Editorial for special issue on high-temperature molten salt chemistry and technology

摘要

High-temperature molten salt consisting of metal cation and non-metal anion is a promising media to break the limits of aqueous solution due to high conductivity,wide electrochemical window,rapid mass transfer,high solubility to reactants,low vapor pressure,etc.In the past two hundred years,high-temperature molten salt chemistry and technology attract widely interests.Particularly,molten salt electrolysis as an indispensable metallurgy technology has been applied industrially for metal extraction of Al,rare earth,and alkali/alkaline-earth metals.It is well known that industrial aluminum electrolysis was invented by Hall and Heroult in the end of the 19 th century.It is a milestone and promotes the change of Al from noble metal to bulk metal.At present,the yield of Al has reached to 62 millions tons all over the world in 2019.High-temperature molten salt chemistry and technology has brought a revolutionary advancement to human life and infrastructure construction.