Graphene oxide functionalized by poly(ionic liquid)s for carbon dioxide capture

Abstract

ABSTRACT Poly(ionic liquid)s have been demonstrated as high efficient CO 2 absorbents. In the current study, a kind of poly(ionic liquid)s, Poly[2‐(methacryloyloxy)‐ethyl] trimethylammonium tetrafluoroborate (P[MATMA][BF 4 ]) was used to functionalize graphene oxide (GO). The hybrid in which P[MATMA][BF 4 ] was covalently bonded on GO platelets was prepared by a simple method, that is, traditional radical polymerization. The characterizations based on transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscope, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, X‐ray diffraction, and X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy demonstrated the graft of P[MATMA][BF 4 ] on GO. N 2 adsorption measurements indicated that P[MATMA][BF 4 ] also greatly increased the specific surface area of GO. Due to the higher specific surface area and the CO 2 affinity of P[MATMA][BF 4 ], the GO‐P[MATMA][BF 4 ] hybrid exhibited a much higher CO 2 adsorption capacity compared with GO, GO‐NH 2 , and P[MATMA][BF 4 ]. Their study showed that the combinations of poly(ionic liquid)s and GO could be promising CO 2 absorbents. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2017 , 134 , 44592.