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