“…Several synthetic pathways have been proposed to synthetize W/ZrO 2 materials, such as deposition of tungsten salts over hydrous zirconia, 11,18 anion exchange, 19,20 coprecipitation, 21,22 hydrothermal synthesis 23 , sol-gel, 24 etc. In the three last methods mentioned, treatments at relatively high temperatures are required in order to activate the materials, probably because the tungsten is located inside the zirconia and it has to migrate to the surface in order to be catalytically active.…”