A human-machine interface for automatic exploration of chemical reaction networks

M Steiner, M Reiher - Nature Communications, 2024‏ - nature.com
Autonomous reaction network exploration algorithms offer a systematic approach to explore
mechanisms of complex chemical processes. However, the resulting reaction networks are …

Machine-learning driven global optimization of surface adsorbate geometries

H Jung, L Sauerland, S Stocker, K Reuter… - npj Computational …, 2023‏ - nature.com
The adsorption energies of molecular adsorbates on catalyst surfaces are key descriptors in
computational catalysis research. For the relatively large reaction intermediates frequently …

Autonomous reaction network exploration in homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis

M Steiner, M Reiher - Topics in Catalysis, 2022‏ - Springer
Autonomous computations that rely on automated reaction network elucidation algorithms
may pave the way to make computational catalysis on a par with experimental research in …

How to gain atomistic insights on reactions at the water/solid interface?

SN Steinmann, C Michel - ACS Catalysis, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Reactions at the water/solid interface are central to the development of sustainable
processes, from biomass upgrading to photo-and electrocatalysis. To gain atomistic insight …

Electrochemical Potential-Dependent Stability and Activity of MoS3 during the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

N Abidi, A Sahu, P Raybaud, SN Steinmann - ACS Catalysis, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Amorphous MoS3 (a-MoS3) is an appealing low-cost catalyst for the hydrogen evolution
reaction (HER), which is a promising process for electrocatalytic hydrogen generation. In this …

Autonomous high-throughput computations in catalysis

SN Steinmann, A Hermawan, MB Jassar, ZW Seh - Chem Catalysis, 2022‏ - cell.com
Autonomous atomistic computations are excellent tools to accelerate the development of
heterogeneous (electro-) catalysts. In this perspective, we critically review the achieved …

Potential and support-dependent hydrogen evolution reaction activation energies on sulfur vacancies of MoS2 from GC-DFT

N Abidi, A Bonduelle-Skrzypczak… - International Journal of …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
We present a detailed mechanistic study of HER at the sulfur vacancy VS of 2H–MoS 2. We
evaluate the Volmer, Tafel, and Heyrovsky transition states for the different possible reaction …

Activating two-dimensional semiconductors for photocatalysis: a cross-dimensional strategy

R Botella, W Cao, J Celis… - Journal of Physics …, 2024‏ - iopscience.iop.org
The emerging two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors substantially extend materials bases
for versatile applications such as semiconductor photocatalysis demanding semiconductive …

Influence of reaction parameters on nanogold-catalyzed glucose and xylose oxidation: a joint experimental and DFT study

JP Oña, L Laverdure, RM Latonen, N Kumar… - ACS …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
The electrocatalytic oxidation (ECO) of glucose on gold requires alkaline conditions and
relatively high potentials (> 0.3 VRHE). Although the adsorption of hydroxide ions (OHads) is …

[HTML][HTML] Xsorb: A software for identifying the most stable adsorption configuration and energy of a molecule on a crystal surface

E Pedretti, P Restuccia, MC Righi - Computer Physics Communications, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Molecular adsorption is the first important step of many surface-mediated chemical
processes, from catalysis to lubrication. This phenomenon is controlled by physical/chemical …