Аннотация:The results of the last 20 year research on the development of rare earth cobaltate- and
nickelate-based catalysts of the partial oxidation of methane (POM) are summarized. New way
of synthesis of these catalysts based on the decomposition of complex oxide precursors in the
reducing environment is discussed. It was found that the high mobility of oxygen in LaSrCoO4
is accompanied by a signifi cant catalytic activity of this complex oxide in methane oxidation.
High catalytic performance of NdCaCoO4 in POM might be caused by the reductive decomposition
of this complex oxide at a temperature above 900 °C and the formation of closely packed
agglomerates of nanoparticles of metallic cobalt, Nd2O3, and CaO. The studies focused on
decreasing POM temperature via substitution of cobalt by nickel in complex oxide precursors
as well as the works considering decomposition processes in order to obtain metal-oxide nanocomposites with the optimum catalytic performance are discussed. This work shows that the
reductive decomposition of Nd2–xCax(Co1–yNiy)O4–d and of the related complex oxides opens
up new possibilities for the development of metal-oxide catalysts of the partial oxidation of
methane and other catalytic oxidation processes.