Marcus-Tuned LbL Energy-Storage Electrodes

PROBLEM: LbL electrodes can load redox-active biomass groups into a thin film, yet charge storage depends on how fast electrons move between those groups and the current collector. If reorganization energy is too high or driving force is misaligned, charging slows even when the film holds many binding sites. Cloud-hosted electrode projects need a shared place to propose, compare, and refine LbL stack designs against that transfer constraint rather than treating capacity and kinetics as separate problems.

SOLUTION: IBM Cloud Ideas would host a capability for proposing LbL electrode stacks with their DFT-predicted binding groups, Marcus transfer window, and deposition energy budget attached to each proposal. Contributors could compare water-based, room-temperature variants and flag designs that need energy-intensive curing or lack regeneration accounting. The shared record would keep layer order, thickness intent, and test outcomes together so the best-documented stacks rise for further study.

EVIDENCE BASIS: Marcus electron transfer — rate depends on reorganization energy and driving force; inverted region; Nobel 1992. DFT via Kohn-Sham equations; Hohenberg-Kohn 1964, Kohn-Sham 1965, Nobel 1998. Biosorption isotherms qe = (C0 − Ce)V/m and Langmuir/Freundlich models are textbook DOCUMENTED. Source: Nobel Prize records (1992, 1998); standard textbooks on electrochemistry and adsorption.