Molten Salts and Ionic Liquids Discussion Group
MSILDG research meetings are historically informal, interesting, informative and inspiring.
The 2022 MSILDG Christmas Research Meeting took place at Burlington House, London on Monday 19 December 2022. The meeting was a hybrid event.
09:00-10:00 Registration open
Session 1: 10:00-11:10 GMT
10:00-10:10 Meeting setup and introduction by the MSILDG Chairman (Professor George Chen)
10:10-10:50 The Inman Lecture
Prof Xianbo Jin, Wuhan University, PRC
“Electrochemical Solid-solid Conversion with Molten Electrolytes for the preparation of Some Key Elemental Materials”
10:50-11:10 Contributed talk (15 min talk + 5 min discussion – online presentation)
Saijun Xiao, Anhui University of Technology, PRC
“Electrophoretic deposition and electro-codeposition in nanoparticle-containing molten inorganic salts”
11:10-11:30 Short break (with coffee, tea and biscuits)
Session 2: 11:30-12:50 GMT
11:30-11:50 Dr. Novina Malviya, QUILL, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
"Ionic liquid encapsulated biomimetic zinc-based catalyst for industrially-viable CO2 hydrolysis”
11:50-12:10 Ian J. McPherson, Loughborough University, UK
“Molten Salts for Electrochemical Ammonia Synthesis”
12:10-12:30 Deepthy Krishnan, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
“Ru metal nanoparticles in functionalized ionic liquids for olefin hydrogenation”
12:30-12:50 Professor Rasmus Fehrmann, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
“The Chemistry of the Sulfuric Acid Catalyst”
Lunch break: 12:50-14:00 GMT
The MSILDG AGM will take place during the lunch break.
MSILDG Annual General Meeting: 13:30-14:00 GMT
Session 3: 14:00-15:40 GMT
14:00-14:40 Keynote lecture
Prof Sheng Dai, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and University of Tennessee, USA
“Tailoring Molten Salts and Ionic Liquids for Production and Separation of Critical Materials”
14:40-15:00 Shannan Southwood-Samuel, University of South Wales, UK
“Application of Benzimidazolium Based Ionic Liquids for Extraction of Cresol from Coke Oven Gas By-products”
15:00-15:20 Sondre Iveland, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway
“Experimental Setup for Measuring Absorption Kinetics of Carbon Capture in Molten Salt”
15:20-15:40 Amy Le Le Chen, University of Cambridge, UK
“Calciothermic deoxygenation of powder and solid Ti materials in molten CaCl2”
15:40-16:10 Short break (with coffee, tea and biscuits)
Session 4: 16:10-17:30 GMT
16:10-16:30 Courtney M. Quinn, The University of Nottingham, UK
“Synthesis and characterisation of non-stoichiometric diethylmethylammonium based protic ionic liquid electrolytes”
16:30-16:50 Qiang Guo, The University of Nottingham, UK
"The critical capacity of Li deposition on Cu foam electrodes in ionic liquids”
16:50-17:10 Mateen Mirza, University College London, UK
“Electrochemical recovery of lithium-ion battery materials from molten salts: Microstructural characterisation using X-ray imaging”
17:10-17:30 Professor Geir Martin Haarberg, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
“Electrowinning of Aluminium and Carbon Footprint”
17:30-19:00 Post-meeting reception
Abstracts
Abstract submission for in person and online presentations is now closed.
Registration
Regular delegate, RSC member: £110
Regular delegate, non-RSC member: £135
Student delegate, RSC member: £40
Student delegate, non-RSC member: £50
Attendance at the online meeting: £20
Event details and the registration link can be found on the RSC event webpage:
https://www.rsc.org/events/detail/75146/msildg-christmas-research-meeting-2022
Venue address: Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BD, UK