New Type of Catalyst for Efficient Aerobic Oxidative Desulfurization Based On Tungsten Carbide Synthesized by the Microwave Method.

Herein, we present a new type of high-performance catalyst for aerobic oxidation of organosulfur compounds based on tungsten carbide. The synthesis of tungsten carbide was performed via microwave irradiation of the precursors, which makes it possible to obtain a catalyst in just 15 min. The synthesized catalyst was investigated by a variety of physicochemical methods: X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, electron microscopy, and N adsorption/desorption.