Chemer-ILs

Chemer - Ionic Liquids Pioneer in China!

The chemical industry has a major problem, when it makes a fine chemical, it produces large quantities of contaminated solvents. Just think of the undergraduate synthetic laboratories and the quantities of solvents which are converted from pure solvent to waste solvent! The recovery or disposal of this waste is expensive. The result is that industry is looking for cleaner technology. Ionic liquids offer one solution. Ionic liquids represent a new technology with potential for use in sustainable processes as solvent replacements, in catalytic reactions and in electrochemical devices. Their low vapor pressure make them potential substitutes for highly volatile organic solvents, thus reducing the amount of pollution caused through solvent evaporation. Their non-flammable nature reduces the risk of fire hazard. Their intrinsically conductive nature makes them favoured materials for use in electrochemical technologies, such as electrochemical double-layer capacitors and dye-sensitized solar cells cells.