Royal Society of Chemistry, Green Chemistry, 24(21), p. 6685-6698, 2019
DOI: 10.1039/c9gc03234g
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Commercial micro/mesoporous activated carbons were utilized as metal-free catalysts for the desulfurization of a model fuel, i.e. 4,6-dimethyldibenzothiophene (4,6-DMDBT) in hexadecane, under ambient conditions. Oxidation of carbons led to a further catalytic improvement.