Strategic tailored design of electrocatalysts for environmental remediation based on density functional theory (DFT) and microkinetic modeling

GA Cerrón-Calle, TP Senftle… - Current Opinion in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Environmental electrocatalysis has a wide range of applications at the water-energy nexus
and will play a key role in mitigating climate change. Performance and selectivity of …

Gas-phase errors in computational electrocatalysis: a review

R Urrego-Ortiz, S Builes, F Illas, F Calle-Vallejo - EES Catalysis, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Currently, computational models based on density functional theory (DFT) are intensively
used for the analysis of electrocatalytic reactions and the design of enhanced catalysts. As …

Minimum conditions for accurate modeling of urea production via co-electrolysis

R Urrego-Ortiz, S Builes, F Illas, ST Bromley… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Co-electrolysis of carbon oxides and nitrogen oxides promise to simultaneously help restore
the balance of the C and N cycles while producing valuable chemicals such as urea …

Are (100) facets of transition metal carbonitrides suitable as electrocatalysts for nitrogen reduction to ammonia at ambient conditions?

A Iqbal, E Skúlason, Y Abghoui - International journal of hydrogen energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Sustainable and energy-efficient ammonia production requires facile nitrogen reduction for
hydrogen preservation and inorganic fertilizers. A nitrogen reduction apparatus with optimal …

[HTML][HTML] Facile MOF-derived one-pot synthetic approach toward Ru single atoms, nanoclusters, and nanoparticles dispersed on CeO2 supports for enhanced …

SE Sivan, KH Kang, SJ Han, OFN Okello, SY Choi… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Haber-Bosch process for NH 3 production is one of the largest global energy
consumers. Despite improvements over the past century, developing catalysts with …

Impact of intrinsic density functional theory errors on the predictive power of nitrogen cycle electrocatalysis models

R Urrego-Ortiz, S Builes, F Calle-Vallejo - ACS catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
Oxidized nitrogen species can pollute both the atmos-phere 1− 3 and water bodies. 4− 6
Their concentrations are worryingly increasing because of anthropogenic activities such as …

Activity trends for the selective oxidation of 2-propanol to acetone on noble metal electrodes in alkaline electrolyte

I Mangoufis-Giasin, L Fusek, T Yang, P Khanipour… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Fuel cells based on 2-propanol can be used to produce electricity utilizing the hydrogen
stored in liquid organic hydrogen carriers. While the focus has previously been on acidic …

Shortening the screening process towards high-performance 2D-MOF NRR electrocatalysts with ΔμB_TM-μB_X as the descriptor of N2 activation capability

C He, C Xu, W Zhang - Applied Surface Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Developing efficient and light pollution electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR)
method for dinitrogen (N 2) fixation is a very important and challenging issue in the field of …

Single Transition Metal Atoms Anchored on Defective MoS2 Monolayers for the Electrocatalytic Reduction of Nitric Oxide into Ammonia and Hydroxylamine

M Tursun, C Wu - Inorganic Chemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
Ammonia (NH3) and hydroxylamine (NH2OH) are important feedstocks in the chemical
industry. Electrocatalytic reduction of nitric oxide (eNORR) to these chemical feedstocks is …

[HTML][HTML] On the shifting peak of volcano plots for oxygen reduction and evolution

E Sargeant, F Illas, P Rodriguez, F Calle-Vallejo - Electrochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
Large deviations are often observed between DFT-calculated equilibrium potentials and
experimental ones. The deviations can be minimised by semiempirical or fully theoretical …