The primary difference between a double layer on an electrode and one on an interface is the mechanism of surface charge formation. With an electrode, it is possible to regulate the surface charge by applying an external electric potential.OverviewIn, a double layer (DL, also called an electrical double layer, EDL) is a structure that appears on the of an object when it is exposed to a. The object might be a particle, a, a liquid. When an electronic conductor is brought in contact with a solid or liquid ionic conductor (electrolyte), a common boundary () among the two appears. was the first to realize that electrodes. There are detailed descriptions of the interfacial DL in many books on colloid and interface science and microscale fluid transport. There is also a recent IUPAC technical report on the subject of interfacial double laye.
