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Goel, T.; Patra, C. N.; Ghosh, S. K.; Mukherjee, T.
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A self-consistent density-functional approach has been employed to study the structure of an electric double layer
formed from a charge-asymmetric (2:l) electrolyte within the restricted primitive model which corresponds to
charged hard sphere ions and a continuum solvent. The particle correlation due to hard-core exclusions is
evaluated by making use of the universality of the density functionals and the correlation function of the uniform
hard sphere fluid obtained through the integral equation theory with an accurate closure relation whereas mean
spherical approximation is employed for the electrical contribution. Numerical results on the diffuse layer
potential drop, ionic density profile, and the mean electrostatic potential near the electrode surface at several
surface charge densities are found to be in quantitative agreement with the available simulation data.
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