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Electrochemical Interfaces for Energy Storage and Conversion

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Computer modeling of electrochemical systems; DFT-based simulations of electrified interfaces; Electrochemical energy storage and conversion; Electrodics from first principles; Modeling of batteries and fuel cells; Parameter-free study of electrochemical interfaces

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Under equilibrium conditions, a bulk electrolyte is an electroneutral, isotropic, and homogeneous solution, and there are no electric fields along any preferential direction. However, at the frontier with another material with mobile free charges (ions or electrons) and a different chemical potential – e.g., the electrode – some anisotropy in the forces experienced by the particles arises, and charge redistribution occurs. Although the interfacial region remains overall neutral, either side of the boundary becomes charged to an equal and opposite extent, forming the so-called electrical double layer or electrified interface. This gives rise to a potential difference across the interface. This potential...

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  • Density Functional Theory
  • Fuel Cell
  • Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
  • Normal Hydrogen Electrode
  • Periodic Boundary Condition

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  1. School of Physics, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

    Clotilde S. Cucinotta

  2. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Bar Ilan University, 52900, Ramat Gan, Israel

    Monica Kosa

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Cucinotta, C.S., Kosa, M. (2015). Electrochemical Interfaces for Energy Storage and Conversion. In: Bhushan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Nanotechnology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6178-0_100941-1

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