“…To develop new and more efficient WGS catalysts, supported catalysts have been believed to be good candidate. For example, both precious metals (e.g., Pt, Au, Pd, Rh, Ir or Ru) [2,3] and cheap transition metals (e.g., Cu or Ni) [4,5] were deposited on various supports including TiO 2 [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17], CeO 2 [18][19][20][21][22][23], Mo 2 C [24][25][26], FeO x [27][28][29], Co 3 O 4 [30], Al 2 O 3 [31,32], ZrO 2 [33,34], CeO 2 -TiO 2 [35], CeO 2 -ZrO 2 [36,37] and CeO 2 -La 2 O 3 [38]. Au-TiO 2 catalysts have been given considerable attentions for WGS activities, due to the high activity and low side reactions of dispersed Au [38], and some advantages of TiO 2 supports (e.g., low price, easy preparation, adjustable properties and strong interaction with active metal).…”