Steam-assisted electro-reduction of NiO: a sustainable alternative to conventional hydrogen reduction

K Xie, AR Kamali - Green Chemistry, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Conventional methods of hydrogen reduction employed for green nickel production face
challenges due to the high potentials required for water splitting at room temperature (> 1.8 …

Development of a Neural Network Potential for Modeling Molten LiCl/KCl Salts: Bridging Efficiency and Accuracy

A Bin Faheem, KK Lee - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2024 - ACS Publications
Optimizing molten salts for molten salt reactors and concentrated solar power can be
challenging due to limited experimental data. To tackle this, we utilize neural network …

The physicochemical properties of the CeF3 – FLiNaK molten mixture: an in silico study

D Zakiryanov - Molecular simulation, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This study is devoted to the physicochemical properties of CeF3–FLiNaK molten mixture
with various CeF3 concentrations. Density, local structure, mean ion pair lifetimes, heat …

Computing the liquidus of binary monatomic salt mixtures with direct simulation and alchemical free energy methods

RS DeFever, EJ Maginn - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2021 - ACS Publications
We describe and validate a free-energy-based method for computing the liquidus for binary
solid–liquid phase diagrams in molecular simulations of monatomic salts. The method is …

The correlation of the liquidus curves and valence electron structures of a ternary lithium halide molten–salt electrolyte for liquid metal batteries

B Li, Y Guo, Z Yang, X Wang, Y Feng, W Tang… - Physical Chemistry …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Liquid metal batteries have received considerable attention owing to their excellent
properties. However, an electrolyte with low melting temperature is required to decrease …

Calculation of liquidus in eutectic alkali halide mixtures using thermodynamic perturbation theory

AG Davydov, VA Elterman - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2024 - Elsevier
A statistical-thermodynamic model that makes it possible to describe with good accuracy
phase equilibria between melt and crystal in binary alkali halide mixtures with common …

Revealing the effect of local structure on phase equilibria in binary molten salts

MA Kobelev - Electrochemical Materials and Technologies. 2024. Vol …, 2024 - elar.urfu.ru
Liquidus curves for LiF-KF and LiF-KCl mixtures are calculated from the two-phase
technique in the framework of molecular dynamics simulation. The calculated topology of the …

Simulation of dissolution of cerium trifluoride in a mixture of LIF–NaF–KF

DO Zakiryanov - Rasplavy, 2024 - journals.rcsi.science
The study of phase diagrams of multicomponent molten mixtures is traditionally carried out
either by experimental measurements or thermodynamic calculations based on known …