Ab initio simulations of water/metal interfaces

A Groß, S Sakong - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Structures and processes at water/metal interfaces play an important technological role in
electrochemical energy conversion and storage, photoconversion, sensors, and corrosion …

Implicit solvation methods for catalysis at electrified interfaces

S Ringe, NG Hormann, H Oberhofer… - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Implicit solvation is an effective, highly coarse-grained approach in atomic-scale simulations
to account for a surrounding liquid electrolyte on the level of a continuous polarizable …

Revealing the role of interfacial water and key intermediates at ruthenium surfaces in the alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction

X Chen, XT Wang, JB Le, SM Li, X Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Ruthenium exhibits comparable or even better alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction activity
than platinum, however, the mechanistic aspects are yet to be settled, which are elucidated …

Emerging Atomistic Modeling Methods for Heterogeneous Electrocatalysis

Z Levell, J Le, S Yu, R Wang, S Ethirajan… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous electrocatalysis lies at the center of various technologies that could help
enable a sustainable future. However, its complexity makes it challenging to accurately and …

Advancing the electrochemistry of gas‐involved reactions through theoretical calculations and simulations from microscopic to macroscopic

Y He, S Liu, M Wang, H Ji, L Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nowadays, gas‐involved electrochemical reactions, such as carbon dioxide reduction
reaction (CO2RR), nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR), and hydrogen evolution reaction …

Electric double layer effects in electrocatalysis: Insights from ab initio simulation and hierarchical continuum modeling

P Li, Y Jiao, J Huang, S Chen - JACS Au, 2023 - ACS Publications
Structures of the electric double layer (EDL) at electrocatalytic interfaces, which are
modulated by the material properties, the electrolyte characteristics (eg, the pH, the types …

First-Principles-Based Kinetic Monte Carlo Model of Hydrogen Evolution Reaction under Realistic Conditions: Solvent, Hydrogen Coverage and Electric Field Effects

Y Luo, Y Guan, G Liu, Y Wang, J Li… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) plays an important role in electrocatalytic water
splitting. Despite the progress on the development of HER catalysts, the dynamic evolution …

Zooming into the inner Helmholtz plane of Pt (111)–aqueous solution interfaces: chemisorbed water and partially charged ions

J Huang - JACS Au, 2023 - ACS Publications
The double layer on transition metals, ie, platinum, features chemical metal–solvent
interactions and partially charged chemisorbed ions. Chemically adsorbed solvent …

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 …

Rhenium-based electrocatalysts for water splitting

AMR Ramírez, S Heidari, A Vergara… - ACS materials …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Due to the contamination and global warming problems, it is necessary to search for
alternative environmentally friendly energy sources. In this area, hydrogen is a promising …