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 …

High valence metals engineering strategies of Fe/Co/Ni-based catalysts for boosted OER electrocatalysis

L Li, X Cao, J Huo, J Qu, W Chen, C Liu, Y Zhao… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Electrocatalysis for the oxygen evolution reactions (OER) has attracted much attention due
to its important role in water splitting and rechargeable metal-air batteries. Therefore …

Recent advances of noble-metal-free bifunctional oxygen reduction and evolution electrocatalysts

CX Zhao, JN Liu, J Wang, D Ren, BQ Li… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Oxygen reduction and evolution reactions constitute the core process of many vital energy
storage or conversion techniques. However, the kinetic sluggishness of the oxygen redox …

A universal descriptor for the screening of electrode materials for multiple-electron processes: beyond the thermodynamic overpotential

KS Exner - ACS Catalysis, 2020 - ACS Publications
On the way toward a sustainable energy economy, electrode materials that do not contain
scarce noble metals need to be developed. Operating at low computational costs, material …

Dynamics of heterogeneous catalytic processes at operando conditions

X Shi, X Lin, R Luo, S Wu, L Li, ZJ Zhao, J Gong - JACS Au, 2021 - ACS Publications
The rational design of high-performance catalysts is hindered by the lack of knowledge of
the structures of active sites and the reaction pathways under reaction conditions, which can …

Hybrid discrete‐continuum solvation methods

JR Pliego Jr, JM Riveros - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Hybrid discrete‐continuum approaches for solvation have been widely applied for diverse
problems in chemistry suck as pKa calculation in aqueous and nonaqueous solvents …

Recent progress in the development of screening methods to identify electrode materials for the oxygen evolution reaction

KS Exner - Advanced Functional Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) limits the performance of proton‐exchange membrane
electrolyzers since substantial overpotentials of several hundred millivolts are required for …

Beyond continuum solvent models in computational homogeneous catalysis

G Norjmaa, G Ujaque, A Lledós - Topics in Catalysis, 2022 - Springer
In homogeneous catalysis solvent is an inherent part of the catalytic system. As such, it must
be considered in the computational modeling. The most common approach to include …

Assessing conformer energies using electronic structure and machine learning methods

D Folmsbee, G Hutchison - International Journal of Quantum …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We have performed a large‐scale evaluation of current computational methods, including
conventional small‐molecule force fields; semiempirical, density functional, ab initio …

Global optimization of chemical cluster structures: Methods, applications, and challenges

J Zhang, VA Glezakou - International Journal of Quantum …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Chemical clusters are relevant to many applications in catalysis, separations, materials, and
energy sciences. Experimentally, the structure of clusters is difficult to determine, but it is …