CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE MACROION AND COUNTERIONS TO THE INTERNAL ENERGY OF FULLERENE ELECTROLYTE SOLUTIONS

Jože Škerjanc
Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
 
 
 

ABSTRACT

From the solution of the Poisson-Boltzmann equation for the spherical cell model of a fullerene electrolyte solution, the contributions of the fullerene macroion and counterions to the electrostatic energy of the solution are calculated. Computations are made for solutions containing mixtures of counterions differing in size and charge. The results are presented as functions of the macroion concentration and mole fractions of the counterions.