SCIENCE at nanoscale
Season 1
Importance of constant potential models to study right electode-electrolyte behaviour
by Jayendran Iyer
In November’s episode, we are talking to Dr. Shern Tee to understand the usefulness of constant potential models in simulating electrode-electrolyte interfaces in electrocatalysis. Shern is currently a lecturer at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia and has a rich expertise in Molecular Dynamics simulations. With his work on ‘constant potential’ models, we discuss an overall comparison with widely accepted ‘constant charge’ models. In addition, we also learn the right interface modeling techniques for various electrochemical systems. Hope you enjoy this episode!
The first episode of SCIENCE at nanoscale features Dr. Jasmin Kaur, an expert in developing general theory to help study the importance of tuning local work function of metal electrode surface for better electrochemical efficiency. Jasmin, in her PhD work, predicted the effect of size and shape of metal nanoparticles on the local work function in addition to the effect of solvent surroundings. We, in this episode, get into deep dive discussion to further understand the implications of her theoretical results on better catalyst designs for electrochemical systems.