Much of chemistry is concerned with the study of reactions and processes in solution, that is,
where liquids are used as solvents. 2, 3 The solvent is the (excess) liquid phase in which …

Room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) are solvent with unusual properties, which are
difficult to characterize experimentally because of their intrinsic complexity (large number of …

Abstract Super‐concentrated “water‐in‐salt” electrolytes recently spurred resurgent interest
for high energy density aqueous lithium‐ion batteries. Thermodynamic stabilization at high …

Ionic liquids with cyano anions have long been used because of their unique combination of
low-melting temperatures, reduced viscosities, and increased conductivities. Recently we …

Aqueous solutions are crucial to most domains in biology and chemistry, including in energy
fields such as catalysis and batteries. Water‐in‐salt electrolytes (WISEs), which extend the …

Cation–anion interactions can be tuned via the degree of cation constraint. X-ray
Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) experiments reveal that anion–cation based interactions …

New and exciting frontiers for the generation of safe and renewable energy have brought
attention to molten inorganic salts of fluorides and chlorides. This is because high …

A series of phosphonium-based ionic liquids (ILs) based on benzenesulfonate derivatives (
tetrabutylphosphonium benzenesulfonate ([TBP][BS]), tetrabutylphosphonium 4 …

Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations suggest that the dynamics of an excess electron in
different types of molten salts are not always the same. In molten LiF, KF, and MgF2, the …

Experimental near edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectra are reported for
12 ionic liquids (ILs) encompassing a range of chemical structures for both the sulfur 1s and …