Computational methods in heterogeneous catalysis

BWJ Chen, L Xu, M Mavrikakis - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
The unprecedented ability of computations to probe atomic-level details of catalytic systems
holds immense promise for the fundamentals-based bottom-up design of novel …

Odyssey of multivalent cathode materials: open questions and future challenges

P Canepa, G Sai Gautam, DC Hannah, R Malik… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The rapidly expanding field of nonaqueous multivalent intercalation batteries offers a
promising way to overcome safety, cost, and energy density limitations of state-of-the-art Li …

Scaling deep learning for materials discovery

A Merchant, S Batzner, SS Schoenholz, M Aykol… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Novel functional materials enable fundamental breakthroughs across technological
applications from clean energy to information processing,,,,,,,,,–. From microchips to batteries …

Accurate and Numerically Efficient r2SCAN Meta-Generalized Gradient Approximation

JW Furness, AD Kaplan, J Ning… - The journal of physical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The recently proposed rSCAN functional [J. Chem. Phys. 2019 150, 161101] is a regularized
form of the SCAN functional [Phys. Rev. Lett. 2015 115, 036402] that improves SCAN's …

Inhibiting collective cation migration in Li-rich cathode materials as a strategy to mitigate voltage hysteresis

J Huang, B Ouyang, Y Zhang, L Yin, DH Kwon, Z Cai… - Nature Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Lithium-rich cathodes are promising energy storage materials due to their high energy
densities. However, voltage hysteresis, which is generally associated with transition metal …

Theoretical and experimental investigation of in situ grown MOF‐derived oriented Zr‐Mn‐oxide and solution‐free CuO as hybrid electrode for supercapacitors

I Hussain, S Sahoo, T Hussain… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Recently metal‐organic framework (MOF) derived electrode materials have grown
considerable research interest in the field of supercapacitor (SC) technology. Herein, MOF …

Li-free cathode materials for high energy density lithium batteries

L Wang, Z Wu, J Zou, P Gao, X Niu, H Li, L Chen - Joule, 2019 - cell.com
Conversion-type cathode materials, such as transition metal halides, chalcogenides, and
oxides, demonstrate high operational voltages and high specific capacities, offering high …

Accurate first-principles structures and energies of diversely bonded systems from an efficient density functional

J Sun, RC Remsing, Y Zhang, Z Sun, A Ruzsinszky… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
One atom or molecule binds to another through various types of bond, the strengths of which
range from several meV to several eV. Although some computational methods can provide …

Tactics to optimize conversion-type metal fluoride/sulfide/oxide cathodes toward advanced lithium metal batteries

D Yan, HY Yang, Y Bai - Nano Research, 2023 - Springer
Considering limited energy density of current lithium metal batteries (LMBs) due to low
capacity of traditional intercalation-type cathodes, alternative high-energy cathodes are …

Dual redox mediators accelerate the electrochemical kinetics of lithium-sulfur batteries

F Liu, G Sun, HB Wu, G Chen, D Xu, R Mo… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The sluggish electrochemical kinetics of sulfur species has impeded the wide adoption of
lithium-sulfur battery, which is one of the most promising candidates for next-generation …