Synthesis of Polymer Ionic Liquid Incorporating Activated Carbon: Characterization and Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Solubility Study

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is a type of greenhouse gases that being emitted to the environment through some industrial processes such as combustion of fossil fuels. CO2 need to be separated in order to reduce global warming. There are several technique studied to separate CO2. Among these, ionic liquids emerged as the best potential to separate CO2 and are currently being studied. This method can still be improved to obtain a better CO2 separation capacity. This project aims to develop ionic liquids monomer as it then synthesized to become polymer ionic liquids incorporating activated carbon. Two types of polymer Ionic liquids were synthesized, which are Poly-(1-Vinyl-3-Ethylimidazolium Bromide), Poly-[Veim][Br] and Poly-(1-Vinyl-3-ethylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide), Poly-[Veim][TF2N]. Activated carbon was incorporated in the ionic liquid polymer