Ionic liquid@MIL-101 prepared via the ship-in-bottle technique: remarkable adsorbents for the removal of benzothiophene from liquid fuel†
Abstract
Ionic liquids (ILs) were synthesized inside a porous metal–organic framework (MIL-101) via a ship-in-bottle (SIB) technique. Unlike previously reported IL-incorporated MIL-101s, IL@MIL-101 prepared by the SIB approach was very stable over several cycles for the liquid phase adsorption of benzothiophene from liquid fuel.