Design an in-situ reduction of Ni/C-SiO2 catalyst and new insights into pretreatment effect for CH4-CO2 reforming reaction

We present a facile synthesis route for the direct preparation of Ni-based mesoporous carbon/silica composite catalyst without further reduction process for the CO2 reforming of CH4 reaction. The CO2 pretreated Ni catalyst exhibits high catalytic activity and superior carbon deposition resistance.209