Carbon dioxide reforming of methane (CDRM) was studied over a variety of ZrO2-, ceria-doped ZrO2-, and CeO2–ZrO2-supported Ni catalysts. Different techniques were used to prepare supports material having different physicochemical properties, and a correlation was established to show the importance of a robust support material. Various characterization of the catalyst further established that the coking behavior of the catalyst depends on the support preparation techniques. Compared to zirconia and ceria-doped zirconia, the use of ceria–zirconia (CexZr1–xO2) solid solution as a support prepared by using a surfactant was found to be the most stable for low-temperature CDRM. It seems the inhibition of reactions leading to carbon deposition is prominent in systems having ZrO2. Temperature-programmed oxidation (TPO) experiments indicated excellent resistance toward carbon formation for Ni supported on CexZr1–xO2 compared with other catalysts studied. H2-TPR (temperature-programmed reduction) analyses also show...