The Nernst-Planck-Poisson Equations interface (

), found under the
Chemical Species Transport branch (

) when adding a physics interface, is a predefined multiphysics interface for modeling transport of electrolyte species without the otherwise common assumption of local electroneutrality. This allows for simulating charge separation that typically arises close to an electrode surface, where ions in the electrolyte are attracted and repelled by unscreened excess charge on the electrode. The charge separation region, also called the diffuse double layer, normally extends a few nanometers away from the electrode surface into the electrolyte. The study of the charge separation is important to applications that consider very thin layers of electrolyte, such as electrochemical capacitors, atmospheric corrosion problems, ion-selective field effect transistors (ISFETs), and nanoelectrochemistry.