By introducing the functional theory into the calculation of electric double layer (EDL) interaction, the interaction energies of two parallel plates were calculated respectively at low, moderate, and high potential...By introducing the functional theory into the calculation of electric double layer (EDL) interaction, the interaction energies of two parallel plates were calculated respectively at low, moderate, and high potentials. Compared with the results of two existing methods, Debye-Hückel and Langmuir methods, which are applicable just to the critical potentials and perform poorly in the intermediate potential, the functional approach not only has much simpler expression of the EDL interaction energy, but also performs well in the entire range of potentials.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.20676051 and No.20573048) and the Important Construction Project (category A) of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (No.AE150085).
文摘By introducing the functional theory into the calculation of electric double layer (EDL) interaction, the interaction energies of two parallel plates were calculated respectively at low, moderate, and high potentials. Compared with the results of two existing methods, Debye-Hückel and Langmuir methods, which are applicable just to the critical potentials and perform poorly in the intermediate potential, the functional approach not only has much simpler expression of the EDL interaction energy, but also performs well in the entire range of potentials.