Diesel
engines have been widely applied, while the pollutants emitted
from diesel engines have caused serious environmental pollution and
human health hazards, especially for soot and NO
x
. Nowadays, the design and preparation of catalysts with excellent
catalytic activity for simultaneous removal of soot and NO
x
is a great challenge in the field of diesel exhaust
abatement. In this work, a series of three-dimensional ordered macroporous
(3DOM) La1–x
K
x
MnO3 catalysts with high activity for the simultaneous
elimination of soot and NO
x
were synthesized
by the colloidal crystal template method. The physicochemical properties
of the as-prepared catalysts were characterized via XRD, Raman, FT-IR,
SEM, TEM, N2 adsorption–desorption, XPS, H2-TPR, O2-TPD, NH3-TPD, NO-TPD, NO-TPO, and
so on. The results of catalytic performance illustrated that 3DOM
La0.75K0.25MnO3 exhibited highest
catalytic activity with a maximum concentration of CO2 at
357 °C (T
10 = 336 °C, T
50 = 365 °C, and T
90 = 406 °C) and 50–60% NO conversion in the temperature
range of 140–260 °C. Meanwhile, the reaction mechanism
of 3DOM La1–x
K
x
MnO3 catalysts was also proposed based on the characterization
results and DFT calculation. The reasons for high catalytic activity
are related to the strong oxidizability of high-valence B-site ions,
the abundance of active oxygen species and suitable acid sites, good
reducibility, and the 3DOM structure.