Anomalous Capacitance Maximum of the Glassy Carbon-Ionic Liquid Interface through Dilution with Organic Solvents

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 2644-2648

  Bozym, David J ^a   Uralcan, Betül ^a   Limmer, David T ^b   Pope, Michael A ^a   Szamreta, Nicholas J ^a   Debenedetti, Pablo G ^a   Aksay, Ilhan A ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acetonitrile; capacitance; electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; glassy carbon; Ising model; room temperature ionic liquid

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; CAPACITANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROLYTES; GLASS; GLASSY CARBON; IONIC LIQUIDS; ISING MODEL; LIQUIDS; PROPYLENE; SOLVENTS; SPECTROSCOPY;

COARSE GRAINED MODELS; DIFFERENTIAL CAPACITANCE; DOUBLE-LAYER CAPACITANCE; ELECTROLYTE INTERFACES; LOW DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; OPEN CIRCUIT POTENTIAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE IONIC LIQUIDS; STRUCTURAL VARIATIONS;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

EID: 84940881135     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00899     Document Type: Article

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