Activated carbon monolith catalyst, methods for making same, and uses thereof

A method for catalytic chemical reaction comprising contacting at least one reactant with an activated carbon monolith catalyst, wherein the catalytic chemical reaction comprises a hydrodesulfurization or a hydrodenitrogenation;

• and the activated carbon monolith catalyst comprises (a) a porous finished activated carbon monolith having walls defining at least one passage therethrough and comprising a supporting ceramic matrix and substantially discontinuous activated carbon particles dispersed throughout the supporting ceramic matrix, the walls having an exterior surface, depth, and passageways into the depth of the walls, and (b) at least one catalyst precursor on said porous finished activated carbon monolith, the at least one catalyst precursor applied to the porous finished activated carbon monolith and disposed on the exterior surface of the walls and within the passageways into the depth of the monolith walls of the porous finished activated carbon monolith, wherein the at least one catalyst precursor is catalytically active.