DFT exchange: sharing perspectives on the workhorse of quantum chemistry and materials science

AM Teale, T Helgaker, A Savin, C Adamo… - Physical chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In this paper, the history, present status, and future of density-functional theory (DFT) is
informally reviewed and discussed by 70 workers in the field, including molecular scientists …

A review of band structure and material properties of transparent conducting and semiconducting oxides: Ga2O3, Al2O3, In2O3, ZnO, SnO2, CdO, NiO, CuO, and …

JA Spencer, AL Mock, AG Jacobs, M Schubert… - Applied Physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
This Review highlights basic and transition metal conducting and semiconducting oxides.
We discuss their material and electronic properties with an emphasis on the crystal …

Room-temperature photosynthesis of propane from CO2 with Cu single atoms on vacancy-rich TiO2

Y Shen, C Ren, L Zheng, X Xu, R Long… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Photochemical conversion of CO2 into high-value C2+ products is difficult to achieve due to
the energetic and mechanistic challenges in forming multiple CC bonds. Herein, an efficient …

Potential-dependent transition of reaction mechanisms for oxygen evolution on layered double hydroxides

Z Wang, WA Goddard III, H Xiao - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is of crucial importance to sustainable energy and
environmental engineering, and layered double hydroxides (LDHs) are among the most …

In-situ reconstructed Ru atom array on α-MnO2 with enhanced performance for acidic water oxidation

C Lin, JL Li, X Li, S Yang, W Luo, Y Zhang, SH Kim… - Nature Catalysis, 2021 - nature.com
The development of acid-stable oxygen evolution reaction electrocatalysts is essential for
high-performance water splitting. Here, we report an electrocatalyst with Ru-atom-array …

A universal graph deep learning interatomic potential for the periodic table

C Chen, SP Ong - Nature Computational Science, 2022 - nature.com
Interatomic potentials (IAPs), which describe the potential energy surface of atoms, are a
fundamental input for atomistic simulations. However, existing IAPs are either fitted to narrow …

Reconstructed Ir‒O‒Mo species with strong Brønsted acidity for acidic water oxidation

S Chen, S Zhang, L Guo, L Pan, C Shi, X Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Surface reconstruction generates real active species in electrochemical conditions; rational
regulating reconstruction in a targeted manner is the key for constructing highly active …

Polarons in materials

C Franchini, M Reticcioli, M Setvin… - Nature Reviews Materials, 2021 - nature.com
Polarons are quasiparticles that easily form in polarizable materials due to the coupling of
excess electrons or holes with ionic vibrations. These quasiparticles manifest themselves in …

Activating lattice oxygen in layered lithium oxides through cation vacancies for enhanced urea electrolysis

WK Han, JX Wei, K Xiao, T Ouyang, X Peng… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the fact that high‐valent nickel‐based oxides exhibit promising catalytic activity for
the urea oxidation reaction (UOR), the fundamental questions concerning the origin of the …

Recycling spent LiNi1-xyMnxCoyO2 cathodes to bifunctional NiMnCo catalysts for zinc-air batteries

M Jiao, Q Zhang, C Ye, Z Liu, X Zhong… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The skyrocketing production of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) for electric vehicles portends that
tremendous numbers of used LIBs will be generated. However, the recycling of used LIBs is …