Novel functionalized ionic liquid (IL) combining an imidazolium‐based cation with branched alkyl chain bearing silyl group, 1‐methyl‐3‐(2‐methyl‐3‐(trimethylsilyl)propyl)imidazolium ([Si−C1−C3‐mim]+), and bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ([NTf2]−) anion was synthesized and its thermophysical properties (density, viscosity, surface tension, surface entropy and enthalpy, thermal stability) were studied in a wide temperature range and compared with those of ILs having linear alkyl ([Cn‐mim][NTf2]) and siloxane ([(SiOSi)C1mim][NTf2]) side chains. It was found that at 25 °C [Si−C1−C3‐mim][NTf2] is a liquid with dynamic viscosity of 224 cP (224 mPa s) and density of 1.32 g cm−3. The presence of side branched alkyl chain with trimethylsilyl end‐group prevents crystallization of IL and leads to higher viscosities and lower densities in comparison with commonly known [Cn‐mim][NTf2] (n=2–4). As surface excess enthalpy was found to be in the lower end of the usual range of values for ILs, the interactions between silyl‐functionalized cation and [NTf2] anion can be considered as relatively weak. Finally, [Si−C1−C3‐mim][NTf2] was used for the preparation of polymer supported ionic liquid membranes (SILMs) and their CO2 and N2 permeation properties at 20 °C and 100 kPa were determined: permeability PCO2=311, PN2=12 Barrer, diffusivity DCO2=115×1012, DN2=227×1012 m2 s−1 and CO2/N2 permselectivity αCO2/N2=25.3.