Table 1 TSIL DSE desalination performancea.

From: Ionic liquid enables highly efficient low temperature desalination by directional solvent extraction

IL

Ion rejection

Solubility in H2O (ppm)

H2O Yield (%/°C)

[bmim][Tf2N]

70.5 ± 2.9%

<90

<0.082

[emim][Tf2N]

97.5 ± 0.8%

130–150

0.304 ± 0.023

Decanoic acid

96.9–98.0%6

36–1506,29

0.025 ± 0.0026

  1. aILs found incompatible with DSE are shown in Section 4 in Supplementary Information. [bmim][Tf2N] and decanoic acid group is performed at 75 °C. [emim][Tf2N] is performed at 45, 60, and 75 °C.
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