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 …

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 …

Optical method for quantifying the potential of zero charge at the platinum–water electrochemical interface

P Xu, AD von Rueden, R Schimmenti, M Mavrikakis… - Nature Materials, 2023 - nature.com
When an electrode contacts an electrolyte, an interfacial electric field forms. This interfacial
field can polarize the electrode's surface and nearby molecules, but its effect can be …

Dielectric continuum methods for quantum chemistry

JM Herbert - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This review describes the theory and implementation of implicit solvation models based on
continuum electrostatics. Within quantum chemistry this formalism is sometimes …

Electron confinement promoted the electric double layer effect of BiOI/β-Bi2O3 in photocatalytic water splitting

L Shan, Z Fang, G Ding, Z Shi, L Dong, D Li… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2024 - Elsevier
In the realm of photocatalysis, understanding the interface issues (solid/solid and
solid/liquid) inherent in heterojunction at the atomic level is the ultimate for engineering an …

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 …

Effect of collective dynamics and anharmonicity on entropy in heterogenous catalysis: Building the case for advanced molecular simulations

G Collinge, SF Yuk, MT Nguyen, MS Lee… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
We present a perspective on the computational determination of entropy and its effects and
consequences on heterogeneous catalysis. Special attention is paid to the role of …

Machine learning assisted simulations of electrochemical interfaces: recent progress and challenges

Y Zhou, Y Ouyang, Y Zhang, Q Li… - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The electrochemical interface, where the adsorption of reactants and electrocatalytic
reactions take place, has long been a focus of attention. Some of the important processes on …

The Potential of Zero Total Charge Predicts Cation Effects for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

JT Bender, RY Sanspeur, AE Valles… - ACS Energy …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Cation effects are frequently observed for electrochemical reactions that take place at
strongly reducing potentials. But a clear understanding of when cation effects will be …