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Ionic Liquid Membranes: Comparison

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Heightened levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) have prompted research into techniques for their capture and separation, including membrane separation, chemical looping, and cryogenic distillation. Ionic liquids, due to their negligible vapour pressure, thermal stability, and broad electrochemical stability have expanded their application in gas separations.

membrane separation
selectivity
permeability
SILMs
ILPMs
ILMMMs
gas separation

Introduction

Flue gas emissions from the chemical industries have severe impacts on the whole environment and the atmosphere and are considered one of the primary causes of global warming phenomena [1–8]^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}. Consequently, the separation and the capture of these unwanted gases has become necessary. The unwanted gaseous emissions that result from burning fuel and chemicals in chemical engineering power plants include carbon dioxide (CO₂), methane (CH₄), nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulphur oxides (SOx), and hydrogen sulphide (H₂S). Each power plant has the responsibility of mitigating and reducing the amount of these gases to limit their negative impact on the environment.

The gas separation process plays a crucial and a fundamental role in the chemical engineering industry as a result of its broad range of applications, ranging from carbon dioxide gas separation from natural gas[9–11]^[9][10][11], recovery of hydrogen from waste gas streams ^[12], production of nitrogen and oxygen-enriched gases. In the past decades, a large number of different methods for the separation of gases have been developed, including membrane separation^[13], chemical looping [14–17]^{[14][15][16][17]}and cryogenic distillation[18–21]^{[18][19][20][21]}. The gas separation process using membrane technology depends on the sorption-diffusion mechanism or sieving^[22]. Commercial membranes for gas separation use membranes that are nonporous and asymmetric based on a solution-diffusion transport mechanism, and both vapour and gas separation are based on the same mechanism^[13]. At the heart of a gas separation process, the driving force for the separation of gases is a pressure gradient. A high-pressure gas mixture moves across a membrane surface that has a selective permeability to one component of the gas mixture. Hence, the permeate produced as a result of this mechanism is enriched with this specific component^[23]. Figure 1 below shows a schematic representation of the membrane gas separation process.

Figure 1. Theoretical scheme of the membrane gas separation process.

In the meantime, there is a growing interest in more sustainable gas-separation processes that are mainly based on selective gas absorption or adsorption. Ionic liquids (ILs) provide the best alternative to most of the conventional liquids used in gas separation processes. The unique properties of these ionic liquids distinguish them from all the liquids used in the separation processes ^[24]. Incorporating ionic liquids into membranes (ILMs) generally increases the membrane selectivity towards specific gases, the permeability of gases through it and the mass transfer. There are three main classifications of ionic liquid membranes (ILMs). These classifications are supported ionic liquid membranes (SILMs), ionic liquid polymeric membranes (ILPMs), and ionic liquid mixed-matrix membranes (ILMMMs) ^[25]. Each type of ILM has different applications in gas separation processes. The applications of the SILMs, ILPMs, and ionic liquid mixed-matrix membranes (ILMMMs) in the gas separation processes of CO₂, CH₄, N₂, H₂ from various gas streams are discussed thoroughly through this paper. Tables 1, 2, and 3 below shows the names and abbreviations of the principal ionic liquid membranes, primary gases, ionic liquids, and polymers mentioned in this study.

Ionic Liquid Membranes (ILMs) in gas separation processes

2. Ionic Liquid Membranes (ILMs) in gas separation processes

As a result of global warming and the harmful effects of greenhouse gases on the whole environment, the gas separation process plays a fundamental role in the chemical engineering industry as a result of its broad range of applications ranging from carbon dioxide gas separation from natural gas, Recovery of hydrogen from waste gas streams, production of nitrogen and oxygen-enriched gases. During the past decades, a large number of different techniques for the separation of gas have been developed and these methods include membrane separation, chemical looping, and cryogenic distillation. By focusing on the membrane gas separation, many studies and publications were made by several researchers from all over the globe to study the membrane gas separation processes synthesis, implementations, applications, limitations, and development. Figures S7 and S8 give an insight into the interest of researchers about the gas separation processes from the year 2004 to the year 2020.

By looking at figures S7 and S8, it is seen that there is a considerable interest in gas separation processes in all over the world. In the year 2004, a maximum peak (100) was reached. Furthermore, the country that shows the most considerable interest in membrane gas separation is Malaysia (27%). This means that 27% of the total searches made in Google on the gas separation process topic were made by researchers from Malaysia, which is quite a high percentage since there are approximately 2 trillion global Google searches made per year. The second highest region is South Korea (26%), which is a pretty high percentage. By focusing on the membrane gas separation, there are several types and classes of membranes used across the industries. One of the best classes of membranes to be used in the gas separation processes are ionic liquid membranes (ILMs). The incorporation of the ionic liquids into membranes (ILMs) generally increases the membrane selectivity towards specific gases, the permeability of gases through it, and mass transfer. There are three main classifications of the ionic liquid membranes (ILMs). These classifications are supported ionic liquid membranes (SILMs), ionic liquid polymeric membranes (ILPMs), and ionic liquid mixed-matrix membranes (ILMMMs). Each type of ILM has different applications in the gas separation processes.

3.1. Ionic Liquids

Ionic liquids (ILs) are organic molten salts that have a melting point below 100 C^o. Room temperature ionic liquid (RTIL) are ionic liquids that have a melting point less than room temperature (T_melting < 373 K) [27] ^[26]. These ionic liquids exhibit many exciting properties that distinguish them from other liquids, including negligible vapour pressures, high thermal stability [28–30]^[27][28][29], inflammability, a liquid range of up to at least 300 C^o [31]^[30], high solubility for a wide range of inorganic and organic compounds [32]^[31]. Moreover, their physicochemical properties can be tailored to satisfy specific chemical tasks by the appropriate selection of anion, cation, and substituents on the cationic constituent. Table 4 below shows the two- and three-dimensional structures of the most used ionic liquids mentioned in this study.

Table 1. Two and three dimensional structures of the most used ionic liquids mentioned in this study.

Ionic Liquid	Two Dimensional (2D) Structure	Three Dimensional (3D) Structure
[EMIM][DCA]
[EMIM][BF₄]
[EMIM][Ac]
[EMIM][TFSI]
[BMIM][TFO]
[BMIM][BF₄]
[BMIM][PF₆]
Cyphos 104
′[HMIM][BF₄]

It is obvious that from Figure S9 that ionic liquids are capturing the special attention of researchers from various countries across the globe. China is ranked the highest country (12%) by searches and interest in ionic liquids, followed by South Korea (9%). Consequently, extensive chemical engineering applications of these innovative fluids have taken place by the end of the last century [33–38]^{[32][33][34][35][36][37]}. Ionic liquids are made by associating large organic cations with a numerous variety of anions. The most common ionic liquid cations include pyridinium, imidazolium, pyrrolidinium, and theirmono or poly-alkyl derivatives, as well as tetraalkylammonium or phosphonium and trialkylsulfonium. The classical ionic liquids anions include, for the low melting ionic liquids: trifluoromethylsulfate (TfO), bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide (NTf₂), tetra-fluoroborate (BF₄) or hexafluorophosphate (PF₆) and dicyanamide (N(CN)₂). In low stability ionic liquids or ionic liquids that are not liquid at room temperature, the following simple anions are included: iodide, nitrate, bromide, chloride, perchlorate, formate or acetate [39]^[38]. Ionic liquids can be produced by other anions, as shown by the selective alkyl-methylimidazolium IL list presented in Table 5 below.

Table 2. Physicochemical properties of selected methylimidazolium ionic liquids sorted by the cation [39]^[38].

Cation	Anion	formula	m.w g/mol	m.t. °C	VisccP 25 °C	VisccP 50 °C
MIM	Cl	C₄H₇ClN₂	118.6	74	Solid	Solid
	NO₃	C₄H₇N₃O₃	145.1	71	Solid	Solid
MMIM	Cl	C₅H₉ClN₂	132.6	126	Solid	Solid
EMIM	Cl	C₆H₁₁ClN₂	146.6	89	Solid	Solid
	SCN	C₇H₁₁N₃S	169.3	−6	29	12
	Acetate NO₃	C₈H₁₄N₂O₂ C₆H₁₁N₃O₃	170.2 173.2	-2 39	144 Solid	39
	N(CN)₂Br	C₈H₁₁N₅C₆H₁₁BrN₂	177.2 191.1	-18 75	16 Solid	9 Solid
	BF₄	C₆H₁₁BF₄N₂	198	13	35	18
	Alaninate	C₉H₁₇N₃O₂	199.2	12	260	62
	C(CN)₃CH₃SO₃	C₁₀H₁₁N₅C₇H₁₄N₂O₃S	201.2 206.3	-9 25	15 167	7 47
	CF₃SO₃HSO₄	C₇H₁₁F₃N₂O₃S C₆H₁₂N₂O₄S	260.2 208.2	-14 19	43 1600	20 360
	CH₃SO₄	C₇H₁₄N₂O₄S	222.3	−40	79	30
	C₂SO₄	C₈H₁₆N₂O₄S	236.3	−37	98	35
	C₄SO₄	C₁₀H₂₀N₂O₄S	264.3	−15	181	56
	C₆SO₄C₈SO₄	C₁₂H₂₄N₂O₄S C₁₄H₂₈N₂O₄S	292.4 320.5	-6 10	320 580	86140
	I	C₆H₁₁IN₂	238.1	78	Solid	Solid
	PF₆	C₆H₁₁F₆N₂P	256.1	60	Solid	Solid
	AlCl₄	C₆H₁₁AlCl₄N₂	280	6.5
	TolSO₃	C₁₃H₁₈N₂O₃S	282.4	50	Solid	240
	AsF₆	C₆H₁₁AsF₆N₂	300.1	53	Solid	Solid
	NTf₂	C₈H₁₁F₆N₃O₄S₂	391.3	−17	33	16
	N(SO2C2F5)2	C₁₀H₁₁F₁₀N₃O₄S₂	491.3	−1
EMMIM	Br	C₇H₁₃BrN₂	205.1	141	Solid	Solid
	NTf₂	C₉H₁₃F₆N₃O₄S₂	405.3	25	Solid
	N(SO2C2F5)2	C₁₁H₁₃F₁₀N₃O₄S₂	505.3	25	Solid
PMIM	Cl	C₇H₁₃ClN₂	160.6	62	Solid	Solid
	Br	C₇H₁₃BrN₂	205.1	28	Solid
	BF₄I	C₇H₁₃BF₄N₂C₇H₁₃IN₂	212 252.1	-17 17	74	27
	PF₆	C₇H₁₃F₆N₂P	270.2	38	Solid
	NTf₂	C₉H₁₃F₆N₃O₄S₂	405.3	15	46	19
BMIM	Cl	C₈H₁₅ClN₂	174.5	41	Solid	150
	SCN	C₉H₁₅N₃S	197.3	−6	51	19
	Acetate	C₁₀H₁₈N₂O₂	198.3	−1	430	67
	N(CN)₂Br	C₁₀H₁₅N₅C₈H₁₅BrN₂	205.3 219.1	-5 75	42 Solid	19 Solid
	BF₄	C₈H₁₅BF₄N₂	226	−82	108	36
	C(CN)₃HSO₄	C₁₂H₁₅N₅C₈H₁₆N₂O₄S	229.3 236.3	-20 28	34 Solid	12
	ClO₄	C₈H₁₅ClN₂O₄	238.7	8	180	57
	CH₃SO₄	C₉H₁₈N₂O₄S C₁₀H₁₅F₃N₂O₂	250.3 252.2	−4 0	94 77	32 25
	Trifluoroacetate	C₉H₁₈N₂O₄S C₁₀H₁₅F₃N₂O₂	250.3 252.2	−4 0	94 77	32 25
	PF₆	C₈H₁₅F₆N₂P	284.2	11	270	74
	CF₃SO₃	C₉H₁₅F₃N₂O₃S	288.3	14	80	31
	Cyclohexyl sulfamate	C₁₄H₂₇N₃O₃S	317.5	72.5	Solid	Solid
	FeCl₄ C₈SO₄	C₈H₁₅C_l4FeN₂ C1₆H₃₂N₂O₄S	337 348.5	-12 24	41 870	18 152
	NTf₂	C₁₀H₁₅F₆N₃O₄S₂	419.4	−5	42	19
Isobutylmim MMMMmim	NTf₂ NTf₂	C₁₀H₁₅F₆N₃O₄S₂ C₁₀H₁₅F₆N₃O₄S₂	419.4 419.4	-16 118	Solid	Solid
BMIM	Cl	C₉H₁₇ClN₂	188.7	93	Solid	Solid
	BF₄	C₉H₁₇BF₄N₂	240.1	32	Solid	31
	PF₆	C₉H₁₇F₆N₂P	298.2	38	Solid
	NTf₂	C₁₁H₁₇F₆N₃O₄S₂	433.4	−6	350	34
Allylmim Benzmim	N(CN)₂Cl	C₉H₁₁N₅ C₁₁H₁₃ClN₂	189.2 208.7	-20 14	20 3725	10 417
	CH₃SO₄	C₁₂H₁₆N₂O₄S	284.3	18	4500	327
	PF₆	C₁₁H₁₃F₆N₂P	318.2	130	Solid	Solid
C5mim	PF₆	C₉H₁₇F₆N₂P	298.2	16	380	97
	NTf₂	C₁₁H₁₇F₆N₃O₄S₂	433.4	−9	58	22
HMIM	N(CN)₂	C₁₂H₁₉N₅	233.3	1	50	20
	BF₄I	C₁₀H₁₉BF₄N₂ C₁₀H₁₉IN₂	254.1 294.2	-82 30	200 Solid	58 246
	PF₆ CF₃SO₃	C₁₀H₁₉F₆N₂P C₁₁H₁₉F₃N₂O₃S	312.2 316.3	-61 25	480 Solid	120 47
	NTf₂	C₁₂H₁₉F₆N₃O₄S₂	447.4	−6	70	27

Aside from their different properties, there are severe limitations that face the usage of ionic liquids [40,41]^[39][40]. The main limitations are the high synthesis price and the high recycling energy requirement. These two limitations could act as a burden on the economic and financial sides of the processes. The use of ionic liquid membrane (ILM) technology can overcome these two drawbacks. The ILM consists of the feed and permeates phases that are separated by a membrane containing IL that allows simultaneous extraction and stripping at each side of ILM. The IL for an ILM can be stabilized by either quasi-solidification to endow material with good mechanical strength or impregnating it inside the pores of the support membrane. The ILM techniques require a fewer amount of IL as a carrier and do not require additional steps for IL recycling. Consequently, ILMs have many advantages, such as the low energy requirements, the ease of fabrication due to the flexible and compact devices, low operating costs, capital and several more merits

Furthermore, due to the special and the outstanding properties of IL, e.g., high viscosity, and negligible vapour pressure, ILMs are considered more stable compared to the traditional supported liquid membranes (SLMs) based on organic solvents. Therefore, ILMs show promising application potential. In the last decade, researchers have reported the use of ILMs in several applications and fields, including the separation of various mixtures, electrochemical devices, and catalytic reactions.

The research progress of gas separation, especially CO₂ separation, has been addressed in depth. Martins, et al. [42]^[41] conducted a CO₂ removal process by using a membrane contactor that is combined with a biocompatible ionic liquid (IL), cholinium lysinate, that has a high absorption capacity (5.9 mol CO₂/kg IL). The rate of CO₂ removal and IL solution regeneration was examined in their study by changing the feed gas composition, conditions of the ionic liquid flow rate, and the relative humidity. The results obtained from their study have shown that the proposed system is capable of removing CO₂ from anaesthetic gas circuits [42]^[41]. Shamair, et al. [43]^[42] have successfully investigated the performance of a recently synthesized RTIL in SILM, theoretically, and experimentally. In their study, benzimidazolium-1-acetate was used to synthesize SILM over a polyimide support. The synthesized SILM was tested for different gas mixtures (CO₂/CH₄ and CO₂/N₂). The prepared SILM results have shown that there is a high selectivity of 37.92 and 40.29 for CO₂/CH₄ and CO₂/N₂, respectively. These results strengthen the DFT calculation and indicate that there are up-and-coming applications for SILM in gas separation [43]^[42]. Sohaib, et al. [44]^[43] have mentioned in their research study that coupled absorption/desorption in combination with ILs, can be considered very useful for continuous post-combustion carbon capture [44]^[43]. Zia-ul-Mustafa, et al. [45]^[44] focused their research on the effect of imidazolium-based ionic liquids on the PES membrane for CO₂/CH₄ separation. The polyethersulfone (PES) based gas separation ionic liquid polymeric membranes (ILPMs) were synthesized in their study. Ionic liquids 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate [EMIM][BF₄] and 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium dicyanamide [EMIM][DCA] were added to the doping solution at ten weight % and flat sheet dense membranes were cast by the method of dry phase inversion. The CO₂ gas permeability of the synthesized ILPMs was successfully increased by blending the ionic liquids into the polymer matrix as a result of the high affinity and solubility of CO₂ in [EMIM][BF₄] and [EMIM][DCA] ionic liquids. Membrane PES+IL1 (10%) has shown an approximation of 23.5 folds increase in CO₂ gas permeability in comparison to the pure polyethersulfone membrane. Hence, they mentioned that the ILPMs have a remarkable potential for the separation of CO₂ from natural gas [45]^[44]. Nabais, et al. [46]^[45] used poly(ionic liquid)-based engineered mixed matrix membranes for the separation of CO₂/H₂. The mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) were synthesized by combining IL, a pyrrolidinium-based PIL, and three highly CO₂-selective metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). The different MOFs ZIF-8, (MIL-53(Al), and Cu₃ (BTC)₂ were used as fillers, that aims to maximize the performance of the membranes towards the purification of syngas. Ideal selectivity and permeability of CO₂ were achieved as a result of their usage of different MOFs and loadings (0, 10, 20, and 30 wt %). The authors also mentioned that this has caused mechanical and thermal stabilities of the membranes and has in term increased their performance [46]^[45].

3.1.1. Selected Physicochemical Properties of Ionic Liquids

Ionic liquids are very versatile and their anions and cations can be adapted easily to the role that they have to play. Their most valuable and distinguishable physicochemical properties include the following: low melting point (m.p. < 100 C^o), high thermal stability, insignificant vapour pressure, a low surface tension [47]^[46], high electrical conductivity, a wide electrochemical window [48–50]^[47][48][49], and an adjustable solvent viscosity and/or hydrophobicity and/ or polarity associated with high or low water miscibility [51]^[50]. In the separation techniques, the most crucial parameters are the ionic liquid melting point, viscosity, thermal stability, vapour pressure and solvent properties [52]^[51].

3.1.2 Melting Point

Extensive research has been made to understand the low melting points of the ILs and to predict their physicochemical properties by using computational tools. By using a large number of ILS that have been studied, Table 5 above shows the selected physicochemical properties of methylimidazolium ionic liquids only [39]. Low melting points are obtained with salts made of large and asymmetrical ions [50]^[49]. Generally speaking, the melting temperature T_m decreases by increasing anisotropy, internal flexibility, and size of the ions. On the other side, the melting point increases by increasing the interactions of the alkyl chains [53]^[52]. The change in the melting points of the ionic liquids is linked to the symmetry or cation size, as the chain length changes the melting point changes. Nasirpour, et al. [54]^[53] researched the relationship between chain length and the melting point by examining the Ionic liquids melting point versus the length of the alkyl chain for [C_nmim][PF₆] and trihexyl-alkylphosphonium hexafluorophosphate [P666n][PF₆]). The results of their study have shown that the alkylmethylimidazolium [PF₆] ionic liquids have shown a decrease in the melting temperature as the alkyl chain length increase. Shorter alkyl chains with n < 6 have higher melting points since they produce symmetrical Ionic Liquids with better ion cohesion. Also, longer alkyl chains with n > 8 have higher melting points since their cations are more hydrophobic and form Van der Waals forces [52,54]^[53].

3.1.3 Viscosity

Ionic Liquids at room temperature are viscous liquids. By looking at Table 5, at 25 °C the lowest viscosities observed with the methylimidazolium salts are 15 cp for [EMIM][C(CN)₃], 16 cp for [EMIM] [N(CN)₂], and 20 cP for [allylmim][N(CN)₂].[55]^[54]. The values of these viscosities are similar to the viscosities at 25 °C of viscous organic solvents such as ethylene glycol (16 cP) [56]^[55], dimethyl phthalate (14 cP) [57]^[56], or ethanolamine (21 cP) [58]^[57]. An increase in temperature dramatically reduces the viscosity, as shown by the 50 °C values listed in Table 5. There is an extensive database in the literature that includes the viscosities of ionic liquids [59]^[58].

3.1.4 Vapour Pressure and Thermal Stability

The significant vapour pressure of the ILS is quite challenging to be measured. At high temperatures, a decomposition of the liquids might occur, and at very low temperatures the vapour pressure becomes too low to be measured by typical conventional methods. Several studies focus on finding the vapour pressure of ionic liquids. Ahrenberg, et al. [60]^[59] and his research team have focused on determining the vapor pressure of ionic liquids at low temperatures using AC-chip-calorimetry. A highly sensitive method for mass loss determination at temperatures starting from 350 K was successfully developed in their study. They found the vapour pressure from the measured rates of mass loss using the Langmuir equation. The method that they have used has successfully determined the vapour pressure and the vaporization enthalpy of an archetypical ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis (trifluoromethylsulfonyl) imide ([EMIM][NTf₂]) [60]^[59]. Maton, et al. [61]^[60] have mentioned in their research that the thermal stability of an IL depends on the specific combination of the cation-anion [61]. Also, Xue, et al. [62] have examined the thermal stability of ILs under vacuum by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The TGA analysis of their study has shown that many ionic liquids start to decompose thermally at 700 K [62]^[61].

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