Clean and sustainable energy production has become a key global issue concerning the world's energy shortage and environmental problematic. Despite the recognized potential of biohydrogen (bioH 2 ) for sustainable development, there are still issues regarding its production and purification, such as the elimination of CO 2 , N 2 , and other impurities (H 2 O and H 2 S), so that an enriched H 2 stream can be obtained for efficient energy generation. The use of poly(ionic liquid)s (PILs) and their derived composite materials incorporating ionic liquids (PIL-IL) has been considered as a highly promising strategy to design membranes with improved CO 2 separation. In this study, membranes of pyrrolidinium-based PILs containing symmetric or asymmetric fluorosulfonyl derived anions, namely bis(fluorosulfonyl)amide ([FSI] -), (trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl-N-cyanoamide ([TFSAM] -) and (trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl-Ntrifluoroacetamide ([TSAC] -), were prepared by the incorporation of different amounts of structurally similar ILs. The PIL-IL membranes were characterized by different techniques (TGA, DSC, FT-IR and Raman) and their CO 2 /H 2 and H 2 /N 2 separation performances were investigated. Higher CO 2 /H 2 selectivities were obtained for PIL FSI-40 [C 2 mim][FSI] (α CO2/H2 = 9.0) and PIL TFSAM-40 [C 2 mim][TFSAM] (α CO2/H2 = 7.1) compared to those of PIL-IL membranes containing the conventional [TFSI]anion at similar or even higher amounts of IL's incorporation.
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