Innovative catalysts of manganese oxides supported on Ce 0.6 Zr 0.4 O 2 prepared by different methods (e.g., citric acid method, coprecipitation method, and combustion method) were studied for low-temperature selective catalytic reduction of NO x with NH 3 at 808C-2608C. Compared with MnO x /Ce 0.6 Zr 0.4 O 2 (coprecipitation method) and MnO x /Ce 0.6 Zr 0.4 O 2 (combustion method), MnO x /Ce 0.6 Zr 0.4 O 2 (citric acid method) exhibited the best performance on selective catalytic reduction activity even in the presence of H 2 O and SO 2 . X-ray diffraction, N 2 adsorption, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and temperature-programmed experiments (H 2 -TPR and NH 3 -TPD) were used to characterize properties of the catalysts. Large surface area, small crystalline size, high surface chemisorbed oxygen, and high dispersion of manganese oxides might be the main reasons for the excellent performance of the catalysts.