Unexpected Energy Applications of Ionic Liquids.

Autor: Matuszek K; School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia., Piper SL; Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Burwood Campus, Burwood, Victoria, 3125, Australia., Brzęczek-Szafran A; Faculty of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology, Bolesława Krzywoustego 4, Gliwice, 44-100, Poland., Roy B; School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia., Saher S; School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia., Pringle JM; Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Burwood Campus, Burwood, Victoria, 3125, Australia., MacFarlane DR; School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) [Adv Mater] 2024 Jun; Vol. 36 (23), pp. e2313023. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 11.
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202313023
Abstrakt: Ionic liquids and their various analogues are without doubt the scientific sensation of the last few decades, paving the way to a more sustainable society. Their versatile suite of properties, originating from an almost inconceivably large number of possible cation and anion combinations, allows tuning of the structure to serve a desired purpose. Ionic liquids hence offer a myriad of useful applications from solvents to catalysts, through to lubricants, gas absorbers, and azeotrope breakers. The purpose of this review is to explore the more unexpected of these applications, particularly in the energy space. It guides the reader through the application of ionic liquids and their analogues as i) phase change materials for thermal energy storage, ii) organic ionic plastic crystals, which have been studied as battery electrolytes and in gas separation, iii) key components in the nitrogen reduction reaction for sustainable ammonia generation, iv) as electrolytes in aluminum-ion batteries, and v) in other emerging technologies. It is concluded that there is tremendous scope for further optimizing and tuning of the ionic liquid in its task, subject to sustainability imperatives in line with current global priorities, assisted by artificial intelligence.
(© 2024 The Authors. Advanced Materials published by Wiley‐VCH GmbH.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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