“…There is great potential in using adsorbents for deep desulfurization, because organic sulfur molecules can be captured at ambient conditions with high efficiency (Song et al., 2014; Vilarrasa-Garcia et al., 2011b; Xiong et al., 2010). It is commonly known that both π complexation and direct sulfur metal (S–M) bonds can work for adsorptive desulfurization (Danmaliki and Saleh, 2017; Khan et al., 2017; Shi et al., 2017 Song et al., 2013). Thus, active species, such as Cu 2 O (Jiang et al., 2013; Wang et al., 2009b), CeO 2 (Song et al., 2016; Xiao et al., 2013a), etc.…”