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Molten salt chemistry and electrochemical processes

Molten salt chemistry and electrochemical processes is a research topic within Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes. Science Explorer counts 10k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the electrochemical reduction and production processes in molten salts, including topics such as metal production, energy storage using liquid metal batteries, carbon capture, pyroprocessing technology, rare earth extraction, and the development of thermal battery technology. The research covers a wide range of applications and techniques for utilizing molten salt electrolysis in various industrial processes.

  • Molten Salt Electrolysis
  • Electrochemical Reduction
  • Metal Production
  • Energy Storage
  • Carbon Capture
  • Liquid Metal Batteries
  • Pyroprocessing Technology
  • Rare Earth Extraction
  • Thermal Battery Technology
  • Solid Oxide Membrane Process
Research works
10k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+8%
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Which countries lead Molten salt chemistry and electrochemical processes research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (564 and 304 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 564 works
  2. 2 United States 304 works
  3. 3 Russia 178 works
  4. 4 Japan 76 works
  5. 5 Germany 75 works
  6. 6 South Korea 70 works
  7. 7 India 46 works
  8. 8 France 41 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 38 works
  10. 10 Canada 36 works

How concentrated that is

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China: 39.5%United States: 21.3%Russia: 12.5%Japan: 5.3%6 others listed: 21.4%39%largest
China564 · 39.5%United States304 · 21.3%Russia178 · 12.5%Japan76 · 5.3%6 others listed306 · 21.4%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Molten salt chemistry and electrochemical processes research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Institute of High Temperature Electrochemistry publishes the most Molten salt chemistry and electrochemical processes research, followed by Northeastern University and Idaho National Laboratory.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Institute of High Temperature ElectrochemistryRussia 56 works
  2. 2 Northeastern UniversityChina 29 works
  3. 3 Idaho National LaboratoryUnited States 25 works
  4. 4 Central South UniversityChina 24 works
  5. 5 Ural Federal UniversityRussia 24 works
  6. 6 Kunming University of Science and TechnologyChina 22 works
  7. 7 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 21 works
  8. 8 Oak Ridge National LaboratoryUnited States 17 works
  9. 9 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 16 works
  10. 10 Harbin Engineering UniversityChina 13 works

Who are the leading researchers in Molten salt chemistry and electrochemical processes?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Molten salt chemistry and electrochemical processes include Y. Arai, Hideo Ohno and Kazuo Shinozaki.

  1. 1 Y. Arai Japan 6k citations
  2. 2 Hideo Ohno Japan 2.8k citations
  3. 3 Kazuo Shinozaki Japan 2.7k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Molten salt chemistry and electrochemical processes research done?

The largest centres of Molten salt chemistry and electrochemical processes research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Yekaterinburg (Russia), Moscow (Russia) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Idaho Falls and Yekaterinburg.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 117 works
  2. 2 Yekaterinburg Russia 87 works
  3. 3 Moscow Russia 39 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 38 works
  5. 5 Shenyang China 37 works
  6. 6 Wuhan China 34 works
  7. 7 Changsha China 33 works
  8. 8 Daejeon South Korea 29 works
  9. 9 Kunming China 28 works
  10. 10 Idaho Falls United States 25 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Idaho FallsUS · 25.4 works123×
  2. YekaterinburgRU · 86.7 works57×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Molten salt chemistry and electrochemical processes than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Molten salt chemistry and electrochemical processes?

Among universities, judged by research, Northeastern University, Ural Federal University and East China University of Science and Technology score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%mean 9.75%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Northeastern University: 30, 12.2%Ural Federal University: 24, 1.5%East China University of Science and Technology: 11, 13.2%Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 11, 17.8%Kunming University of Science and Technology: 22, 7.5%Technical University of Denmark: 9, 10.6%Central South University: 24, 12.0%Norwegian University of Science and Technology: 10, 10.4%University of Utah: 11, 1.5%Harbin Engineering University: 13, 10.8%Massachusetts Instit…East China Universit…Northeastern Univers…Ural Federal Univers…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Northeastern UniversityChina 58.912.2%20.6×30 +56.7%
2 Ural Federal UniversityRussia 56.21.5%50.5×24 +188.3%
3 East China University of Science and TechnologyChina 56.213.2%13.7×11 +163.4%
4 Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States 55.017.8%10.7×11 -10.6%
5 Kunming University of Science and TechnologyChina 50.47.5%23.7×22 +61.3%
6 Technical University of DenmarkDenmark 49.410.6%10.7×9 -2.9%
7 Central South UniversityChina 49.312.0%9.0×24 -24.4%
8 Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNorway 48.610.4%10.9×10 -23.0%
9 University of UtahUnited States 47.91.5%10.7×11 +1336.3%
10 Harbin Engineering UniversityChina 45.910.8%15.2×13 +10.8%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Molten salt chemistry and electrochemical processes research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Molten salt chemistry and electrochemical processes.

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Which topics inside it are moving

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