In classical MD studies of electrolytes confined by both carbon nanotubes and graphite slit pores, the extent of ion pairing was found to vary non-monotonically with the degree of confinement due to packing effects which disrupt the ions' hydration shells. Zhao et al. similarly attributed changes in confined ion pairing to disrupted ion hydration in their simulations of 2 highly confined NaCl and LiCl electrolytes, arguing that ion aggregation was promoted by a decrease in the confined ions' water coordination numbers. The significantly increased ion-ion interactions observed by these authors resulted in salt nucleation of the confined ions far below the bulk solubility limit. In addition to the above simulation studies, experimental work has demonstrated the importance of specific chemical interactions between ions and the confining wall: Hessling et al. used Raman spectroscopy to probe lithium salt pairing in an ionic liquid-based electrolyte confined to both a mesoporous silica and metal-organic framework, finding that ion pairing either remained constant or decreased in confinement depending on the nature of the ion-pore interactions. While these prior works have provided significant insight, the relative importance and interplay of electrostatic effects, ion solvation, and ion-pore chemical interactions in determining confined electrolyte structure remain unclear.