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Efficient capture of benzene and its homologues volatile organic compounds with protic [MIM][NTF2] and aprotic [EMIM][NTF2] ionic liquids: Experimental and computational thermodynamics

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2023.111124

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Benzene series VOCs; Molecular thermodynamics; Protic and aprotic ionic liquids; Molecular dynamics simulation; Absorption mechanism

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Using new green solvents to capture volatile organic compounds is an attractive chemical development route. This study investigated the gas absorption performance of proton and aprotic ionic liquids for typical aromatic VOCs. Experimental and computational results showed that ILs had good stability and interaction analysis revealed that π···pi and π-π interactions were the main driving forces for BTEX absorption in ILs.
Using new green solvents to effectively capture volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is considered as an attractive green sustainable chemical development route. In this work, benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and p-xylene (BTEX) were selected as typical aromatic VOCs. The gas absorption performance of proton [MIM][NTF2] and aprotic [EMIM][NTF2] ionic liquids (ILs) for BTEX were studied by computational thermodynamics combined with gas absorption experiments. Absorption experiments of BTEX and regeneration experiments of ILs were carried out at different temperatures, and ILs had good stability. The interaction type and intensity were determined by Interaction Region Indicator (IRI) analysis of IL-BTEX blend systems. The C-H & sdot;& sdot;& sdot;pi and pi-pi inter-action between imidazole ring and BTEX were the direct reason why ILs can efficiently absorb BTEX. Molecular dynamics simulations were performed to explore the diffusion behavior of gas in ILs. The increase of methyl group increases the interaction strength of the system, and the fractional free volume of IL-BTEX blend systems decreases gradually, which limits the diffusion of BTEX. Non-bond interaction analysis shows that van der Waals interaction was the main driving force of BTEX absorption in ILs.

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