Sustainable separation of petroleum hydrocarbons pollutant using hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents regulated by CO2

Petroleum hydrocarbons pollutants are the serious environmental hazards in the exploitation of petroleum resources. As comparison to the traditional solvent for petroleum hydrocarbons removal, deep eutectic solvents (DESs), as the ideal alternate for organic solvents, have non-toxicity, non-flammability and lower volatility. Whereas, the recycling of DES is still the great challenge for sustainable separation. Herein, hydrophobic DESs (HDESs)...