High Gas Storage Capacities for Ionic Liquids through Chemical
Complexation

Tempel, Daniel J.; Henderson, Philip B.; Brzozowski, Jeffrey R.; Pearlstein, Ronald M.; Cheng, Hansong

doi:10.1021/ja077233b.s006

High Gas Storage Capacities for Ionic Liquids through Chemical Complexation

journal contribution

posted on 2008-01-16, 00:00 authored by Daniel J. Tempel, Philip B. Henderson, Jeffrey R. Brzozowski, Ronald M. Pearlstein, Hansong Cheng

Gases with sufficient Lewis acidity or basicity form weak and reversible complexes with carefully selected ionic liquids. We have prepared ionic liquid complexes with PH₃ and BF₃ that provide large gas capacities in the liquid phase at low pressures.