Deep Eutectic Solvents: Green Solvents of the Future
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemical Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 2221
Special Issue Editors
Interests: process design; synthetic fuels; process intensification; energy transition
Interests: process design and intensification; membranes and membrane reactors; separation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Solvents are widely used in daily products such as thinners, adhesives, lubricants and fuels. Moreover, vast amounts of solvents are applied in the chemical industry as reaction media, extraction agents and solvents for CO2 capture, etc. The applied solvents are mostly derived from fossil-based feedstocks. In decarbonization of the industry, it is important to underline the use of green solvents such as deep eutectic solvents (DESs) as substituents for the conventionally used ones. The merits of deep eutectic solvents such as the ease of preparation, tuneability, and high atomic efficiency (since no synthesis steps are involved) make them an interesting category of solvents. The tunability of the prepared solvent is based on the nature of the building blocks (hydrogen bond donor and hydrogen bond acceptor) and their ratio, which is not necessarily 1:1.
This Special Issue on “Deep Eutectic Solvents: Green Solvents of the Future” aims to cover recent advances in research, development, and application of deep eutectic solvents. Topics include, but are not limited to, methods and/or application in the following areas:
- DESs as tailor-made solvents for processes (e.g., gas separation, LL extraction and metal extraction);
- Experimentally obtained data for various applications;
- Techno-economic studies of processes using DESs;
- Molecular dynamic simulations studies for theoretical understanding of DESs’ interaction nature.
Dr. Lawien Zubeir
Prof. Dr. Fausto Gallucci
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- deep eutectic solvents
- green solvents
- extraction
- CO2 capture
- process technology
