Abstract
Polymeric ionic liquids (PILs) are promising CO2 sorbents, as their behaviors are tunable by assembling ion pairs. This work aims to design CO2 sorbents with unique moisture-swing adsorption performance by assembling different anions on quaternary-ammonium-based PILs. Two aspects of the sorbent design were studied: the suitability of the CO2 affinity for different applications (e.g., direct air capture or flue gas capture) and capability for moisture-swing adsorption. Carbonate, fluoride, and acetate were chosen as counteranions, as they are representative anions with different basicity, valence, and water affinity. CO2 affinity was found to positively correlate with the pKa value of the counteranion, except for fluoride, which has an intrinsic character of attracting protons. The moisture swing capacity is determined by the difference between the hydration energies of the reactant and product after CO2 adsorption and followed the order carbonate > fluoride > acetate. Further investigations revealed that ...
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