A local, semi-empirical contact condition for the charge profile in an electric double layer with size-asymmetric ions at low electrode charge: Comparison with simulations

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 269-276

  Bhuiyan, Lutful Bari ^a   Henderson, Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b Brigham Young University   (United States)

Author keywords

contact conditions; electric double layer; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC ELECTROLYTES; CHARGE PROFILES; CONTACT CONDITIONS; DOUBLE LAYER SYSTEMS; DOUBLE LAYERS; ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER; ELECTRODE CHARGE; IONIC RADIUS; LOCAL CONDITIONS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PLANAR GEOMETRIES; PRIMITIVE MODEL; SALT DENSITY; SEMI-EMPIRICAL; SIMULATION RESULT; STATISTICAL UNCERTAINTY;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTES; GEOMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 79953316409     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: 10290435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2010.502561     Document Type: Article

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