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Title: Evaluation of the constant potential method in simulating electric double-layer capacitors

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Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Molecularly Engineered Energy Materials (MEEM)
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USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1168403
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OSTI ID: 1224288
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SC0001342
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Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Chemical Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 141; Related Information: MEEM partners with University of California, Los Angeles (lead); University of California, Berkeley; Eastern Washington University; University of Kansas; National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
solar (photovoltaic), energy storage (including batteries and capacitors), charge transport, membrane, materials and chemistry by design, synthesis (novel materials), synthesis (self-assembly), synthesis (scalable processing)

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Wang, Zhenging, Yang, Yang, Olmsted, David, Asta, Mark, and Laird, Brian B. Evaluation of the constant potential method in simulating electric double-layer capacitors. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4899176.
Wang, Zhenging, Yang, Yang, Olmsted, David, Asta, Mark, & Laird, Brian B. Evaluation of the constant potential method in simulating electric double-layer capacitors. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4899176
Wang, Zhenging, Yang, Yang, Olmsted, David, Asta, Mark, and Laird, Brian B. Fri . "Evaluation of the constant potential method in simulating electric double-layer capacitors". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4899176. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1168403.
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