Best‐practice DFT protocols for basic molecular computational chemistry

M Bursch, JM Mewes, A Hansen… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nowadays, many chemical investigations are supported by routine calculations of molecular
structures, reaction energies, barrier heights, and spectroscopic properties. The lion's share …

Combining machine learning and computational chemistry for predictive insights into chemical systems

JA Keith, V Vassilev-Galindo, B Cheng… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Machine learning models are poised to make a transformative impact on chemical sciences
by dramatically accelerating computational algorithms and amplifying insights available from …

Direct seawater electrolysis by adjusting the local reaction environment of a catalyst

J Guo, Y Zheng, Z Hu, C Zheng, J Mao, K Du… - Nature Energy, 2023 - nature.com
The use of vast amounts of high-purity water for hydrogen production may aggravate the
shortage of freshwater resources. Seawater is abundant but must be desalinated before use …

Ultralow overpotential nitrate reduction to ammonia via a three-step relay mechanism

S Han, H Li, T Li, F Chen, R Yang, Y Yu, B Zhang - Nature catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
Ammonia plays a substantial role in agriculture and the next generation of carbon-free
energy supply. Electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to NH3 is attractive for nitrate removal and …

A lithium superionic conductor for millimeter-thick battery electrode

Y Li, S Song, H Kim, K Nomoto, H Kim, X Sun, S Hori… - Science, 2023 - science.org
No design rules have yet been established for producing solid electrolytes with a lithium-ion
conductivity high enough to replace liquid electrolytes and expand the performance and …

Continuous-flow electrosynthesis of ammonia by nitrogen reduction and hydrogen oxidation

X Fu, JB Pedersen, Y Zhou, M Saccoccio, S Li… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Ammonia is a critical component in fertilizers, pharmaceuticals, and fine chemicals and is an
ideal, carbon-free fuel. Recently, lithium-mediated nitrogen reduction has proven to be a …

High-performance monoclinic WO3 nanospheres with the novel NH4+ diffusion behaviors for aqueous ammonium-ion batteries

X Wen, J Luo, K Xiang, W Zhou, C Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aqueous ammonium-ion batteries (AAIBs) have attracted tremendous attentions due to their
plentiful resources, inherent security and environmental friendliness. From the first-principles …

Subnanometric Ru clusters with upshifted D band center improve performance for alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction

Q Hu, K Gao, X Wang, H Zheng, J Cao, L Mi… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Subnanometric metal clusters usually have unique electronic structures and may display
electrocatalytic performance distinctive from single atoms (SAs) and larger nanoparticles …

Atomically dispersed iron sites with a nitrogen–carbon coating as highly active and durable oxygen reduction catalysts for fuel cells

S Liu, C Li, MJ Zachman, Y Zeng, H Yu, B Li, M Wang… - Nature Energy, 2022 - nature.com
Nitrogen-coordinated single atom iron sites (FeN4) embedded in carbon (Fe–N–C) are the
most active platinum group metal-free oxygen reduction catalysts for proton-exchange …

Efficient urea electrosynthesis from carbon dioxide and nitrate via alternating Cu–W bimetallic C–N coupling sites

Y Zhao, Y Ding, W Li, C Liu, Y Li, Z Zhao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Electrocatalytic urea synthesis is an emerging alternative technology to the traditional
energy-intensive industrial urea synthesis protocol. Novel strategies are urgently needed to …