Journal Article

FZJ-2023-01080

http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png Density-Potential Functional Theory of Electrochemical Double Layers: Calibration on the Ag(111)-KPF 6 System and Parametric Analysis

Huang, J. (Corresponding author)FZJ*

2023
Washington, DC

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Please use a persistent id in citations: http://hdl.handle.net/2128/34391  doi:10.1021/acs.jctc.2c00799

Abstract: The density-potential functional theory (DPFT) of electrochemical double layer (EDL) is upgraded by adopting (generalized) gradient approximations for kinetic, exchange, and correlation functionals of metal electrons. A new numerical scheme that is more stable and converges faster is proposed to solve the DPFT model. The DPFT model is calibrated with existing differential double-layer capacitance (Cdl) data of the EDL at Ag(111)-KPF6 aqueous interface at five concentrations at room temperature. Metal electronic effects are essential to explain why the two peaks of the camel-shaped Cdl curves are almost symmetric in spite of the size difference of the hydrated cations and anions. A systematic parametric analysis is then conducted in terms of key EDL properties, including the potential of zero charge and the differential capacitance. The parametric analysis, on the one hand, elucidates how quantum mechanical behaviors of metal electrons as well as interactions between metal electrons and the electrolyte solution impact the EDL properties and, on the other hand, identifies key parameters of the DPFT model, which should be calibrated using first-principles calculations and/or advanced experiments in the future.

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Contributing Institute(s):

1. IEK-13 (IEK-13)

Research Program(s):

1. 1212 - Materials and Interfaces (POF4-121) (POF4-121)
2. 1215 - Simulations, Theory, Optics, and Analytics (STOA) (POF4-121) (POF4-121)
3. 1221 - Fundamentals and Materials (POF4-122) (POF4-122)

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