Antonino Marco Saitta

Interfacial Electric Fields in Water Nanodroplets Are Weakly Dependent on Curvature and pH

Abstract The origin of enhanced reactivity in aqueous microdroplets remains unresolved, with interfacial electric fields (IEFs) frequently proposed as catalytic drivers. Here, we present a quantum-mechanical, spatially resolved characterization of the electric field at air-water...

Soft-Templated Carbon Models Elucidate the Anomalous Increase of Capacitance in Nanopores

Abstract Supercapacitors are electrochemical energy-storage devices distinguished by rapid charge–discharge and high power density. The observation of anomalously enhanced capacitance in nanoporous carbons challenged classical descriptions of double-layer charging and stimulated...