The
steam reforming of bio-oil-derived acetic acid over the developed
Ni/CeO
2
-ZnO nanoparticle catalysts for hydrogen production
was studied. The correlations of CeO
2
to ZnO mass ratio
(CZMR) and nickel loading with the properties and performances of
Ni/CeO
2
-ZnO catalysts were explored. The H
2
,
CO, and potential H
2
yields followed a Gaussian normal
distribution with increasing the CZMR. An exponential function equation
was established to correlate the H
2
, CO, and potential
H
2
yields with Ni loading. As the CZMR increased from 0
to 1/3, the H
2
yield increased from 57.8 to 69.4%, with
a growth rate of 20.1%. Further, on increasing the CZMR from 1/3 to
3, the H
2
yield decreased by 37.6%. The CO yield showed
a similar trend for the H
2
yield on increasing the CZMR,
which first increased to a peak value, then started to decrease rapidly
and finally stabilized. The yield of H
2
increased significantly
from 20.6 to 73.5%, with the increase of nickel loading from 0 to
15%. Further, on increasing the nickel loading from 15 to 25%, the
H
2
yield increased by only 5.8%. With the CZMR of 1/3 and
the nickel loading of 15%, the selectivities of H
2
and
CO were as high as 91.6 and 42.3%, respectively.