In recent years, ionic liquids (ILs) have received great interests since they have unconventional physical properties superior, in many respects, to those of common molecular liquids. As ionic liquids are constituted of ions, they show good ionic conductivity, nonvolatility, and nonflammability. They have extremely large electrochemical windows, up to seven volts, and high thermal stability, up to 300-400 °C. Moreover, ionic liquids are “designable” as it is possible to design ILs with the necessary properties for specific applications by a proper choice of cations and anions. As a consequence of their extraordinary features, ionic liquids are regarded as promising solvents for a wide variety of applications including electrodeposition, catalysis, separations, and organic synthesis. They are being also developed for energy devices such as batteries, fuel cells, and solar photoelectrochemical cells. In the proposed themed issue, we would like to demonstrate the high potential of ionic liquids as electrochemical solvents. Therefore, we invite authors to submit original research and review articles that explore the current electrochemical applications of ionic liquids.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Electrodeposition
• Electropolymerization
• Plasma electrochemistry
• Li-ion batteries
• Photoelectrochemical cells
• Electrochemical supercapacitors
• Electrochemical mechanical actuator devices
• Electrochemical interface processes

Before submission authors should carefully read over the journal's Author Guidelines, which are located at http://www.sage-hindawi.com/journals/ijelc/guidelines.html. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.sage-hindawi.com/ according to the following timetable: