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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
Volume 148, Issue 19, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.5013337
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- CNPq
- National Institute of Science and Technology Complex Fluids (INCT-FCx)
- CAPES
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
- US-AFOSR [FA9550-16-1-0280]
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We study, using Monte Carlo simulations, the density profiles and differential capacitance of ionic liquids confined by metal electrodes. To compute the electrostatic energy, we use the recently developed approach based on periodic Green's functions. The method also allows us to easily calculate the induced charge on the electrodes permitting an efficient implementation of simulations in a constant electrostatic potential ensemble. To speed up the simulations further, we model the ionic liquid as a lattice Coulomb gas and precalculate the interaction potential between the ions. We show that the lattice model captures the transition between camel-shaped and bell-shaped capacitance curves-the latter characteristic of ionic liquids (strong coupling limit) and the former of electrolytes (weak coupling). We observe the appearance of a second peak in the differential capacitance at approximate to 0.5 V for 2:1 ionic liquids, as the packing fraction is increased. Finally, we show that ionic size asymmetry decreases substantially the capacitance maximum, when all other parameters are kept fixed. Published by AIP Publishing.
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