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Investigation of CO2 sorption characteristics of imidazolium ionic liquid crystals

Redwine, Grace EB; Strange, Nicholas; Quine, Cullen; Leick, Noemi; Gennett, Thomas

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Abstract

This work is focused on advancing of the understanding the carbon dioxide (CO2) sorption characteristics of imidazolium ionic liquid crystals based on the 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium (Cnmim) ionic liquid family. Specifically, the mechanism of sorption across the melting, liquid crystal, and isotropic liquid transitions is investigated for 1-tetradecyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (BF4−) and hexafluorophosphate (PF6−). A unique reversible CO2 occlusion was observed in 1-tetradecyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (C14mim BF4) under rapid temperature quench from the liquid phases to the solid phase, while complete desorption occurred upon heating above the melting point (40 °C). In situ wide-angle x-ray scattering revealed that the lamellar structure of C14mim BF4 liquid crystal phases provides a high concentration of dynamically accessible anion and cation interaction sites for CO2, facilitating CO2 occlusion upon rapid solidification. The selective occlusion of CO2 in C14mim BF4 suggests a new mechanism for CO2 sorption processes.

Keywords

Ionic liquids ; Carbon dioxide ; Gas sorption

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