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Abstract

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Table of Contents

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List of Figures

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List of Tables

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Executive Summary

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1

Introduction

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1.1

High Temperature Gas Desulfurization

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1.2

Ceria-Zirconia Catalyst Research

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2

Electrochemical Synthesis and Characterization of Ce1-xZrxO2

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2.1

Electrochemical Experimental

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2.2

Solid State Analyses

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2.3

Electrosynthesis Results and Discussion

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2.3.1

Compositional

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2.3.2

XRD and TEM Characterization

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2.3.3

Electrochemical Process Characterization

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3

High Temperature Desulfurization

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3.1

Fixed-Bed Reactor

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3.2

Gas Analysis

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3.3

Materials

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3.4

Preliminary Results

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Conclusions

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References

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