Institute of Inorganic Chemistry
Topic
Molten salts synthesis: A new way toward new as well as traditional functional molecules
PhD. program
inorganic technology and materials
Year of admission
2026
Name of the supervisor
Ing. František Šimko, PhD.
Contact:
Receiving school
Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology STU
Annotation
Inorganic molten salts as high-temperature ionic liquids have various beneficial physicochemical qualities as solvents and reaction media, including a higher oxidizing potential, high mass transfer, high heat and electrical conductivity, and significantly lower viscosities, densities, and vapor pressure. Thus, when compared to conventional solid-state reactions molten salt synthesis is one of the simplest methods for fast, cost - effective, low - temperature ways for obtaining of new or traditional functional solids. Low-temperature molten salt synthesis is a relatively new procedure that has been successfully used in the synthesis of traditional ceramic powders (such as YAG, Y3Al5O12) as well as newly discovered molecules, alkali metal oxo-fluoro-aluminates.