On the influence of surface topography on the electric double layer structure and differential capacitance of graphite/ionic liquid interfaces

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 2267-2272

  Vatamanu, Jenel ^a   Cao, Liulei ^a   Borodin, Oleg ^b   Bedrov, Dmitry ^a   Smith, Grant D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Interfaces; Surfaces

Indexed keywords

APPLIED POTENTIALS; BASAL PLANES; DC BEHAVIORS; DIFFERENTIAL CAPACITANCE; DIFFERENTIAL CAPACITANCE (DC); DOUBLE LAYERS; ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER; ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER CAPACITOR; ELECTRODE POTENTIALS; ELECTRODE SURFACES; ENERGY DENSITY; LIQUID INTERFACE; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITIES; ROOM TEMPERATURE IONIC LIQUIDS; STRUCTURAL CHANGE;

BELLS; CAPACITANCE; ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS; GRAPHITE; IONIC LIQUIDS; TOPOGRAPHY;

SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 80052353749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz200879a     Document Type: Article

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