Abstract
Polymeric ionic liquids (PILs) are emerging as promising membrane materials for CO2 separation. Present work is in continuation with our earlier efforts on evaluating gas permeation properties (especially, CO2) of film forming PILs based on polybenzimidazoles and efforts towards improving their permeability by structural tuning. This work specifically aims at evaluating effect of anion variation in chosen PILs possessing partial N-quaternization of imidazole moiety of PBI-BuI. Three anions (viz., Tf2N−, BF4− and Ac−) were chosen for the bromide exchange of two PILs, viz., [TBzPBI-BuI][Br]10 and [TBzPBI-BuI][Br]18, possessing degree of PBI N-quaternization (DQ) as 10 and 18%, respectively. Concurrent effects of variation in anion and DQ were analyzed in terms of physical and gas permeation properties of the resulting PILs. All of them possessed amorphous nature, adequate thermal stability (≥250°C) and solvent solubility, which are primary requisites towards their applicability as a membrane material. PILs possessing BF4− anion exhibited improved CO2 permeability coefficient as well as its permselectivity over CH4 and N2, in comparison to their counterparts with other anions.
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