The project Optimization of Carbon Chemistry in Methane Dry Reforming is devoted to the activation
of reactive carbon during methane dry reforming. The central goal is an optimized design of carbon-
resistant intermetallic compound based methane dry reforming catalysts with enhanced long-term
activity and thermochemical stability. Through adequate choice of the intermetallic compound precursor
structures, we are able to tune the chemical and structural properties of the carbon intermediates within
the methane dry reforming reaction network. The recurrent methodological approach is the stringent use
of operando catalyst characterization, i.e., in their operational state to establish valid structure-property
relationships.