Merck, 563919-5G, Aluminum chloride

General description
Aluminum chloride is a strong Lewis acid and a major industrial catalyst. It is also used as a dopant/catalyst modifier to fabricate battery materials and solar cells.
Application
Aluminum chloride can be used:
To prepare cost-effective ionic liquid electrolyte for high performance aluminum ion battery.
To fabricate modified SnO2 triple layered photoanode for dye sensitized solar cells. This leads to suppression of electron recombination and five-fold enhancement of efficiency.
As a precursor to synthesize CsPbCl3 perovskite nanocrystals for bright white light-emitting diodes. It improves photoluminescence quantum yield.

Features and Benefits
High purity with trace metal analysis (=High water solubility
Stable under battery operation conditions

The vapor-phase co-reductions with other metal halides by hydrogen results in finely divided intermetallics with applications as structural materials or compounds with useful thermoelectric, magnetic, and oxidation-resistance properties. Aluminum nitride can be synthesized from the elemnts with AlCl3 added to help facilitate crystallization.