Fully booked : Liquid Salts for Energy and Materials: Faraday Discussion

Introduction

In 1834, Michael Faraday reported his first discovery of the laws of electrolysis, mostly through experiments in molten salts. The field has continued to grow ever since, with developments of various liquid salts, including, but not limited to, oxide melts, ionic liquids, and deep eutectic solvents.

In the context of the global challenges facing our present civilisation, energy technologies and their supporting materials are crucial. A great many opportunities remain, particularly for thermal, electrochemical and nuclear energy vectors in relation to liquid salts. Even fossil energy, and the related CO₂ capture, conversion and utilisation can be accommodated efficiently in liquid salts-based processes and devices.

Thanks to their great 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 heavily 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 will offer a unique opportunity for all scientists and engineers to present, discuss and debate recent discoveries and future developments in relation to the understanding and applications of liquid salts, particularly at elevated temperatures.

Themes

Benefits to energy efficiency and environmental impact

This session will discuss energy efficiency in process chemistry and engineering including, but not limited to, production and processing of both known and new materials in liquid salts, such as:
• nanostructured silicon, carbon, and ceramics,
• carbon-metal, carbon-ceramic, and metal-ceramic hybrids,
• biomass extractions and derivatives.

Improvements of energy conversion and storage

This session will cover energy conversion, thermal and electrochemical energy storage, CO₂ capture and utilisation, and the related materials issues and innovation, with a highlight of recent progresses in supercapacitors, direct carbon fuel cells, the so called molten-air rechargeable batteries, and others.

Developments for nuclear reactors and spent fuels processing

Molten salts based reactors are discussed in conjunction with improved and novel technologies for processing spent fuels in both ionic liquids and molten salts, including the electrolytic approach.

Advancement in knowledge of phenomena and processes

Advancements in all fundamental aspects of ionic liquids, deep eutectic solvents, oxide melts, and molten salts, specifically interfacial phenomena and processes, will be discussed and debated in relation to energy conversion and storage, and the supporting materials.

Aims

This Faraday Discussion aims to bring together scientists and engineers from academia and industry to discuss and debate the state of the art in liquid salts, to development of a better understanding of their fundamental properties and how their application can help in addressing some of the most important current global challenges.

Format

The Faraday Division have been organising high impact Faraday Discussions in rapidly developing areas of physical chemistry and its interfaces with other scientific disciplines for over 100 years.
Faraday Discussions have a special format where research papers written by the speakers are distributed to all participants before the meeting, and most of the meeting is devoted to discussing the papers. Everyone contributes to the discussion - including presenting their own relevant research.
The research papers and a record of the discussion are published in the journal Faraday Discussions.

The format of the Faraday Discussions meeting is ideal for discussions that transgress the many emerging experimental technologies and theoretical approaches. An auxiliary benefit of the meeting is to bring together established researchers in the field with the new community coming through.

Deadlines

Dec 14 2015
Research paper submission deadline

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Abstract Submission

Oral Abstracts and Research Papers

A full research paper containing new unpublished results always accompanies oral presentations at Faraday Discussions. Submit an oral/paper abstract if you wish to be considered for an oral presentation and associated published paper. The oral/paper abstract should outline current research in progress. Authors of the selected abstracts must then submit a full research paper with a significant amount of new, unpublished work by 14 December 2015.

The research papers are reviewed upon submission and are sent to all delegates 4 weeks before the meeting so they can be read in advance. At the meeting the presenting author is allowed five minutes to highlight the main points of their paper, and the rest of the time is for discussion. The discussion is recorded and will be published alongside the research paper in the Faraday Discussion Volume.

Poster Abstracts

Submit your poster abstract by 14 March 2016. Posters are displayed throughout the meeting and a poster session is held on the first evening. The Faraday Division Poster Prize will be awarded to the best poster presented by a student at the conference. Bursaries are available for student and younger members of the Royal Society of Chemistry in the early stages of their career (typically within 5 years of completing a first or postgraduate degree). See the bursary page for more details.

Additional Information

Authors will be notified of the outcome of the review process within about 6 weeks of the submission deadline. The abstracts should be no longer than one A4 page in portrait layout. Please ensure you provide the details of the presenting author and indicate whether you are submitting an abstract for oral or poster presentation.

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Registration

Please read the registration information on this page before registering.
You will be able to register by clicking on the online registration link on this page.
Please note accommodation is not included in the registration fee. For your reference, information on some local hotesl may be found on the accomodation page.

Registration includes:

Attendance at the sessions
Refreshments throughout the meeting
Lunch on 12 May and 13 May
Attendance at the poster drinks reception on 11 May
Attendance at the Conference dinner on Tuesday 12 May
A copy of the discussion pre-prints
A copy of the final theme issue of Liquid Salts for Energy and Materials: Faraday Discussion containing papers presented at the Discussion (issued approximately 6 months after the meeting)**
For non-member registrants, membership of the RSC until the end of 2016

Registration fees are as follows:

	Early bird (by 21 March 2016)	Standard (by 11 April 2016)
Member*	¥3,300.00	¥3,800.00
Non-member	¥4,200.00	¥4,700.00
Student member*	¥1,600.00	¥2,100.00
Student non-member	¥1,800.00	¥2,300.00

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Student Delegates

In order to encourage undergraduate or postgraduate students to attend the Discussion, a reduced conference fee (to include a set of pre-prints but not the final Discussion Volume) is available. This fee applies to those undertaking a full time course for a recognised degree or a diploma at a university or equivalent institution.

A copy of the publication may be purchased at less than half price, only for orders placed at the meeting where an application form will be made available.

Conference Banquet

The conference banquet on Thursday 12 May is included in the regsitration fee

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Bursaries

There are a number of RSC bursaries available to student and younger members of the RSC in the early stages of their career (typically within 5 years of completing a first or postgraduate degree) who do not have support available from their employer or a research grant.

Applicants should be RSC members at the time of application and at the meeting for which the travel bursary is being given.

The bursary is £150 per applicant and funding is supplied by the RSC Travel Grant Scheme.

The application form which is available to download from this page should be completed and returned to RSC Events by email by the deadline.

Deadline for applications: 21 March 2016

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Programme & pre-prints

Once available, the preprints are available to download from this page by clicking the 'Link' after each article title.

These will be password protected downloads and only available to those who have registered for the meeting.
You will also be able to download the preprints by session or as one pdf from the Introduction section.

Presenting authors are indicated in the programme by an underline. The affiliation is for the presenting author. If the presenting author of your paper has changed since abstract selection please email ChinaEvents@rsc.org. Please note that this is a draft programme and timings may change.

08:30 - 09:45	Registration
10:00	Welcome and Introductions George Chen, Chair of Scientific Committee Amy Lam, Royal Society of Chemistry General Manager, China Mike George, UNNC Vice Provost for Research and Knowledge Exchange Ningbo Government Official
10:25	Outline of Discussion Format Royal Society of Chemistry Publishing Editors
10:30	Introductory Lecture (Session Chair: George Chen) Derek Fray University of Cambridge
11:15	Discussion
11:30	Session 1: Benefits to Energy Efficiency and Environmental Impact Session Chair: George Chen
11:30	Development of a Doped Titania Inert Anode for Titanium Electrowinning Kathie McGregor, Graeme Snook, Andrew Urban, Marshall Lanyon, Richard Donelson, Mark Pownceby CSIRO
11:35	Solid oxide membrane-assisted controllable electrolytic fabrication of metal carbides in molten salt Xingli Zou, Kai Zheng, Xionggang Lu, Qian Xu, Zhong-fu Zhou Shanghai University
11:40	Discussion
12:30	Lunch
13:45	Session 1 continued: Benefits to Energy Efficiency and Environmental Impact Session Chair: Qian Xu
13:45	Natural Gas Anodes for Aluminium Electrolysis in Molten Fluorides Geir Martin Haarberg, Babak Khalaghi, Tommy Mokkelbost Norwegian University of Science and Technology
13:50	Electrolysis of Metal Oxides in MgCl₂ based molten salts with an inert graphite anode Yating Yuan, Wei Li, Hualin Chen, Zhiyong Wang, Xianbo Jin, George Zheng Chen Wuhan University
13:55	Template-free electrodeposition of Al-Fe alloy nanowires from a room-temperature ionic liquid as anode materials for Li-ion batteries Gang Chen, Yuqi Chen, Heng Wang, Qingjun Guo, Bing Li East China University of Science and Technology
14:00	Discussion
15:15	Afternoon tea
15:45	Session 1 continued: Benefits to Energy Efficiency and Environmental Impact Session Chair: Xianbo Jin
15:45	Direct Oxygen Removal Technique for Recycling Titanium and Its Alloys by Utilizing MgCl₂ Molten Salt Toru Okabe, Yuki Hamanaka, Yu-ki Taninouchi University of Tokyo
15:50	Developing Energy Efficient Lignin Biomass Processing – Towards Understanding Mediator Behaviour in Ionic Liquids Majd Eshtaya, Andinet Ejigu, Gill Stephens, Darren Walsh, George Chen, Anna Croft University of Nottingham
15:55	Molten-salt treatment of waste biomass for preparation of carbon with enhanced capacitive properties and electrocatalytic activity towards oxygen reduction Wei Xiao, Jing Zhou, Beihu Lu, Hailong Wang, Yuqiao Song, Dihua Wang Wuhan University
16:00	Discussion
17:15	Lightning presentations (Session Chair: George Chen)
17:30	Poster Session
18:45	Close of sessions

09:00	Session 2: Improvements of Energy Conversion and Storage Session Chair: John Slattery
09:00	Temperature dependence of the electrode potential of cobalt-based redox couples in ionic liquid electrolytes for thermal energy harvesting Jenny Pringle, Jiangjing He, Danah Al-Masri, Doug MacFarlane Deakin University
09:05	Immobilization of rhodium catalyst by using diphosphine-functionalized ionic liquid in RTIL for efficient and recyclable biphasic hydroformylation of 1-octene Ye Liu, Yong-Qi Li, Huan Liu, Peng Wang, Da Yang, Xiao-li Zhao East China Normal University
09:10	High energy supercapattery with an ionic liquid solution of LiClO₄ Linpo Yu, George Chen The University of Nottingham Ningbo China
09:15	Morning Tea
11:00	Session 2 continued: Improvements of Energy Conversion and Storage Session Chair: Geir Martin Haarberg
11:00	Molten salt CO₂ capture and electro-transformation (MSCC-ET) into capacitive carbon at medium temperature: effect of the electrolyte composition Dihua Wang, Bowen Deng, Zhigang Chen, Muxing Gao, Yuqiao Song, Kaiyuan Zheng, Juanjuan Tang, Wei Xiao, Xuhui Mao Wuhan University
11:05	An investigation into the carbon nucleation and growth on a nickel substrate in LiCl-Li₂CO₃ melts Shuqiang Jiao, Jianbang Ge, Liwen Hu, Yang Song University of Science and Technology Beijing
11:10	Application of infiltrated LSCM-GDC oxide anode in direct carbon/coal fuel cells Xiangling Yue, Ana Arenillas, John T.S.Irvine University of St Andrews
11:15	Discussion
12:30	Lunch
13:45	Session 3: Developments for Nuclear Reactors and Spent Fuels Processing Session Chair: Andrew Doherty
13:45	Advances toward Industrialization of Novel Molten Salt Electrochemical Processes Yasuhiko Ito, Tokujiro Nishikiori, Hiroyuki Tsujimura I'MSEP Co. Ltd
13:50	Determination and evaluation of the thermophysical properties of alkali carbonate eutectic Jian-Qiang Wang, Xuehui An, Jinhui Cheng, Peng Zhang, Zhongfeng Tang Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics
13:55	Cathodic processes of Neodymium(III) in LiF-NdF3 melts Bing Li, Chao Huang, Xiaolong Liu, Yuan Gao, Shizhe Liu East China University of Science and Technology
14:00	Discussion
15:15	Afternoon Tea
15:45	Session 3 continued: Developments for Nuclear Reactors and Spent Fuels Processing Session Chair: Bing Li
15:45	Advances in electroanalysis, sensing and monitoring in molten salts Andy Mount, Damion Corrigan, Justin Elliott, Ewen Blair, Simon Reeves, Ilka Schmueser, Anthony Walton University of Edinburgh
15:50	High temperature ³⁵Cl nuclear magnetic resonance study of the LiCl-KCl system and the effect of CeCl₃ dissolution Ian Farnan, Huixing Zhang University of Cambridge
15:55	Estimation of the intermetallic compounds in LiCl–KCl molten salt by cyclic voltammetry Weiqun Shi, Yalan Liu, Kui Liu, Liyong Yuan, Zhifang Chai Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
16:00	Discussion
17:15	Lightning presentations (Session Chair: George Chen)
17:30	Poster Session
18:45	Close of sessions
19:30	Conference Dinner (Faraday Discussion Loving Cup Ceremony)

09:00	Session 4: Advancement in Knowledge of Phenomena and Processes Session Chair: Wei Xiao
09:00	The influence of fluoride ions on the equilibrium between titanium ions and titanium metal in fused alkali chloride melts Hongmin Zhu, Jianxun Song, Qiuyu Wang, Jinyu Wu, Shuqiang Jiao University of Science and Technology Beijing
09:05	Formation of Si Nanowires by the Electrochemical Reduction of SiO₂ with Ni or NiO Additives Han Wang, Sheng Fang, Juanyu Yang, Bing Yu, Shigang Lu General Research Institute for Nonferrous Metals
09:10	Towards large scale preparation of graphene in molten salts and its use in the fabrication of highly toughened alumina ceramics Ali Kamali, John Feighan, Derek Fray University of Cambridge
09:15	Discussion
10:30	Morning Tea
11:00	Session 4 continued: Advancement in Knowledge of Phenomena and Processes Session Chair: Ye Liu
11:00	Coordination numbers and physical properties in ionic liquids and their mixtures Paul Madden, Mathieu Salanne, Dario Corradini University of Oxford
11:05	Effect of C₈mimPF₆ on miniemulsion polymerization for application in new latex coating products Binjie Hu, Yiyang Kong, Rongmeihui Zheng, Jie Dong, Kwang-Leong Choy, Huanhuan Zhao University of Nottingham Ningbo
11:10	Three dimensional ink-jet printing of biomaterials using ionic liquids and co-solvents Deshani H. A. T. Gunasekera, Szelee Kuek, Denis Hasanaj, Yinfeng He, Christopher Tuck, Ricky D. Wildman, Anna K. Croft University of Nottingham
11:15	Discussion
12:30	Concluding remarks (Session Chair: George Chen) John T. S. Irvine St Andrews University
13:00	Acknowledgements
13:15	Close of meeting

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Venue

The Nottingham University, Ningbo, China

The Nottingham University, Ningbo, China, The University of Nottingham Ningbo China, 199 Taikang East Road, Ningbo, ., China

Faraday Discussion will take place in the International Conference Centre (ICC), University of Nottingham Ningbo (UNNC). ICC sits by the campus river, at the extension direction of Nottingham’s landmark building Clock Tower.

Established in 2004, The University of Nottingham Ningbo China was the first Sino-foreign University to open its doors in China. The campus is located in the Ningbo Higher Education Park, Yinzhou district of Ningbo, Zhejiang province. As a thriving port and business city, Ningbo is well located for Shanghai, with high-speed rail links connecting to the two cities in around two hours.

Travel Guidance

Arrive in Ningbo
If you arrive at Ningbo airport/train station/coach station, a taxi to the University is the most efficient way to reach campus. It takes about 30 minutes and costs 30-50 RMB. Non-Chinese Speaker can Show the address below to the taxi driver:
Address: 199 Taikang East Road, University Park, Ningbo
您好，请带我去宁波诺丁汉大学, 地址：宁波市鄞州区高教园区泰康东路199号

Arrive in Shanghai
If you arrive at Shanghai, you can go to Ningbo by coach or by train. Shanghai has two airports - Shanghai Pudong Airport, mainly for international flights and Shanghai Hongqiao Airport, mainly for domestic flights. Hongqiao Airport is very close to Hongqiao Train Station, we suggest you take metro line 10 or Line 2 to Hongqiao Railway Station and go to Ningbo via train. It only takes 5 minutes from Hongqiao airport to Train station. Pudong airport is about 50 km and one hour drive away from train or coach station.

By coach: On arriving at Shanghai Pudong Airport, you should first transfer to Shanghai South Long-Distance Bus Station which takes around one hour depending on traffic conditions. There are two options to get there:
-Take a taxi (around 200 RMB)
-Take Airport Bus Line No. 7 (20 RMB)
The Airport Bus Line No. 7 drops you right outside Shanghai South Long-Distance Bus Station. The ticket from Shanghai to Ningbo can be bought at the station and costs around 100 RMB. The trip takes two to three hours. Coaches are available every 30 to 50 minutes and between the hours of 07:20 and 20:00.

By train: On arriving at Shanghai Pudong Airport you should transfer to Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station. This takes approximately one hour depending on traffic conditions. There are two options to get there:
-Take a taxi (around 200 RMB)
-Take Metro Line No. 2 (8 RMB and about 90 minutes)
The train from Shanghai to Ningbo is now only one-hour-forty-minutes. Further details on trains can be found using the link on this page.

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Accommodation

Accommodation is NOT covered in the registration fee and should be booked by you. It is strongly suggested you book accommodation 2 month in advance to guarantee your stay during the conference.

There will be a shuttle bus arranged from Ningbo Wanda Sofitel Hotel between conference venue during conference period.

We have blocked a certain amount of room before 13 March 2016 at a discounted rate at the Sofitel Hotel at 600RMB per night and Yinyuan Hotel at 248RMB per night, please use the booking forms on this page. Any unbooked rooms will be released from Hotel after 13 March, please make your booking as early as possible.

In addition to this, there are several other hotel options available near this Sofitel hotel within 5 minutes walking distance. For best availability and immediate acknowledgement, please make your hotel reservations online from expedia etc., or directly from websites of the hotels

Some hotels are listed for your information only. For more detailed info, please go to hotel booking website or use the booking forms.

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Poster Session

Date/Time: 17:30 - 18:45 am, 11& 12 May
Place: 1^st Floor, International Conference Centre (ICC)

All delegates are welcome to attend the Poster Session.

For poster authors
Please print your poster by yourself and bring it to site with you.
Please stand by your poster during coffee breaks and poster sessions and communicate with the judges and delegates.
Poster Prize Presentation will take place during the closing remarks.

Poster SizeWidth: 90cm * Height 120cm
Poster Number: please find your poster number in the abstract book and locate the corresponding poster board and mount your poster accordingly
Set-up time: after registration or first coffee break before poster session
Take-down Time: after Event finishes

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