Numerical Simulation of the Mass Transport in Ionic Solids under the Electric Field

Abstract

In this study, polarization of ionic species in the ionic solids under the electric field was simulated by a numerical method, the finite difference method (FDM). In adapting FDM to the polarization problem, many aspects of the FDM were investigated to adequately accommodate the steep change of the concentration near the electrode. Several interesting observations about the behavior of the ion concentration and the electric field in ionic solids were reported from this simulation.