1. Efficient and reversible absorption of ammonia by cobalt ionic liquids through Lewis acid–base and cooperative hydrogen bond interactions.
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Zeng, Shaojuan, Dong, Haifeng, Xu, Qiuxia, Zhang, Suojiang, Shang, Dawei, Feng, Jianpeng, Zhang, Xiangping, and Liu, Lei
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IONIC liquids ,LEWIS acids ,HYDROGEN bonding interactions - Abstract
Ammonia (NH
3 ) emissions have caused a wide range of environmental problems and serious harm to human health. However, efficiently separating NH3 and simultaneously recovering high purity NH3 easily remains a great challenge. A new strategy to design transition metal ionic liquids (MILs) by combining specific metal centers and ligands with ILs was proposed for efficient and reversible absorption of NH3 . Not only exceptional NH3 absorption capacity and high NH3 /CO2 selectivity, but also excellent recyclability were achieved by cobalt ILs [Cn mim]2 [Co(NCS)4 ]. The maximal capacity of NH3 is up to 6.09 mol NH3 mol IL−1 at 30 °C and 0.10 MPa, which is much higher than all reported ILs to date, and is over 30 times higher than the conventional ILs [Cn mim][SCN]. The superior NH3 capacity and desorption performance originate from the moderate Lewis acid–base and cooperative hydrogen bond interactions between the metal center-ligands and NH3 . [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2018
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