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Understanding the electrical double layer (EDL), i.e, the distribution of electrolyte at an electrified interface, in concentrated electrolytes is important for various technologies, such as supercapacitors, batteries and electrocatalysis.…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-05-01 Zachary A. H. Goodwin

The electric double layer (EDL) that forms at the interface between metals and ionic solutions is at the heart of various energy technologies. Recent experimental data have challenged our traditional understanding of the EDL charging…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-03-05 Nils Bruch , Michael Eikerling , Tobias Binninger

The interface plays a critical role in electrochemical systems, driving the development of various theories to investigate properties at nanoscale and microscale levels, including the electrictrochemical double layer (EDL) theory and…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-04-08 Yitao He

Graphite is a ubiquitous electrode material with particular promise for use in e.g., energy storage and desalination devices, but very little is known about the properties of the graphite-electrolyte double layer at technologically relevant…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-09-03 Aaron R. Finney , Ian J. McPherson , Patrick R. Unwin , Matteo Salvalaglio

The Poisson-Nernst-Planck (PNP) equations are fundamental for modeling ion transport in electrochemical systems, capturing the intricate interplay of concentration gradients, electric fields, and ion fluxes essential for applications such…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2025-01-13 Yitao He , Dan Zhao

The Poisson Boltzmann equation is known for its success in describing the Debye layer that arises from the charge separation phenomenon at the silica/water interface. However, by treating only the mobile ionic charges in the liquid, the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-07-30 Maijia Liao , Li Wan , Shixin Xu , Chun Liu , Ping Sheng

The structure of the double-layer formed at the surface of carbon electrodes is governed by the interactions between the electrode and the electrolyte species. However, carbon is notoriously difficult to simulate accurately, even with…

Reliable first-principles calculations of electrochemical processes require accurate prediction of the interfacial capacitance, a challenge for current computationally-efficient continuum solvation methodologies. We develop a model for the…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2018-04-12 Ravishankar Sundararaman , Kendra Letchworth-Weaver , Kathleen Schwarz

Surfaces of metal oxides at working conditions are usually electrified due to the acid-base chemistry. The charged interface compensated with counterions forms the so-called electric double layer. The coupling of surface chemistry and…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-07-02 Chao Zhang , Jürg Hutter , Michiel Sprik

In this paper, we investigate the consequences of ion association, coupled with the considerations of finite size effects and orientational ordering of Bjerrum pairs as well as ions and water molecules, on electric double layer near charged…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2022-02-07 Jun-Sik Sin

One challenge in developing the next generation of lithium-ion batteries is the replacement of organic electrolytes, which are flammable and most often contain toxic and thermally unstable lithium salts, with safer, environmentally friendly…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-08-21 Michael McEldrew , Zachary A. H. Goodwin , Alexei A. Kornyshev , Martin Z. Bazant

The purpose of this study is to provide data for the primitive model of the electrical double layer, where ions are modeled as charged hard spheres, the solvent as an implicit dielectric background (with dielectric constant $\epsilon=…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2017-12-01 Mónika Valiskó , Tamás Kristóf , Dirk Gillespie , Dezső Boda

Computational studies of electrochemical interfaces based on density-functional theory (DFT) play an increasingly important role in present research on electrochemical processes for energy conversion and storage. The homogeneous background…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-04-26 Arthur Hagopian , Marie-Liesse Doublet , Jean-Sébastien Filhol , Tobias Binninger

We present LayerPCM, an extension of the polarizable-continuum model coupled to real-time time-dependent density-functional theory for an efficient and accurate description of the electrostatic interactions between molecules and…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-06-17 Jannis Krumland , Gabriel Gil , Stefano Corni , Caterina Cocchi

Electrode-electrolyte interfaces are crucial for electrochemical energy conversion and storage. At these interfaces, the liquid electrolytes form electrical double layers (EDLs). However, despite more than a century of active research, the…

Electrolytes mediate interactions between the cathode and anode and determine performance characteristics of batteries. Mixtures of multiple solvents are often used in electrolytes to achieve desired properties, such as viscosity,…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2024-10-22 Celia Kelly , Emil Annevelink , Adarsh Dave , Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan

In the present work, we study an electrolyte solution confined between planar surfaces with nonopatterned charged domains, which has been connected to a bulk ionic reservoir. The system is investigated through an improved Monte Carlo (MC)…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2020-09-29 Amin Bakhshandeh , Maximiliano Segala , Thiago Colla

Electrolytes play a critical role in designing next-generation battery systems, by allowing efficient ion transfer, preventing charge transfer, and stabilizing electrode-electrolyte interfaces. In this work, we develop a differentiable…

A better understanding of interfacial mechanisms is needed to improve the performances of electrochemical devices. Yet, simulating an electrode surface at fixed electrolyte composition remains a challenge. Here we apply a finite electric…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-11-13 Thomas Dufils , Guillaume Jeanmairet , Benjamin Rotenberg , Michiel Sprik , Mathieu Salanne

Most organic and inorganic surfaces (e.g., glass, nucleic acids or lipid membranes) become charged in aqueous solutions. The resulting ionic distribution induces effective interactions between the charged surfaces. Stacks of like-charged…