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 …

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 …

The Charge storage mechanisms of 2D cation‐intercalated manganese oxide in different electrolytes

Q Zhang, MD Levi, Q Dou, Y Lu, Y Chai… - Advanced Energy …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 2D ion‐intercalated metal oxides are emerging promising new electrodes for
supercapacitors because of their unique layered structure as well as distinctive electronic …

Electrosorption at metal surfaces from first principles

NG Hörmann, N Marzari, K Reuter - npj Computational Materials, 2020 - nature.com
Electrosorption of solvated species at metal electrodes is a most fundamental class of
processes in interfacial electrochemistry. Here, we use its sensitive dependence on the …

Dynamic heterogeneity, cooperative motion, and Johari–Goldstein -relaxation in a metallic glass-forming material exhibiting a fragile-to-strong transition

H Zhang, X Wang, HB Yu, JF Douglas - The European Physical Journal E, 2021 - Springer
Abstract We investigate the Johari–Goldstein (JG) β β-relaxation process in a model metallic
glass-forming (GF) material (Al _ 90 Sm _ 10 Al 90 Sm 10), previously studied extensively by …

Theoretical insights into photo-induced electron transfer at BiOX (X= F, Cl, Br, I)(001) surfaces and interfaces

T Li, X Zhang, C Zhang, R Li, J Liu, R Lv… - Physical Chemistry …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The electron transfer process (ETP) of a photocatalyst plays a crucial role in clarifying its
photoelectrochemical catalytic mechanism. BiOX (X= F, Cl, Br, I)(001) surfaces display …

Continuum embeddings in condensed‐matter simulations

O Andreussi, G Fisicaro - International Journal of Quantum …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Continuum models have a long tradition in computational chemistry, where they have
provided a compact and efficient way to characterize environment effects in quantum …

Thermodynamic Cyclic Voltammograms Based on Ab Initio Calculations: Ag(111) in Halide-Containing Solutions

NG Hörmann, K Reuter - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Cyclic voltammograms (CVs) are a central experimental tool for assessing the structure and
activity of electrochemical interfaces. Based on a mean-field ansatz for the interface …

Quantum-continuum simulation of the electrochemical response of pseudocapacitor electrodes under realistic conditions

N Keilbart, Y Okada, A Feehan, S Higai, I Dabo - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
Pseudocapacitors are energy-storage devices characterized by fast and reversible redox
reactions that enable them to store large amounts of electrical energy at high rates. We …

Understanding ion-transfer reactions in silver electrodissolution and electrodeposition from first-principles calculations and experiments

R Kang, Y Zhao, D Hait, JA Gauthier, PA Kempler… - Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The electrified aqueous/metal interface is critical in controlling the performance of energy
conversion and storage devices, but an atomistic understanding of even basic interfacial …