Classical density functional study on interfacial structure and differential capacitance of ionic liquids near charged surfaces

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 29, 2014, Pages 15825-15834

  Ma, Ke ^a   Woodward, Clifford E ^a   Forsman, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE;

ALKYL CHAIN LENGTHS; ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; COARSE GRAINED MODELS; DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER; INTERFACIAL STRUCTURES; SURFACE ELECTRIC POTENTIALS;

IONIC LIQUIDS;

EID: 84904959633     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp504001u     Document Type: Article

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