“…These catalysts are usually bimetallic or alloy groups. As the nickel and nickel-based catalysts are of low cost and have high catalytic effect, they have been often used for the dissociation reaction of CH 4 , which include Ni [6], Ni/γ-Al 2 O 3 [7], Sn/Ni [8], Ni-M (M = Cu, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, Pt, and Au) [9], Ni/Fe-catalyzed carbon [10], pure and gold-alloyed Ni(111) [11], Ni(100) [12], NiPd [13], NiCu [14], NiM(111) (M = Co, Rh, Ir) [15], NiCo [16], MgO(001)-supported Ni 4 [17], Ni(111) and Ru (0001) [18], Pt-Ni [19], Ni, Pd, Pt, and Cu [20]. The aforementioned results have shown that while bimetallic catalyst groups such as NiPt and NiPd have high catalytic activity on CH 4 dissociation reaction, NiAu, NiSn, and Ni can be classified as catalysts or catalyst groups with low activity.…”