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A Brief Catalyst study on direct methane conversion using a dielectric barrier discharge Manuscript id: KO-950302 Author response of the reviewer’s comments Question: Characterization of the catalyst should be included Answer: Thank you for the suggestion from reviewer. In the revised manuscript, we added the characterization data of the catalyst. In this experiment, we used XRD and EDS to analyze the catalyst. Question: Many kinds of Al2O3 and zeolite are available. The type of alumunium oxide (Al 2O3) and zeolite should be mentioned. Answer: Thank you for a good and nice suggestion from reviewer. In this experiment, we used Al2O3 and zeolite (ZSM 5x) type purchased from Junsei Chemical, Japan. After catalyst treatment, we found that our Al2O3 was closed to γ-Al2O3 while in the case of ZSM 5x, the XRD spectra was not change much before and after calcinations. Answer: Thank you for the literature suggestion from reviewer 2. The suggested literature or papers have been added in the revised manuscript. We put it in the introduction section (please check page 4). We did not add the literature number one because the topic is related to the CFC decomposition. However, in our manuscript, we deal with CCl4. Anyway, we thank for the suggestion.