abstract
Recently, combinations of two (or more) ionic liquids, known as ionic liquid mixtures, have become popular and have a broad range of applications. However, the fundamental knowledge on the molecular interactions that exist in ionic liquid mixtures is far from being understood. In this work, the experimental measurement of the water activity coefficient and computational modelling using Conductor-like Screening Model for Real Solvent (COSMO-RS) were carried out to get an insight into the molecular interactions that are present in ionic liquid mixtures in aqueous solution. The results show that the combination of two ionic liquids of different basicity in aqueous solution allows fine tuning of the water activities, covering a wide range of values that could replace several pure fluids. This is an important feature resulting from the unexpected ion speciation of the ionic liquid mixtures in aqueous solution.
keywords
MOLECULAR-SOLVENTS; WATER; PYRIDINIUM; DYNAMICS; DENSITY; CATION
subject category
Chemistry; Physics
authors
Kurnia, KA; Fernandes, AM; Pinho, SP; Coutinho, JAP
our authors
João Manuel Costa Araújo Pereira Coutinho
Vice-Directoracknowledgements
We thank the CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007679 (Ref. FCT UID/CTM/50011/2019) and Associate Laboratory LSRE-LCM, POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006984 (Ref. FCT UID/EQU/50020/2019), financed by national funds through the FCT/MEC and when appropriate co-financed by FEDDER under the PT2020 Partnership Agreement.