“…Ni catalysts, however, may be deactivated even at low temperatures due to sintering of Ni particles, formation of mobile Ni sub-carbonyls, or carbon deposition. 3,4 Therefore several other transition metals have been investigated for the methanation of CO 2 (Ru, Rh, Pd, Co, Fe, Cu, Pt, Mg, Zn, Zr, Ir, Cu, Ag, W, Mo, and Mn) (see ref.…”