“…Oxide phases can also participate differently in the water activation step. In very recent times a number of different formulations have been studied and proposed for Co catalysts for ESR, such as unsupported Co oxides [14e16], Co/CeO 2 [19,23,24], Co/SiO 2 [16,25], Co/Al 2 O 3 [25,26], Co/CaOeAl 2 O 3 [27], Co/MgO [26], coprecipitated [20,21] or impregnated Co/MgOeAl 2 O 3 [26], Co/ ZnO [24,28], coprecipitated Co/ZnOeAl 2 O 3 [18], Co/ZrO 2 [27] and Co/ZrO 2 eZnO [29], Co/TiO 2 [24], Co/talc [30], etc. Furthermore, promoting cobalt or alloying it with other metals such as Ni [18,27,31], Ru [32], Ir [24], Fe [17,28], Cu, Cr, Na [28] and K [20], is also under investigation.…”