
Constant potential methods (CPMs) enable computationally efficient simulations of the solid–liquid interface at conducting electrodes in molecular dynamics. They have been successfully used, for example, to realistically model the behavior of ionic liquids or water-in-salt electrolytes in supercapacitors and batteries. CPMs model conductive electrodes by updating charges of individual electrode atoms according to the applied electric potential and the (time-dependent) local electrolyte structure. Here, we present a feature-rich CPM implementation, called ELECTRODE, for the Large-scale Atomic/Molecular Massively Parallel Simulator, which includes a constrained charge method and a thermo-potentiostat. The ELECTRODE package also contains a finite-field approach, multiple corrections for nonperiodic boundary conditions of the particle–particle particle–mesh solver, and a Thomas–Fermi model for using nonideal metals as electrodes. We demonstrate the capabilities of this implementation for a parallel-plate electrical double-layer capacitor, for which we have investigated the charging times with the different implemented methods and found an interesting relationship between water and ionic dipole relaxations. To prove the validity of the one-dimensional correction for the long-range electrostatics, we estimated the vacuum capacitance of two coaxial carbon nanotubes and compared it to structureless cylinders, for which an analytical expression exists. In summary, the ELECTRODE package enables efficient electrochemical simulations using state-of-the-art methods, allowing one to simulate even heterogeneous electrodes. Moreover, it allows unveiling more rigorously how electrode curvature affects the capacitance with the one-dimensional correction.
Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph), Science & Technology, Physics, General Physics and Astronomy, FOS: Physical sciences, Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph), 540, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical, Physical sciences, Chemistry, Engineering, Chemical sciences, Physics - Chemical Physics, Physical, 3100 Physics and Astronomy, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 1606 Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Physics - Computational Physics
Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph), Science & Technology, Physics, General Physics and Astronomy, FOS: Physical sciences, Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph), 540, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical, Physical sciences, Chemistry, Engineering, Chemical sciences, Physics - Chemical Physics, Physical, 3100 Physics and Astronomy, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 1606 Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Physics - Computational Physics
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