Journal
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
Volume 18, Issue 40, Pages 27796-27807Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c6cp04199j
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- Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) [2015/03549-9]
- CAPES Foundation/Brazil Ministry of Education [9466/13-4]
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq) [141985/2013-5]
- Swiss National Science Foundation [162320]
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The influence of soft, hydration-mediated ion-ion and ion-surface interactions on the differential capacitance of an electric double layer is investigated using Monte Carlo simulations and compared to various mean-field models. We focus on a planar electrode surface at physiological concentration of monovalent ions in a uniform dielectric background. Hydration-mediated interactions are modeled on the basis of Yukawa potentials that add to the Coulomb and excluded volume interactions between ions. We present a mean-field model that includes hydration-mediated anion-anion, anion-cation, and cation-cation interactions of arbitrary strengths. In addition, finite ion sizes are accounted for through excluded volume interactions, described either on the basis of the Carnahan-Starling equation of state or using a lattice gas model. Both our Monte Carlo simulations and mean-field approaches predict a characteristic double-peak (the so-called camel shape) of the differential capacitance; its decrease reflects the packing of the counterions near the electrode surface. The presence of hydration-mediated ion-surface repulsion causes a thin charge-depleted region close to the surface, which is reminiscent of a Stern layer. We analyze the interplay between excluded volume and hydration-mediated interactions on the differential capacitance and demonstrate that for small surface charge density our mean-field model based on the Carnahan-Starling equation is able to capture the Monte Carlo simulation results. In contrast, for large surface charge density the mean-field approach based on the lattice gas model is preferable.
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