ZnO-Activated Carbon Blended as a Catalyst for Oxidative Desulfurization of Dibenzothiophene

The problem of sulfur content in heavy oil is a challenge for researchers to meet the needs environmentally friendly fuels. catalyst preparation plays an important role desulfurization process. synthesis ZnO-activated carbon as and its activity oxidative (ODS) reaction has been successfully carried out. In this work, ZnO activated (AC) were blended by solid-solid reaction. ZnO, AC, ZnO-AC then characterized using acidity test with pyridine vapor adsorption, Fourier Transform Infra-Red (FTIR), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscope-Energy Dispersive X-Ray (SEM-EDX), Surface Area Analyzer (SAA). ODS dibenzothiophene (DBT) was performed H2O2 under variation time (30, 60, 120, 150 min) catalyst. efficiency ODS-DBT analyzed UV-Visible spectrophotometer. XRD analysis result showed that displays new crystal peaks Zn AC diffractogram. surface area (734.351 m2/g) (4.8780 mmol/g) higher than themselves. produced highest which 93.83% 120 min. Therefore, simple procedure physical blending proved effective homogenize between into so it good physicochemical properties Copyright © 2021 Authors, Published BCREC Group. This open access article CC BY-SA License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).