Machine-Learning Molecular Dynamics Reveals Grotthuss Transport in Concentrated Electrolytes

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Proton transfer is responsible for the anomalous high conductivity in acidic or basic aqueous solutions. Yet, the contribution of the proton transfer mechanism to the conductivity of concentrated aqueous solutions is unknown. In this work, we compute the transport properties of KOH(aq) systems with different concentrations, using Molecular Dynamics simulations with a Machine Learning Interatomic Potential (MLIP), which includes proton transfer. We quantify the contribution of the proton transfer mechanism to the diffusivities of hydroxide ions and water molecules, and the ionic conductivity and transport numbers of the electrolytes. The contribution is substantial at lower concentrations, but diminishes at very high concentrations.

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@misc{gullbrekken2026machinelearning,
  title = {{Machine-Learning Molecular Dynamics Reveals Grotthuss Transport in Concentrated Electrolytes}},
  author = {Øystein Gullbrekken and Sondre Kvalvåg Schnell},
  howpublished = {arXiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = nov,
  doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2611.04558},
  eprint = {2611.04558},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.04558},
  note = {CC BY-NC-ND 4.0},
}

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TY  - UNPB
TI  - Machine-Learning Molecular Dynamics Reveals Grotthuss Transport in Concentrated Electrolytes
AU  - Øystein Gullbrekken
AU  - Sondre Kvalvåg Schnell
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/11/03
PB  - arXiv
DO  - 10.48550/arxiv.2611.04558
UR  - https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.04558
AB  - Proton transfer is responsible for the anomalous high conductivity in acidic or basic aqueous solutions. Yet, the contribution of the proton transfer mechanism to the conductivity of concentrated aqueous solutions is unknown. In this work, we compute the transport properties of KOH(aq) systems with different concentrations, using Molecular Dynamics simulations with a Machine Learning Interatomic Potential (MLIP), which includes proton transfer. We quantify the contribution of the proton transfer mechanism to the diffusivities of hydroxide ions and water molecules, and the ionic conductivity and transport numbers of the electrolytes. The contribution is substantial at lower concentrations, but diminishes at very high concentrations.
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