The increasing demand for green energy and the coming into
force of more stringent regulations regarding exhaust emissions
have been the driving force behind much ofthe recent research into
catalytic combustion technologies. The benefits of catalytic combustion
with respect to its traditional thermal counterpart are well
established and consist mainly in the formation of lower amounts
of by-products due to the lower operating temperatures and higher
efficiency [1]. In this respect, although noble metal-based catalysts
are well-known for their high performance in the catalytic
combustion of hydrocarbons, several studies have investigated the
possibility of enhancing the performance of supported noble metal
catalysts by adding suitable promoters