Electrochemical methods for water purification, ion separations, and energy conversion

MA Alkhadra, X Su, ME Suss, H Tian, EN Guyes… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Agricultural development, extensive industrialization, and rapid growth of the global
population have inadvertently been accompanied by environmental pollution. Water …

Fluids and electrolytes under confinement in single-digit nanopores

NR Aluru, F Aydin, MZ Bazant, D Blankschtein… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Confined fluids and electrolyte solutions in nanopores exhibit rich and surprising physics
and chemistry that impact the mass transport and energy efficiency in many important …

Finite-size effects of diffusion coefficients computed from molecular dynamics: a review of what we have learned so far

AT Celebi, SH Jamali, A Bardow, TJH Vlugt… - Molecular …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The number of molecules used in a typical Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations is orders
of magnitude lower than in the thermodynamic limit. It is therefore essential to correct …

Physical interpretations of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy of redox active electrodes for electrical energy storage

BA Mei, J Lau, T Lin, SH Tolbert… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
This study aims to provide physical interpretations of electrochemical impedance
spectroscopy (EIS) measurements for redox active electrodes in a three-electrode …

Transport phenomena in nanofluidics

RB Schoch, J Han, P Renaud - Reviews of modern physics, 2008 - APS
The transport of fluid in and around nanometer-sized objects with at least one characteristic
dimension below 100 nm enables the occurrence of phenomena that are impossible at …

Towards an understanding of induced-charge electrokinetics at large applied voltages in concentrated solutions

MZ Bazant, MS Kilic, BD Storey, A Ajdari - Advances in colloid and interface …, 2009 - Elsevier
The venerable theory of electrokinetic phenomena rests on the hypothesis of a dilute
solution of point-like ions in quasi-equilibrium with a weakly charged surface, whose …

Steric effects in the dynamics of electrolytes at large applied voltages. I. Double-layer charging

MS Kilic, MZ Bazant, A Ajdari - Physical Review E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and …, 2007 - APS
The classical Poisson-Boltzmann (PB) theory of electrolytes assumes a dilute solution of
point charges with mean-field electrostatic forces. Even for very dilute solutions, however, it …

Nanofluidics: what is it and what can we expect from it?

JCT Eijkel, A Berg - Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 2005 - Springer
Starting from the background of nanofluidics in other disciplines, this paper describes the
present state of research in this field and discusses possible directions of development …

Nanofluidics in carbon nanotubes

A Noy, HG Park, F Fornasiero, JK Holt… - Nano today, 2007 - Elsevier
Extremely high aspect ratios, molecularly smooth hydrophobic graphitic walls, and
nanoscale inner diameters of carbon nanotubes give rise to the unique phenomenon of ultra …

Diffuse charge and Faradaic reactions in porous electrodes

PM Biesheuvel, Y Fu, MZ Bazant - … Review E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft …, 2011 - APS
Porous electrodes instead of flat electrodes are widely used in electrochemical systems to
boost storage capacities for ions and electrons, to improve the transport of mass and charge …