Review article
https://doi.org/10.15255/KUI.2013.003
Ionic Liquids Development and Challenges in Industrial Application
M. Cvjetko Bubalo
; Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
K. Radošević
; Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
I. Radojčić Redovniković
; Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
J. Halambek
; Prehrambeno-biotehnološki fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
J. Vorkapić-Furač
; Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
V. Gaurina Srček
; Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Establishment of novel, highly productive, and sustainable processes for the production of industrially important compounds is becoming a growing area of research. Due to non-volatility, inflammability, great thermal, chemical and electrochemical stability and also recyclability, ionic liquids are extensively studied as possible green replacement for widely used conventional molecular solvents. Due to the extremely large number of possible chemical structures of ionic liquids, the ability to design ionic liquids for specific applications makes them unique solvents in electrochemistry, analytical chemistry, organic synthesis and (bio)catalysis, separation processes, as well as functional fluids (lubricants, heat transfer fluids, corrosion inhibitors etc.). This paper presents a review of the scientific and technical literature related to ionic liquids, their basic properties, preparation and application, as well as the challenges of their application on an industrial scale.
Keywords
Ionic liquids; designer solvents; green processes
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120638
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Publication date:
6.5.2014.
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