Abstract
Ion transport in a confined conical nanochannel with high solution concentrations was studied using molecular dynamics simulation. The simulation results indicated that the ion current rectification appeared at high solution concentrations, even without electrical double layer (EDL) overlapping, which was still influenced by both the solution concentration and surface charge properties as it would be in a low solution concentration. With solution concentrations increasing from 0.41 to 2.08 M, a maximum rectification ratio was obtained. This phenomenon was attributed to the competition between the axial binding energy gradient arising from the confined conical geometry intensifying the ion axial asymmetric concentration polarisation and the decreasing thickness of the EDL weakening the concentration polarisation.
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