Aqueous phase reforming (APR) has emerged as a promising technology for producing hydrogen from oxygenated organic matter in an aqueous solution. APR is often investigated as treatment of industrial wastewater, but lately it has been applied to the conversion of methanol, when the latter is used as an energy carrier. The goal of this work consists of the development, characterization and testing of a catalyst for APR of methanol able to overcome the criticalities reported in literature. Specifically, two approaches were employed. The first one related to 2% platinum single atom catalysts (SAC) and 2% platinum nanoparticles, which were produced to reduce the metal loading.