However, use of these petroleum -
based ionic liquids has been held back due to their high cost.
«We demonstrated that these ionic liquids are excellent in pre-treating biomass and compare well with imidazolium -
based ionic liquids,» Singh explains.
«Using by - product from biofuel production to convert it into ionic liquids closes the loop and make the process sustainable, non-toxic and much cheaper than petroleum -
based ionic liquids.»
These were each treated with diethylamine and sodium triacetoxyborohydride, which causes reductive amination and the synthesis of tertiary amine -
based ionic liquids.
Viscosities of Acetate or Chloride -
Based Ionic Liquids and Some of Their Mixtures with Water or Other Common Solvents, Sebastian Fendt, Sasisanker Padmanabhan, Harvey Blanch, John Prausnitz, Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, 56 (1), pp. 31 - 34, doi: 10.1021 / je1007235, January 2011.
Not exact matches
«Until now
ionic liquid cations have been petroleum
based,» says Singh.
JBEI has established world - class and differentiated expertise in the use of
ionic liquids (ILs) as a viable biomass pretreatment solvent and potential game changing conversion technology, but there remain several significant scientific challenges that must be addressed before an affordable IL -
based process is commercially viable.
«Deposition of metal films on an
ionic liquid as a
basis for a lunar telescope,» by Borra, Ermanno F.; Seddiki, Omar; Angel, Roger; Eisenstein, Daniel; Hickson, Paul; Seddon, Kenneth R.; Worden, Simon P. Nature.
To address this challenge, the researchers developed an organic
ionic liquid -
based conductive ink that can be 3D printed within the soft elastomer matrices that comprise most soft robots.
Zakeeruddin and Grätzel have found that a combination of two
ionic liquids along with a novel highly conjugated ruthenium -
based dye gave them a solvent free solar cell.
Professor Davis and colleagues have suggested a new method using an
ionic liquid based on nitrogen that could avoid these issues.