Hydrogen Storage Using Ionic Liquid Media

Prins-type polymerization using ionic liquid hydrogen fluoride salts.

We successfully carried out Prins-type polymerization for the first time to prepare 4-fluorinated tetrahydropyran-containing polymers in a highly stereoselective manner.

Development of Automotive Liquid Hydrogen Storage Systems

Liquid hydrogen (LH2) takes up less storage volume than gas but requires cryogenic vessels. State-of-the-art applications for passenger vehicles consist of double-wall cylindrical tanks that hold a hydrogen storage mass of up to 10 kg. The preferred shell material of the tanks is stainless steel, since it is very resistant against hydrogen brittleness and shows negligible hydrogen permeation. T...

Application of Ionic Liquids in Hydrogen Storage Systems

Zeolite Catalyzed Hydrolysis in Aqueous and Ionic Liquid Media

Hydrolysis of ethyl acetate and starch in water and of cellulose in an ionic liquid by using HY and HZSM-5 solid acid catalysts are compared. In water, HZSM-5 is more active than HY. This trend is reversed in ionic liquid. Reactivity differences are explained based on interactions between solvent and catalyst acid site local environments, which depend on zeolite channel structure and Si/Al rati...

Efficient indium-mediated dehalogenation of aromatics in ionic liquid media.

An efficient indium-mediated dehalogenation reaction of haloaromatics and haloheteroaromatics in ionic liquids has been studied. This method is simple and effective in the presence of [bmim]Br. Furthermore, this methodology is environmentally friendly compared with conventional ones.