We are delighted to share with you a selection of the papers which will be presented at our Faraday Discussion on Liquid Salts for Energy and Materials which is due to take place in Ningbo, China in May 2016. The final versions of all the articles presented and record of the live discussions will be published after the event.

Thanks to their wide range of working temperatures, liquid salt innovations can offer significant benefits for improving energy efficiency and reducing the environmental impact of the production of many materials and of processing technologies. Yet, technological advancement relies on a sound understanding of the underlying science of the huge number of liquid salts and their widely varying properties. With a focus on energy and materials, this Faraday Discussion incorporates recent discoveries and considers future developments in relation to the understanding and applications of liquid salts.

Want to get a flavour of the meeting? Read the conference report here.

Themed collection Liquid Salts for Energy and Materials

Poster list

List of participants

A perspective on liquid salts for energy and materials

Molten salts and energy related materials

Development of a niobium-doped titania inert anode for titanium electrowinning in molten chloride salts

Towards large scale preparation of graphene in molten salts and its use in the fabrication of highly toughened alumina ceramics

Temperature dependence of the electrode potential of a cobalt-based redox couple in ionic liquid electrolytes for thermal energy harvesting

Cathodic processes of neodymium(III) in LiF–NdF₃–Nd₂O₃ melts

An investigation into the carbon nucleation and growth on a nickel substrate in LiCl–Li₂CO₃ melts

The influence of fluoride ions on the equilibrium between titanium ions and titanium metal in fused alkali chloride melts

Advances toward industrialization of novel molten salt electrochemical processes

Molten salt CO₂ capture and electro-transformation (MSCC-ET) into capacitive carbon at medium temperature: effect of the electrolyte composition

Template-free electrodeposition of AlFe alloy nanowires from a room-temperature ionic liquid as an anode material for Li-ion batteries

Application of infiltrated LSCM–GDC oxide anode in direct carbon/coal fuel cells

High temperature ³⁵Cl nuclear magnetic resonance study of the LiCl–KCl system and the effect of CeCl₃ dissolution

Effect of C₈mimPF₆ on miniemulsion polymerization for application in new latex coating products

Determination and evaluation of the thermophysical properties of an alkali carbonate eutectic molten salt

Advances in electroanalysis, sensing and monitoring in molten salts

Coordination numbers and physical properties in molten salts and their mixtures

Natural gas anodes for aluminium electrolysis in molten fluorides

Electrolysis of metal oxides in MgCl₂ based molten salts with an inert graphite anode

Formation of Si nanowires by the electrochemical reduction of SiO₂ with Ni or NiO additives

Direct oxygen removal technique for recycling titanium using molten MgCl₂ salt

Three dimensional ink-jet printing of biomaterials using ionic liquids and co-solvents

Estimation of the composition of intermetallic compounds in LiCl–KCl molten salt by cyclic voltammetry

Immobilization of a rhodium catalyst using a diphosphine-functionalized ionic liquid in RTIL for the efficient and recyclable biphasic hydroformylation of 1-octene

Solid oxide membrane-assisted controllable electrolytic fabrication of metal carbides in molten salt

Developing energy efficient lignin biomass processing – towards understanding mediator behaviour in ionic liquids

Molten-salt treatment of waste biomass for preparation of carbon with enhanced capacitive properties and electrocatalytic activity towards oxygen reduction

High energy supercapattery with an ionic liquid solution of LiClO₄

Benefits to energy efficiency and environmental impact: general discussion

Developments for nuclear reactors and spent fuels processing: general discussion

Advancement in knowledge of phenomena and processes: general discussion

Improvements of energy conversion and storage: general discussion

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