The choice of ionic liquid ions to mitigate corrosion impacts: the influence of superbase cations and electron-donating carboxylate anions†

Xin Li; Xiaoyu Wang; Haq Nawaz; Jiankang Zhang; Xiaomei Chen; Peng Cheng; Tingting You; Shri Ramaswamy; Feng Xu

doi:10.1039/d1gc04173h

The choice of ionic liquid ions to mitigate corrosion impacts: the influence of superbase cations and electron-donating carboxylate anions†

Xin Li, Xiaoyu Wang, Haq Nawaz, Jiankang Zhang, Xiaomei Chen, Peng Cheng, Tingting You, Shri Ramaswamy, Feng Xu

Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering

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Ionic liquids (ILs) including novel superbase-derived ILs and imidazolium-based ILs with the potential to be used as green solvents for biomass utilization should be deeply evaluated with respect to their corrosion ability towards metallic equipment in industrialization. Herein, the corrosion susceptibility of 304SS in [DBUH][CH₃CH₂OCH₂COO] was investigated for the first time and compared with that in common [EMIM][Ac] and [AMIM][Cl] by electrochemical, surface, and theoretical analyses. [DBUH][CH₃CH₂OCH₂COO] exhibited an unprecedentedly excellent corrosion inhibition for 304SS compared to imidazolium-based ILs. This may be due to the presence of electron-donating carboxylate anions and macrocyclic superbase cations, which reacted with metals to form a compact layer and protected metals from damage. [EMIM][Ac] showed a slightly unfavorable corrosion inhibition compared to [DBUH][CH₃CH₂OCH₂COO]. However, the corrosion rate of 304SS was dramatically increased in [AMIM][Cl] by increasing the temperature and water contents, which was reflected by pitting corrosion with plenty of pits (5-10 μm in diameter) on the 304SS surface after a polarization test. By studying the corrosion behaviour of five common steels in [DBUH][CH₃CH₂OCH₂COO] and taking economy into consideration, 304SS with high R_ct (26.69 × 10⁵ Ω cm²) and R_p values (1230.8 Ω cm²) was the top priority for industrial equipment materials. According to the possible corrosion mechanism of metals in ILs from the viewpoint of DFT calculations and complex physico-chemical interactions, carboxylate ILs displaying outstandingly low contributions to corrosion particularly involving superbase cations or imidazolium cations and carboxylate anions with electron-donating groups such as -OCH₂CH₃, -OCH₃, and -HC 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 11111111 00000000 11111111 00000000 00000000 00000000 CH₂ should be designed to mitigate corrosion damage in industrialized operations.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2114-2128
Number of pages	15
Journal	Green Chemistry
Volume	24
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/d1gc04173h
State	Published - Jan 28 2022

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