Using classical density functional theory, we investigate the influence of solvent on the structure and ionic screening of electrolytes under slit confinement and in contact with a reservoir. We consider a symmetric electrolyte with implicit and explicit solvent models and find that spatially resolving solvent molecules is essential for the ion structure at confining walls, excess ion adsorption, and the pressure exerted on the walls. Despite this, we observe only moderate differences in the period of oscillations of the pressure with the slit width and virtually coinciding decay lengths as functions of the scaling variable $\sigma_ion/łambda_D$, where $\sigma_ion$ is the ion diameter and $łambda_D$ the Debye length. Moreover, in the electrostatic-dominated regime, this scaling behavior is practically independent of the relative permittivity and its dependence on the ion concentration. In contrast, the crossover to the hard-core-dominated regime depends sensitively on all three factors.
%0 Journal Article
%1 PhysRevLett.131.118201
%A Yang, Jie
%A Kondrat, Svyatoslav
%A Lian, Cheng
%A Liu, Honglai
%A Schlaich, Alexander
%A Holm, Christian
%D 2023
%I American Physical Society
%J Phys. Rev. Lett.
%K PN3-3 PN3 EXC2075 updated
%N 11
%P 118201
%R 10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.118201
%T Solvent Effects on Structure and Screening in Confined Electrolytes
%U https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.118201
%V 131
%X Using classical density functional theory, we investigate the influence of solvent on the structure and ionic screening of electrolytes under slit confinement and in contact with a reservoir. We consider a symmetric electrolyte with implicit and explicit solvent models and find that spatially resolving solvent molecules is essential for the ion structure at confining walls, excess ion adsorption, and the pressure exerted on the walls. Despite this, we observe only moderate differences in the period of oscillations of the pressure with the slit width and virtually coinciding decay lengths as functions of the scaling variable $\sigma_ion/łambda_D$, where $\sigma_ion$ is the ion diameter and $łambda_D$ the Debye length. Moreover, in the electrostatic-dominated regime, this scaling behavior is practically independent of the relative permittivity and its dependence on the ion concentration. In contrast, the crossover to the hard-core-dominated regime depends sensitively on all three factors.
@article{PhysRevLett.131.118201,
abstract = {Using classical density functional theory, we investigate the influence of solvent on the structure and ionic screening of electrolytes under slit confinement and in contact with a reservoir. We consider a symmetric electrolyte with implicit and explicit solvent models and find that spatially resolving solvent molecules is essential for the ion structure at confining walls, excess ion adsorption, and the pressure exerted on the walls. Despite this, we observe only moderate differences in the period of oscillations of the pressure with the slit width and virtually coinciding decay lengths as functions of the scaling variable ${\ensuremath{\sigma}}_{\mathrm{ion}}/{\ensuremath{\lambda}}_{D}$, where ${\ensuremath{\sigma}}_{\mathrm{ion}}$ is the ion diameter and ${\ensuremath{\lambda}}_{D}$ the Debye length. Moreover, in the electrostatic-dominated regime, this scaling behavior is practically independent of the relative permittivity and its dependence on the ion concentration. In contrast, the crossover to the hard-core-dominated regime depends sensitively on all three factors.},
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author = {Yang, Jie and Kondrat, Svyatoslav and Lian, Cheng and Liu, Honglai and Schlaich, Alexander and Holm, Christian},
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journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.},
keywords = {PN3-3 PN3 EXC2075 updated},
month = sep,
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publisher = {American Physical Society},
timestamp = {2024-03-14T11:01:41.000+0100},
title = {Solvent Effects on Structure and Screening in Confined Electrolytes},
url = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.118201},
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year = 2023
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