“…Preparation methods affect the dispersion of active metal 68 and metal-support interactions, 196 which in turn further inuences the catalytic performance. 197 Traditional methods including impregnation, 28,30,40,41,45,170,171,193,198,199 precipitation, 43,95,109,157,200 and sol-gel methods 31,63,110,201 have been widely applied in methanation catalysts synthesis. Some other methods such as deposition-precipitation, 46,142 hydrothermal synthesis, 38,202 ion exchange method, 203 mechanical mixing, 204 solution combustion method, 96 and microwave heating 77 were also used in preparing methanation catalysts.…”