Chemicalloopingdryreforming（CLDR）isaninnovativetechnologyforCO2utilizationusingthechemicalloopingprinciple.TheCLDRprocessconsistsofthreestages,i.e.CH4reduction,CO2reforming,andairoxidation.Spinelnickelferrite（NiFe2O4）waspreparedanditsmulti-cycleperformanceasanoxygencarrierforCLDRwasexperimentallyinvestigated.X-raydiffraction（XRD）andLaserRamanspectroscopyshowedthatapurespinelcrystallinephase（NiFe2O4）wasobtainedbyaparallelflowco-precipitatingmethod.NiFe2O4wasreducedintoFe-Nialloyandwustite（FexO）duringtheCH4reductionprocess.SubsequentoxidationofthereducedoxygencarrierwasperformedwithCO2asanoxidanttoformanintermediatestate:amixtureofspinelNi1-xFe2+xO4,Fe2+yO4andmetallicNi.AndCOwasgeneratedinparallelduringthisstage.Approximate185mLofCOwasgeneratedfor1gspinelNiFe2O4inasinglecycle.TheintermediateoxygencarrierwasfullyoxidizedintheairoxidationstagetoformamixtureofNi1+xFe2-xO4andFe2O3.Althoughtheoriginalstateofoxygencarrier（NiFe2O4）wasnotfullyregeneratedandagglomerationwasobserved,agoodrecyclabilitywasshownin10successiveredoxcycles.更多还原
