Expanded vermiculite(EVM) was used as a carrier to prepare NiO/ EVM catalyst by homogeneous precipitation method. The different approaches including XRF,XRD,SEM,and BET were used to characterize the synthetic catalysts. The effects of calcination temperature,pyrolysis temperature,holding time,nickel loading and cycle times on the catalytic pyrolysis of straw to syngas were investigated. The results indicated that the active components of the NiO/ EVM catalyst was well loaded,uniformly dispersed, and with a specific surface area of 23.1 m~2 / g....