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High-throughput screening has become one of the major strategies for the discovery of novel functional materials. However, its effectiveness is severely limited by the lack of quantity and diversity of known materials deposited in the…

New technology for energy storage is necessary for the large-scale adoption of renewable energy sources like wind and solar. The ability to discover suitable catalysts is crucial for making energy storage more cost-effective and scalable.…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2024-04-17 Patrick Geitner

New electrode materials for alkaline-ion batteries are a timely topic. Among many promising candidates, V2O5 is one of the most interesting cathode materials. While having very high theoretical capacity, in practice, its performance is…

A large number of novel two-dimensional (2D) materials are constantly discovered and deposed into the databases. Consolidate implementation of machine learning algorithms and density functional theory (DFT) based predictions have allowed…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-05-03 Andrey A. Kistanov , Stepan A. Shcherbinin , Romain Botella , Artur Davletshin , Wei Cao

We perform machine learning (ML) simulations and density functional theory (DFT) calculations to search for materials with low lattice thermal conductivity, $\kappa_L$. Several cadmium (Cd) compounds containing elements from the…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-11-05 Chia-Min Lin , Abishek Khatri , Da Yan , Cheng-Chien Chen

Searching for efficient and high-performance cathode materials for rechargeable magnesium ion batteries (RMBs) is urgent for exploring sustainable energy technologies. However, the majority of cathode materials for RMBs usually suffer from…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-01-12 Qin Zhang , Yaobo Hu , Jun Wang , Yuanxiao Dai , Fusheng Pan

In this study, we employ first-principles density functional theory (DFT) calculations to investigate the electrochemical properties of Nb2C and Nb2CO2 MXenes as potential anode materials for sodium-ion (SIBs) and lithium-ion batteries…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-04-15 Nishat Sultana , Abdullah A. Amin , Eric J. Payton , Woo Kyun Kim

Materials with correlated electrons often respond very strongly to external or internal influences, leading to instabilities and states of matter with broken symmetry. This behavior can be studied theoretically either by evaluating the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-08-15 J. Kunes , I. Leonov , P. Augustinsky , V. Krapek , M. Kollar , D. Vollhardt

High-performance catalysts are crucial for sustainable energy conversion and human health. However, the discovery of catalysts faces challenges due to the absence of efficient approaches to navigating vast and high-dimensional structure and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-13 Jie Chen , Pengfei Ou , Yuxin Chang , Hengrui Zhang , Xiao-Yan Li , Edward H. Sargent , Wei Chen

Li$_xTM$O$_2$ (TM={Ni, Co, Mn}) are promising cathodes for Li-ion batteries, whose electrochemical cycling performance is strongly governed by crystal structure and phase stability as a function of Li content at the atomistic scale. Here,…

We develop a method combining machine learning (ML) and density functional theory (DFT) to predict low-energy polymorphs by introducing physics-guided descriptors based on structural distortion modes. We systematically generate crystal…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-09-07 Bastien F. Grosso , Nicola A. Spaldin , Aria Mansouri Tehrani

The conversion of $\mathrm{CO_2}$ to value-added compounds is an important part of the effort to store and reuse atmospheric $\mathrm{CO_2}$ emissions. Here we focus on $\mathrm{CO_2}$ hydrogenation over so-called inverse catalysts:…

Advances in lithium-metal anodes have inspired interest in discovery of Li-free cathodes, most of which are natively found in their charged state. This is in contrast to today's commercial lithium-ion battery cathodes, which are more stable…

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With the rapid development of energy storage technology, high-performance solid-state electrolytes (SSEs) have become critical for next-generation lithium-ion batteries. These materials require high ionic conductivity, excellent…

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Machine Learning (ML) has offered innovative perspectives for accelerating the discovery of new functional materials, leveraging the increasing availability of material databases. Despite the promising advances, data-driven methods face…

We present an evaluation of CSP-MACE-{\AA}, a machine learning interatomic potential intended to replace DFT in crystal structure prediction (CSP). We decompose the total energy into separate intramolecular and intermolecular components.…