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First-principles simulation of electrochemical systems

Presenter
December 10, 2008
Keywords:
  • quantum model
MSC:
  • 81T10
Abstract
Understanding the electrical response of electrochemical convertors, such as fuel cells or batteries, involves elucidating the effect of the macroscopic voltage on the microscopic charge distribution at the electrode-electrolyte interface. I will present a quantum/classical model which couples a quantum molecular description of the electrode-electrolyte interface with a polarizable-continuum representation of the long-range effects of the ionic solvent. I will mainly focus on the mathematical and numerical aspects. In the last part of my talk, I will present numerical calculations of the vibrational Stark effect for chemisorbed CO, which demonstrate the efficiency of this approach. This is a joint work with I. Dabo, Y. Li and N. Marzari.