Screening length for finite-size ions in concentrated electrolytes

Abstract

The classical Debye-Huckel (DH) theory clearly accounts for the origin of screening in electrolyte solutions and works rather well for dilute electrolyte solutions. While the Debye screening length decreases with the ion concentration and is independent of ion size, recent surface-force measurements imply that for concentrated solutions, the screening length exhibits an opposite trend; it increases with ion concentration and depends on the ionic size. The screening length is usually defined by the response of the electrolyte solution to a test charge, but can equivalently be derived from the charge-charge correlation function. By going beyond DH theory, we predict the effects of ion size on the charge-charge correlation function. A simple modification of the Coulomb interaction kernel to account for the excluded volume of neighboring ions yields a non-monotonic dependence of the screening length (correlation length) on the ionic concentration, as well as damped charge oscillations for high concentrations.

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