Coal bed methane is abundant in China, and the gas deoxidants has been widely concerned. This paper describes three deoxidation mechanisms including combustion deoxidation, catalytic oxidation and chemical absorption. The preparation processes, deoxidation mechnisms and state-of-the-art of gas deoxidants, including noble metals, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum and porous ceramic materials, are described. By comparing the preparation cost, deoxidation effect, post-treatment procedure, some advantages and disadvantages are pointed out. The deoxidation effect of noble metal deoxidizer is the best, but it needs methane and hydrogen, and leads to the production of CO2/H2O. The non-precious metal deoxidizer is cheap, but the deoxidation effect is slightly poor, and the operational temperature is relatively higher. And the non-metal deoxidation can refrain from sulfur poisoning. Finally, according to the characteristics of the deoxidants, two promising research topics are proposed: non-metal deoxidation, complex deoxidants with high adsorption and catalytic performance.