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

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.