US Patent Issued to SK Innovation on Dec. 30 for "Carbon dioxide absorbent comprising ionic liquid and alcohol solvent, and method of separating carbon dioxide using the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,572, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SK Innovation Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Carbon dioxide absorbent comprising ionic liquid and alcohol solvent, and method of separating carbon dioxide using the same" was invented by Ilgu Jung (Daejeon, South Korea), Lim Ok Pyun (Daejeon, South Korea), Byul Ha Na Min (Daejeon, South Korea), Junga Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jisu Jeong (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a carbon dioxide absorbent including an ionic liquid including an imidazole-based anion and an aliphatic alcohol. Since an alcohol solvent included in the carbon dioxide absorbent according t...