Double layer effects in a model of proton discharge on charged electrodes

Autor: Johannes Wiebe, Eckhard Spohr
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 973-982 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2190-4286
DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.5.111
Popis: We report first results on double layer effects on proton discharge reactions from aqueous solutions to charged platinum electrodes. We have extended a recently developed combined proton transfer/proton discharge model on the basis of empirical valence bond theory to include specifically adsorbed sodium cations and chloride anions. For each of four studied systems 800–1000 trajectories of a discharging proton were integrated by molecular dynamics simulations until discharge occurred. The results show significant influences of ion presence on the average behavior of protons prior to the discharge event. Rationalization of the observed behavior cannot be based solely on the electrochemical potential (or surface charge) but needs to resort to the molecular details of the double layer structure.
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