“…If alignment of the band levels is satisfactory, different ILs that yield similar band shifts can be employed to improve other aspects for peculiar applications, such as compatibilities of electrolytes with dye molecules, redox mediators, and solar cell sealing materials. 945 Furthermore, there are some sporadic experimental and computational investigations on absorption of ILs on various metal oxide surfaces including CeO 2 , 946,947 ZnO, 948,949 VO 2 , 950,951 SrTiO 3 , 952,953 CoO/Co 3 O 4 , 954 FeO, 955,956 ZrO 2 , 957 and even on some metal sulfide surfaces, like GeS 2 958 and MoS 2 . 959,960 These studies illustrated that delicate intermolecular interactions between IL ions and metal oxide surfaces and acidity of the metal oxide surfaces have a significant effect on short-and long-term thermal stabilities of supported ILs.…”