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Polymeric Ionic Liquid Grafted on Silica for Efficient Conversion of CO2 into Cyclic Carbonates

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On the basis of efficient and recyclable criteria for catalytic conversion of CO2 into cyclic carbonates, functionalized polymeric ionic liquids grafted onto the silica (PIL@SiO2) are explored by the polymeric method herein. Among all the prepared PIL@SiO2, the PIL@SiO2 loaded with a high mass fraction (50%) of PIL is the best in catalytic activity, achieving 91% PO conversion, nearly 50% saved than the non-grafted PIL. In addition, the PIL@SiO2 exhibits higher performance than PILs under identical reaction conditions. Subsequent studies concerning recyclability confirm that the as-prepared catalyst is stable after 5 times recycle without obvious loss in activity. This grafting and polymerization process provides an efficient and sustainable way of CO2 conversion in the long term.

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This work is financially supported by the Transformational Technologies for Clean Energy and Demonstration, Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Grant No. XDA 21030500, National Natural Science Foundation of China (21676274, 21606237, 21890762).

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  1. CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China

    Ting Ying, Qian Su, Zijie Shi, Lili Deng & Weiguo Cheng

  2. School of Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Ting Ying, Zijie Shi & Lili Deng

  3. SINOPEC Yanshan Petrochemical Company, Beijing, 102500, China

    Wei Hua

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Ying, T., Su, Q., Shi, Z. et al. Polymeric Ionic Liquid Grafted on Silica for Efficient Conversion of CO2 into Cyclic Carbonates. Catal Lett 149, 2647–2655 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-019-02826-3

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