US 11,964,230 B2
Materials, systems, and methods for CO2 capture and conversion
Hadi Ghasemi, Woodlands, TX (US); Varun Kashyap, Houston, TX (US); T. Randall Lee, Houston, TX (US); and Riddhiman Medhi, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to University of Houston System, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by University of Houston System, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/961,139.
Application 17/961,139 is a division of application No. 16/959,484, granted, now 11,541,349, previously published as PCT/US2019/016049, filed on Jan. 31, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/624,333, filed on Jan. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0050422 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B01D 53/14 (2006.01); B01D 53/00 (2006.01)
CPC B01D 53/1475 (2013.01) [B01D 53/005 (2013.01); B01D 53/1406 (2013.01); B01D 53/1418 (2013.01); B01D 2252/10 (2013.01); B01D 2257/504 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A system configured to capture CO2 and able to be washed of the captured CO2, the system comprising:
a material, including:
an ionic liquid configured to capture CO2 in response to exposure to a gas comprising CO2 and to a thermal energy source, wherein the ionic liquid is one of: C10MI·BF4 or C16MI·Tf2N; and
an aerogel holding the ionic liquid therein.