To improve the cracking rate of supercritical hydrocarbon fuels, HZSM-5 coating was prepared over the inner surface of microchannels reactors by the washcoating method. Thermal or catalytic cracking of n-dodecane, a model compound of hydrocarbon fuels, was experimentally investigated in the stainless steel microchannel coated with HZSM-5 coatings under supercritical conditions (p > 4 MPa, T > 450 degrees C). It is found that cracking of n-dodecane was enhanced more than 100% by HZSM-5 coatings in 30 min reaction durations at 525 and 550 degrees C despite gradual deactivations of catalytic activities due to conversion coke from pyrolysis and acid-catalyzed reaction. Cokes deposited on the microchannels with and without HZSM-5 coating were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and temperature-programmed oxidation (TPO), indicating that HZSM-5 coating effectively reduces formation of filamentous cokes and its damage on the micro channel surface by shielding surface metals when the temperature is higher than 600 degrees C.