The MBr–EuBr₂ systems (M= alkali metal): physicochemical investigation and thermodynamic assessment

W. Gong¹, L. Rycerz², S. Gadzuric³, M. Gaune-Escard⁴

¹Laboratory of Electronic Functional Materials, Huizhou University, Huizhou 516001, Guangdong, PR China
²Chemical Metallurgy Group, Faculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Technology, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
³Faculty of Natural Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
⁴Polytech’, IUSTI, Technopôle de Chateau-Gombert, 13453 Marseille Cedex 13, France Contact E-mail: marcelle.gaune-escard@polytech.univ-mrs.fr

Na-Zn liquid metal battery

J.L. Xu¹, O.S. Kjos², K.S. Osen², A.M. Martinez², A.P. Ratvik² and G.M. Haarberg¹

¹Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway,
²SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, NO-7465 Trondheim, Norway Contact E-mail: Geir.Martin.Haarberg@ntnu.no

Electrocatalysis in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids

Darren Walsh

Molten salt capture of CO₂

E. Olsen, V. Tomkute, Y. Alhaj-Saleh and H. Nygård

¹Dep. Mathematical Sciences and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Drøbakveien 31, N-1432 Ås, Norway. espen.olsen@nmbu.no

Alkoxycarbonylation of Alkenes by Ionic Liquids and Supported Ionic Liquid Phase (SILP) Catalysts

Eduardo J. Garcia-Suarez, Santosh G. Khokarale, Anders Riisager and Rasmus Fehrmann

Centre for Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry, Building 207, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark.

Black silicon absorbers for solar photovoltaics

P. R. Coxon¹, E. Juzeliunas^1,2 & D. J. Fray¹

¹Dept. of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, 27 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge, CB3 0FS, UK

²Campus Rectorate, Klaipėda University, Herkaus Manto str. 84, LT-92294 Klaipėda, Lithuania
Contact E-mail: prc39@cam.ac.uk

Molten salts as heat transfer media in fast pyrolysis of wood

Heidi S. Nygård¹, Espen Olsen¹

¹Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 1432 Ås, Norway.
Contact E-mail: heidi.nygard@nmbu.no

Roles of alkali metal cation during carbon electrodeposition in molten alkali carbonates

Happiness V. Ijije and, George Z. Chen *

Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, and Energy and Sustainability Research Division,
Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK.
*Corresponding author: george.chen@nottingham.ac.uk

Development of robust microelectrodes for electroanalysis in molten salts.

Damion K Corrigan¹, Ewen Blair², Jonathan G. Terry², Anthony J. Walton² and Andrew R. Mount¹.

¹School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, The King’s Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JJ, Scotland (UK)

²Institute for Integrated Micro and Nano Systems, School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, The King’s Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JF, Scotland (UK)

Electronic Structure of Ionic Liquids: Experiments vs. Calculations

Richard M. Fogarty¹, Rebecca Rowe¹, Rob G. Palgrave², Richard A. Bourne³, Tom W. Chamberlain⁴, Paul Thompson⁵, Emily F. Smith⁴, Nick A. Besley⁴, Claire R. Ashworth¹, Richard P. Matthews¹, Patricia A. Hunt¹, Kevin R. J. Lovelock¹

¹Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, ²Department of Chemistry, University College London

³School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, ⁴Department of Chemistry, University of Nottingham

⁵XMaS beamline, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) Contact E-mail: evin.lovelock@imperial.ac.uk

Synthesis of cementitious compounds and electrochemical and calorimetric studies in molten NaCl

R. A. Sheikh¹, S. J. R. Simons¹, D. Brett, M. Gaune-Escard²

¹Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7JE.

²Ecole Polytechnique, Mecanique Energetique, Technopole de Chateau-Gombert, 5 rue Enrico Fermi, 13453 Marseille Cedex 13, France. E-mail: rashed.sheikh@ucl.ac.uk

Sliding mechanisms across amphiphilic ionic liquids - what does friction mean at the nanoscale?

Alexander M. Smith & Susan Perkin

Department of Chemistry, Physical & Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, UK

Contact E-mail: alexander.smith@chem.ox.ac.uk

Anode processes during electrowinning of aluminium

Geir Martin Haarberg

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, NO-7491, Norway. Contact E-mail: geir.martin.haarberg@ntnu.no

Diamonds for Christmas

Ali Reza Kamali, Derek J. Fray

Materials Science Department, University of Cambridge