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Integrated CO₂ capture-fixation chemistry via interfacial ionic liquid catalyst in laminar gas/liquid flow.

ABSTRACT: Simultaneous capture of carbon dioxide (CO₂) and its utilization with subsequent work-up would significantly enhance the competitiveness of CO₂-based sustainable chemistry over petroleum-based chemistry. Here we report an interfacial catalytic reaction platform for an integrated autonomous process of simultaneously capturing/fixing CO₂ in gas-liquid laminar flow with subsequently providing a work-up step. The continuous-flow microreactor has built-in silicon nanowires (SiNWs) with immobilized ionic liquid catalysts on tips of cone-shaped nanowire bundles. Because of the superamphiphobic SiNWs, a stable gas-liquid interface maintains between liquid flow of organoamines in upper part and gas flow of CO₂ in bottom part of channel. The intimate and direct contact of the binary reagents leads to enhanced mass transfer and facilitating reactions. The autonomous integrated platform produces and isolates 2-oxazolidinones and quinazolines-2,4(1H,3H)-diones with 81-97% yields under mild conditions. The platform would enable direct CO₂ utilization to produce high-valued specialty chemicals from flue gases without pre-separation and work-up steps.

SUBMITTER: Vishwakarma NK

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5343516 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Integrated CO2 capture-fixation chemistry via interfacial ionic liquid catalyst in laminar gas/liquid flow.

Vishwakarma Niraj K NK Singh Ajay K AK Hwang Yoon-Ho YH Ko Dong-Hyeon DH Kim Jin-Oh JO Babu A Giridhar AG Kim Dong-Pyo DP

Nature communications 20170306

Simultaneous capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) and its utilization with subsequent work-up would significantly enhance the competitiveness of CO2-based sustainable chemistry over petroleum-based chemistry. Here we report an interfacial catalytic reaction platform for an integrated autonomous process of simultaneously capturing/fixing CO2 in gas-liquid laminar flow with subsequently providing a work-up step. The continuous-flow microreactor has built-in silicon nano ...[more]

PMID: 28262667

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