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Ammonia Synthesis at Low Pressure
Published on: August 23, 2017
Rational design of deep eutectic solvents with low viscosities and multiple active sites for efficient recognition
Lu Zheng1, Saisai Ju1, Siqi Fang1
1National Engineering Research Center of Chemical Fertilizer Catalyst (NERC-CFC) College of Chemical Engineering Fuzhou University Fuzhou Fujian China.
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Efficient recognition and selective capture of NH3 is not only beneficial for increasing the productivity of the synthetic NH3 industry but also for reducing air pollution. For this purpose, a group of deep eutectic solvents (DESs) consisting of glycolic acid (GA) and phenol (PhOH) with low viscosities and multiple active sites was rationally designed in this work. Experimental results show that the GA + PhOH DESs display extremely fast NH3 absorption rates (within 51 s for equilibrium) and high NH3 solubility. At 313.2 K, the NH3 absorption capacities of GA + PhOH (1:1) reach 6.75 mol/kg (at 10.7 kPa) and 14.72 mol/kg (at 201.0 kPa). The NH3 solubility of GA + PhOH DESs at low pressures were minimally changed after more than 100 days of air exposure. In addition, the NH3 solubility of GA + PhOH DESs remain highly stable in 10 consecutive absorption-desorption cycles. More importantly, NH3 can be selectively captured by GA + PhOH DESs from NH3/CO2/N2 and NH3/N2/H2 mixtures. 1H-NMR, Fourier transform infrared and theoretical calculations were performed to reveal the intrinsic mechanism for the efficient recognition of NH3 by GA + PhOH DESs.
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