Thirty years of density functional theory in computational chemistry: an overview and extensive assessment of 200 density functionals

N Mardirossian, M Head-Gordon - Molecular physics, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
In the past 30 years, Kohn–Sham density functional theory has emerged as the most popular
electronic structure method in computational chemistry. To assess the ever-increasing …

DFT exchange: sharing perspectives on the workhorse of quantum chemistry and materials science

AM Teale, T Helgaker, A Savin, C Adamo… - Physical chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In this paper, the history, present status, and future of density-functional theory (DFT) is
informally reviewed and discussed by 70 workers in the field, including molecular scientists …

Inactive (PbI2)2RbCl stabilizes perovskite films for efficient solar cells

Y Zhao, F Ma, Z Qu, S Yu, T Shen, HX Deng, X Chu… - Science, 2022 - science.org
In halide perovskite solar cells the formation of secondary-phase excess lead iodide (PbI2)
has some positive effects on power conversion efficiency (PCE) but can be detrimental to …

Insights into the activity of single-atom Fe-NC catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

K Liu, J Fu, Y Lin, T Luo, G Ni, H Li, Z Lin… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Single-atom Fe-NC catalysts has attracted widespread attentions in the oxygen reduction
reaction (ORR). However, the origin of ORR activity on Fe-NC catalysts is still unclear, which …

Mastering the surface strain of platinum catalysts for efficient electrocatalysis

T He, W Wang, F Shi, X Yang, X Li, J Wu, Y Yin, M ** - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Platinum (Pt) has found wide use as an electrocatalyst for sustainable energy conversion
systems,–. The activity of Pt is controlled by its electronic structure (typically, the d-band …

The Open Quantum Materials Database (OQMD): assessing the accuracy of DFT formation energies

S Kirklin, JE Saal, B Meredig, A Thompson… - npj Computational …, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract The Open Quantum Materials Database (OQMD) is a high-throughput database
currently consisting of nearly 300,000 density functional theory (DFT) total energy …

Microscopic simulations of electrochemical double-layer capacitors

G Jeanmairet, B Rotenberg, M Salanne - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Electrochemical double-layer capacitors (EDLCs) are devices allowing the storage or
production of electricity. They function through the adsorption of ions from an electrolyte on …

Electron-phonon interactions from first principles

F Giustino - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2017 - APS
This article reviews the theory of electron-phonon interactions in solids from the point of view
of ab initio calculations. While the electron-phonon interaction has been studied for almost a …

Materials design and discovery with high-throughput density functional theory: the open quantum materials database (OQMD)

JE Saal, S Kirklin, M Aykol, B Meredig, C Wolverton - Jom, 2013 - Springer
High-throughput density functional theory (HT DFT) is fast becoming a powerful tool for
accelerating materials design and discovery by the amassing tens and even hundreds of …

Toxic gas molecules adsorbed on intrinsic and defective WS2: gas sensing and detection

Z Cui, K Yang, Y Shen, Z Yuan, Y Dong, P Yuan… - Applied Surface …, 2023 - Elsevier
The magnetic and electronic behaviors of four toxic gas molecules (CO, NH 3, NO, and NO
2) adsorbed on intrinsic and defective (VW/WS 2 or VS/WS 2) WS 2 are systematically …