Dry reforming of methane over Ni/La2O3 nanorod catalysts with stabilized Ni nanoparticles

This paper describes the design of a Ni/La2O3 catalyst using La2O2CO3 nanorod as a support precursor (denoted as Ni/La2O3-LOC) via a wet impregnation method for dry reforming of methane (DRM). The results showed that La2O3 derived from the La2O2CO3 precursor maintained its initial morphology upon thermal treatment and could highly disperse Ni particles on it. Additionally, the nanorod-shaped support could provide more medium-strength basic sites...