Significant progress has been made in recent years in theoretical modeling of the electric
double layer (EDL), a key concept in electrochemistry important for energy storage …

Agricultural development, extensive industrialization, and rapid growth of the global
population have inadvertently been accompanied by environmental pollution. Water …

Porous electrode theory, pioneered by John Newman and collaborators, provides a
macroscopic description of battery cycling behavior, rooted in microscopic physical models …

In electrochemical water desalination, a large difference in pH can develop between feed
and effluent water. These pH changes can affect the long-term stability of membranes and …

Capacitive Deionization (CDI) is an electrochemical method for water desalination
employing porous carbon electrodes. To enhance the performance of CDI, identification of …

The development of novel electrolytes and electrodes for supercapacitors is hindered by a
gap of several orders of magnitude between experimentally measured and theoretically …

Molecular modeling has been considered indispensable in studying the energy storage of
supercapacitors at the atomistic level. The constant potential method (CPM) allows the …

Understanding the mechanisms and properties of various transport processes in the
electrolyte, porous electrode, and at the interface between electrode and electrolyte plays a …

Ion transport in porous conductive materials is of great importance in a variety of
electrochemical systems including batteries and supercapacitors. We here analyze the …

In capacitive deionization (CDI), water is desalinated by storing ions in electrical double
layers (EDLs) within the micropores of charged porous carbon electrodes. Recent …