“…The improvements in cobalt reducibility may occur without any affect on cobalt dispersion as observed by Davis for CoRe/Al 2 O 3 catalysts [13]. While the improvement in cobalt reducibility has been observed with several noble metals (Pt, Ru, Pd, Ir, Re), platinum, rhenium and ruthenium seems to be the most efficient cobalt reducibility promoters [16,18,[27][28][29]. The enhancement in cobalt reducibility was observed with a large number of catalytic supports (Al 2 O 3 , SiO 2 , TiO 2 , ZrO 2 , etc.).…”