Improving the accuracy of atomistic simulations of the electrochemical interface

R Sundararaman, D Vigil-Fowler, K Schwarz - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Atomistic simulation of the electrochemical double layer is an ambitious undertaking,
requiring quantum mechanical description of electrons, phase space sampling of liquid …

In situ electrochemical Raman spectroscopy and ab initio molecular dynamics study of interfacial water on a single-crystal surface

YH Wang, S Li, RY Zhou, S Zheng, YJ Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The dynamics and chemistry of interfacial water are essential components of electrocatalysis
because the decomposition and formation of water molecules could dictate the protonation …

Universality of electronic characteristics and photocatalyst applications in the two-dimensional Janus transition metal dichalcogenides

C Xia, W Xiong, J Du, T Wang, Y Peng, J Li - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
Due to mirror symmetry breaking, two-dimensional Janus transition metal dichalcogenides
MXY (M= Mo, W; X, Y= S, Se, Te) present charming electronic properties. However, there …

Interface Engineering of Monolayer MoS2/GaN Hybrid Heterostructure: Modified Band Alignment for Photocatalytic Water Splitting Application by Nitridation …

Z Zhang, Q Qian, B Li, KJ Chen - ACS applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Interface engineering is a key strategy to deal with the two-dimensional (2D)/three-
dimensional (3D) hybrid heterostructure, since the properties of this atomic-layer-thick 2D …

Modelling heterogeneous interfaces for solar water splitting

TA Pham, Y Ping, G Galli - Nature materials, 2017 - nature.com
The generation of hydrogen from water and sunlight offers a promising approach for
producing scalable and sustainable carbon-free energy. The key of a successful solar-to …

Optoelectronic and solar cell applications of Janus monolayers and their van der Waals heterostructures

M Idrees, HU Din, R Ali, G Rehman… - Physical Chemistry …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Janus monolayers and their van der Waals heterostuctures are investigated by hybrid
density functional theory calculations. MoSSe, WSSe, MoSeTe and WSeTe are found to be …

Large scale GW calculations

M Govoni, G Galli - Journal of chemical theory and computation, 2015 - ACS Publications
We present GW calculations of molecules, ordered and disordered solids and interfaces,
which employ an efficient contour deformation technique for frequency integration and do …

Determining potentials of zero charge of metal electrodes versus the standard hydrogen electrode from density-functional-theory-based molecular dynamics

J Le, M Iannuzzi, A Cuesta, J Cheng - Physical review letters, 2017 - APS
We develop a computationally efficient scheme to determine the potentials of zero charge
(PZC) of metal-water interfaces with respect to the standard hydrogen electrode. We …

The electrochemical interface in first-principles calculations

K Schwarz, R Sundararaman - Surface science reports, 2020 - Elsevier
First-principles predictions play an important role in understanding chemistry at the
electrochemical interface. Electronic structure calculations are straightforward for vacuum …

Integration of theory and experiment in the modelling of heterogeneous electrocatalysis

S Hammes-Schiffer, G Galli - Nature Energy, 2021 - nature.com
Heterogeneous electrocatalysis is critical to many energy conversion processes. Theoretical
and computational approaches are essential to interpret experimental data and provide the …