Carbon heterogeneous surface modification on a mesoporous TiO2-supported catalyst and its enhanced hydrodesulfurization performance.

In this work, we report a novel surface modification which can improve the desorption of a hydrodesulfurization product (H(2)S) from mesoporous TiO(2). The corresponding catalyst exhibits a significantly enhanced hydrodesulfurization performance compared with an unmodified catalyst, and the dibenzothiophene conversion increases from 65% to 98%.