were investigated.The XRD, SEM, and BET techniques were used to characterize the catalysts, and temperature-programmedreaction (TPR) was used to determine their catalytic performances. The XRD results show that these catalystsare perovskite-type oxides. The SEM and BET results indicate that these catalysts exhibit very goodcharacteristics for multiphase reactions. The TPR results demonstrate that the performances of the catalystscan be improved by doping with appropriate cations. With increasing catalyst calcination temperature, theignition temperature of the soot increases. The catalyst La
0.8K
0.2Cu
0.05Mn
0.95O
3 calcined at 750
C was foundto be the best among the catalysts tested. The maximum yield of NO to N
2 and the ignition temperature ofsoot were 54.8% and 260
C, respectively, for this catalyst.