Hydrophobic Bronsted Acid-Base Ionic Liquids Based on PAMAM Dendrimers with High Proton Conductivity and Blue Photoluminescence

摘要

We have described a simple and general strategy for preparing a range of novel hydrophobic Bronsted acidic ILs based on PAMAM-type dendrimers and, in principle, other polyamines, as well. The resulting ILs exhibit strong photo-luminescence and proton conductivity with several potential applications in sensor design and nonaqueous proton-conducting electrolytes. Such ILs may be especially well suited for the encapsulation of nanoparticle precursors in catalysis or use as task-specific ILs in metal ion or gas separations.