A Ni nanosheet-coated FeCrAlloy monolith catalyst was successfully prepared using a deposition precipitation -based "Korea Institute of Energy Research" (KIER) coating method, which provides a uniform coating of highly dispersive Ni catalyst on the metal substrate. The newly developed monolith catalyst showed a higher Ni dispersion and surface area on the substrate as compared to a washcoated monolith catalyst. The Ni nanosheet-coated monolith catalyst exhibited high activity and long-lasting stability at a high space velocity of GHSV= 15,000 h(-1) during a natural gas steam reforming reaction for H-2 production. This is mainly attributed to the fact that the uniform and highly dispersed Ni nanosheet catalyst improves the availability of surface active metal sites on the metal substrate. (C) 2016 Published by Elsevier B.V.