Dry reforming of methane (DRM) simultaneously converts the greenhouse gases CH4 and CO2 into syngas with an H2/CO ratio close to 1, offering a promising route for carbon emission reduction and sustainable feedstock production. Ni-based catalysts are attractive due to their low cost and strong CH4 activation ability, but they suffer from sintering and carbon deposition at high temperatures, resulting in rapid deactivation. This study employed MgO-MgAl2O4 composites as supports to synthesize Ni-based catalysts with varying Ce/La molar ratios and doping contents via the sol-gel method. Optimized Ce-La ratios were further modified by Co co-doping to enhance activity and coke resistance. The catalysts were systematically characterized by SEM, BET, XRD, H2-TPR, CO2-TPD, TG, and XPS, and their DRM performance was evaluated in a fixed-bed reactor. Ce/La co-doping slightly decreased activity but greatly enhanced coke resistance. The catalyst with a Ce/La ratio of 75:25 and a total doping content of 7% exhibited the lowest coking level (8.19%) after 20 h of DRM, owing to the synergy between Ce-induced oxygen storage/release and La-enhanced CO2 adsorption. Further incorporation of 3 wt% Co increased CH4/CO2 conversions and stabilized the H2/CO ratio by improving Ni dispersion and reducibility, while also benefiting from Ce-La synergy in tuning oxygen vacancies and surface oxygen migration. This modification raised the fraction of surface reactive oxygen species (Oβ) to 75.9% and suppressed Ni sintering, thereby maintaining high activity and reducing coke formation (9.91%). The results demonstrate that rare-earth co-doping coupled with transition-metal adjustment provides an effective strategy for designing Ni-based DRM catalysts with high activity, stability, and coking resistance, offering valuable guidance for industrial catalyst development.
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