Porous liquids are ‘real’ and had been demonstrated that they have clear potential for long-term applications in chemical processes. However, the complex synthesis and purification steps, and high cost are still the current drawbacks of porous liquids. Here we introduce an economical way to construct porous liquids through the simple hydrolysis of liquid medium on the surface of hollow structure. Much stronger chemical/mechanical interactions between hollow structure and liquid medium were produced to stabilize this porous liquid system. In addition, it had been demonstrated that hollow structure can be preserved in this magic liquid system without self-filling phenonmenon after the crucial step of enlarging the molecular size of liquid medium. This specific advantage along with the unique chemical structures (e.g. ether and secondary amine groups) make this magic liquid shows a promising potential for the application in carbon capture. Most importantly, this synthesis strategy proved to be versatile, offering an easy and scalable route to the generation of those magic mesoporous liquids for practical applications.

Economical way to construct mesoporous liquids: Hydrolysing liquid medium on the surface of hollow structure

254th National Meeting (2017)

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