Double layer in ionic liquids: Overscreening vs. crowding

Details Double layer in ionic liquids: Overscreening vs. crowding Double layer in ionic liquids: Overscreening vs. crowding

2010-10-18

arxiv.org/abs/1010.3490v2

Physics

Classical Physics

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We develop a simple Landau-Ginzburg-type continuum theory of solvent-free ionic liquids and use it to predict the structure of the electrical double layer. The model captures overscreening from short-range correlations, dominant at small voltages, and steric constraints of finite ion sizes, which prevail at large voltages. Increasing the voltage gradually suppresses overscreening in favor of the crowding of counterions in a condensed inner layer near the electrode. The predicted ion profiles and capacitance-voltage relations are consistent with recent computer simulations and experiments on room-temperature ionic liquids, using a correlation length of order the ion size.

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