The ABC of generalized coordination numbers and their use as a descriptor in electrocatalysis

F Calle‐Vallejo - Advanced Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The quest for enhanced electrocatalysts can be boosted by descriptor‐based analyses.
Because adsorption energies are the most common descriptors, electrocatalyst design is …

Universality in oxygen evolution electrocatalysis on oxide surfaces

IC Man, HY Su, F Calle‐Vallejo, HA Hansen… - …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Trends in electrocatalytic activity of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) are investigated on
the basis of a large database of HO* and HOO* adsorption energies on oxide surfaces. The …

An updated review and perspective on efficient hydrogen generation via solar thermal water splitting

JT Tran, KJ Warren, SA Wilson… - Wiley …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Solar thermal water splitting (STWS) produces renewable (or green) hydrogen from water
using concentrated sunlight. Because STWS utilizes energy from the entire solar spectrum to …

MXenes: new horizons in catalysis

A Morales-Garcia, F Calle-Vallejo, F Illas - ACS Catalysis, 2020 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional transition-metal carbides and nitrides, known as MXenes, have garnered
increasing attention for nearly a decade by virtue of their versatile composition and structure …

Guidelines for the rational design of Ni-based double hydroxide electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction

O Diaz-Morales, I Ledezma-Yanez, MTM Koper… - Acs …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is one of the major bottlenecks hindering the
implementation of a global economy based on solar fuels. It is known that Ni-based catalysts …

Density functional studies of functionalized graphitic materials with late transition metals for oxygen reduction reactions

F Calle-Vallejo, JI Martínez, J Rossmeisl - … Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Low-temperature fuel cells are appealing alternatives to the conventional internal
combustion engines for transportation applications. However, in order for them to be …

Accuracy of density functional theory in predicting formation energies of ternary oxides from binary oxides and its implication on phase stability

G Hautier, SP Ong, A Jain, CJ Moore, G Ceder - Physical Review B …, 2012 - APS
The evaluation of reaction energies between solids using density functional theory (DFT) is
of practical importance in many technological fields and paramount in the study of the phase …

Number of outer electrons as descriptor for adsorption processes on transition metals and their oxides

F Calle-Vallejo, NG Inoglu, HY Su, JI Martinez… - Chemical …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The trends in adsorption energies of the intermediates of the oxygen reduction and evolution
reactions on transition metals and their oxides are smoothly captured by the number of outer …

Charge transfer and orbital reconstruction of non-noble transition metal single-atoms anchored on Ti2CTx-MXenes for highly selective CO2 electrochemical reduction

N Li, J Peng, Z Shi, P Zhang, X Li - Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2022 - Elsevier
Inspired by MXene nanosheets and their regulation of surface functional groups, a series of
Ti 2 C-based single-atom electrocatalysts (TM@ Ti 2 CT x, TM= V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, and Ni) …

A semiempirical method to detect and correct DFT-based gas-phase errors and its application in electrocatalysis

LP Granda-Marulanda, A Rendon-Calle, S Builes… - Acs …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Computational models of adsorption at metal surfaces are often based on DFT and make
use of the generalized gradient approximation. This likely implies the presence of sizable …