Abstract
Confined water in aqueous solutions of imidazolium-based ionic liquids (ILs) associated with acetate and imidazolate anions react reversibly with CO2 to yield bicarbonate. Three types of CO2 sorption in these "IL aqueous solutions" were observed: physical, CO2-imidazolium adduct generation, and bicarbonate formation (up to 1.9mol(bicarbonate) mol(-1) of IL), resulting in a 10:1 (molar ratio) total absorption of CO2 relative to imidazolate anions in the presence of water 1:1000 (IL/water). These sorption values are higher than the classical alkanol amines or even alkaline aqueous solutions under similar experimental conditions.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 4927-4933 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | ChemSusChem |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 24 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 22 Dec 2017 |
Keywords
- bicarbonate species
- carbon dioxide capture
- confined water
- ionic liquids
- nuclear magnetic resonance