“…Noble metal (Pd, Pt, Ru, Rh, Au, etc. )-supported catalysts are generally used for CH 4 elimination and Pd-supported catalysts have been reported to be highly active ,− ,,− mainly because of their ability to break the C–H bond with high binding energy in CH 4 under a relatively low energy barrier. ,,,,− Although noble metal-supported catalysts have high efficiency, their high price, limited source, sintering issue, and poisoning tendency limit their large-scale application. ,,,, Accordingly, the development of alternative catalysts based on non-noble metals is attractive, and single metal oxide-based catalysts such as MnO x , Co 3 O 4 , CuO, Fe 2 O 3 , NiO, and perovskite have been found to be highly active for methane combustion. ,,,− NiO, a p-type semiconductor, is of particular interest because of its unique chemical properties, high thermal stability, and low prices. − Recently, NiO nanomaterials with different morphologies, such as nanosheets, ,,,− nanoparticles, ,− nanorods, , and honeycomb-like nanostructures, have been reported successively and applied as catalysts, battery electrodes, and capacitors . However, there are not many reports about the application of NiO catalysts in methane catalytic combustion.…”