Simulation study of capacitance of the electrical double layer of an electrolyte near a highly charged electrode

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 264-268

  Lamperski, Stanisaw ^a   Henderson, Douglas ^b  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b Brigham Young University   (United States)

Author keywords

capacitance; charge profile; double layer; hard core interactions; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

CHARGE PROFILE; DIFFUSE LAYERS; DOUBLE LAYER; ELECTRICAL DOUBLE LAYERS; ELECTRODE CHARGE; ELECTROSTATIC REPULSION; HARD CORES; HARD-CORE INTERACTIONS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; INNER LAYER; INTERFACIAL REGION; ION CHARGE; IONIC CORRELATIONS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; SIMULATION STUDIES;

CAPACITANCE; CHARGE DENSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROSTATICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

EID: 79953313408     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: 10290435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2010.501973     Document Type: Article

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