Journal
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS
Volume 312, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.113411
Keywords
Dual functionalised; Protic ionic liquids; Li+-based anion; NH3 absorption; Multiple interactions
Funding
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2017YFB0603401-03]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21890764, 21776277, U1704251, 21978306]
- Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation [2182071]
- Hebei Natural Science Foundation [B2019103011]
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Ammonia (NH3) pollution poses a serious environmental threat. Ionic liquids (ILs) are regarded as potential solvents to treat NH3-containing gases because of their unique properties, including tunable structures and high affinity for NH3 molecules. In order to achieve an efficient and reversible absorption of NH3, a series of profit ionic liquids (PILs) with multiple active sites were designed by introducing acidic protons, as well as the Li+ ion into ILs, resulting in PILs with two acidic protons on cations ([2-Mim][NTf2] and [Im][NTf2]), as well as dual functionalised PILs with a Lewis acidic Li+-based anion and acidic protons on cations, namely, [2-Mim][Li (NTf2)(2)] and [Eim][Li(NTf2)(2)]. The NH3 absorption capacity of [Im][NTf2] was found to be 3.46 mol NH3/mol which is the highest among the NH3 absorption capacities of all known nonmetallic ILs, and is ascribed to the hydrogen bonding interactions between the NH3 and PIL molecules. Furthermore, [2-Mim][Li(NTf2)(2)] exhibited the highest NH3 absorption capacity, with a value of 7.01 mol NH3/mol IL, which is about 30 times higher than that of conventional ILs. The superior NH3 absorption performance of the dual functionalised PILs is attributed to the combination of hydrogen bonding interactions between the protons and the NH3 molecules, and the formation of coordination complexes between the Li+-based anion and the NH3 molecules. Moreover, the ILs studied here exhibited excellent recyclability, indicating a great potential for their use in applications involving efficient and reversible NH(3 )absorption from NH3-containing industrial gases. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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