In
view of the increasingly serious harm of CO
2
to the environment,
it is highly desirable to develop effective CO
2
absorbents.
In this work, we demonstrated an efficient absorption of CO
2
by blends of protic ionic liquids (PILs) plus amines. The density
and viscosity of investigative four PILs-amine mixtures were measured.
By systematically studying the effects of the solution ratio, temperature,
CO
2
partial pressure, and water content on the absorption
of CO
2
, it is found that the 3-dimethylamino-1-propylamine
acetate ([DMAPAH][OAc]) plus ethanediamine (EDA) mixture shows the
highest CO
2
uptake of 0.295 g CO
2
per g absorbent
at 50 °C and 1 bar and a further increase in the absorption of
CO
2
to 0.299 g/g by adding water with a mass fraction of
20%. Furthermore, the absorption mechanism of CO
2
in the
presence and absence of water has also been investigated by FTIR and
NMR spectra.