title: Energy storage materials synthesized from ionic liquids.
abstract: The advent of ionic liquids (ILs) as eco-friendly and promising reaction media has opened new frontiers in the field of electrochemical energy storage. Beyond their use as electrolyte components in batteries and supercapacitors, ILs have unique properties that make them suitable as functional advanced materials, media for materials production, and components for preparing highly engineered functional products. Aiming at offering an in-depth review on the newly emerging IL-based green synthesis processes of energy storage materials, this Review provides an overview of the role of ILs in the synthesis of materials for batteries, supercapacitors, and green electrode processing. It is expected that this Review will assess the status quo of the research field and thereby stimulate new thoughts and ideas on the emerging challenges and opportunities of IL-based syntheses of energy materials.
authors.affiliation: Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU), Electrochemical Energy Storage, Helmholtz Strasse 11, 89081 Ulm (Germany); Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), P.O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe (Germany).
authors.forename: Gebrekidan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gebresilassie Eshetu
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Armand
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Scrosati
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Passerini
keywords: batteries; energy storage; ionic liquids; super capacitors; synthesis