Ionic liquid-based green processes for energy production

To mitigate the growing pressure on resource depletion and environment degradation, the development of green processes for the production of renewable energy is highly required. As a class of novel and promising media, ionic liquids (ILs) have shown infusive potential applications in energy producti...

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Published in:Chemical Society reviews 2014-11, Vol.43 (22), p.7838-7869
Main Authors: Zhang, Suojiang, Sun, Jian, Zhang, Xiaochun, Xin, Jiayu, Miao, Qingqing, Wang, Jianji
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:To mitigate the growing pressure on resource depletion and environment degradation, the development of green processes for the production of renewable energy is highly required. As a class of novel and promising media, ionic liquids (ILs) have shown infusive potential applications in energy production. Aiming to offer a critical overview regarding the new challenges and opportunities of ILs for developing green processes of renewable energy, this article emphasises the role of ILs as catalysts, solvents, or electrolytes in three broadly interesting energy production processes from renewable resources, such as CO 2 conversion to fuels and fuel additives, biomass pretreatment and conversion to biofuels, as well as solar energy and energy storage. It is expected that this article will stimulate a generation of new ideas and new technologies in IL-based renewable energy production. We review ionic liquid-based processes in the renewable energy field, including CO 2 conversion, biomass conversion, solar energy and energy storage.
ISSN:0306-0012
1460-4744
DOI:10.1039/c3cs60409h