Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, the University of Manchester, the Mill, Sackville Street, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
Laboratoire PCM2E, Université de Tours, Parc de Grandmont, 37200 Tours, France.
Molecules. 2020 Nov 9;25(21):5207. doi: 10.3390/molecules25215207.
Since their conception, ionic liquids (ILs) have been investigated for an extensive range of applications including in solvent chemistry, catalysis, and electrochemistry. This is due to their designation as designer solvents, whereby the physiochemical properties of an IL can be tuned for specific applications. This has led to significant research activity both by academia and industry from the 1990s, accelerating research in many fields and leading to the filing of numerous patents. However, while ILs have received great interest in the patent literature, only a limited number of processes are known to have been commercialised. This review aims to provide a perspective on the successful commercialisation of IL-based processes, to date, and the advantages and disadvantages associated with the use of ILs in industry.
自问世以来，离子液体（ILs）就因其被广泛认为是“设计溶剂”而备受关注，这意味着可以根据特定应用来调整 IL 的物理化学性质。这种特性使得学术界和工业界在 20 世纪 90 年代以后对其展开了大量研究，从而加速了许多领域的研究，并促成了众多专利的申请。然而，尽管离子液体在专利文献中受到了极大关注，但已知的工业化生产过程却十分有限。本文旨在就迄今为止基于离子液体的工艺的成功商业化情况提供一个视角，并探讨在工业中使用离子液体的相关优点和缺点。
