Unifying thermochemistry concepts in computational heterogeneous catalysis

B Kreitz, GS Gusmão, D Nai, SJ Sahoo… - Chemical Society …, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermophysical properties of adsorbates and gas-phase species define the free energy
landscape of heterogeneously catalyzed processes and are pivotal for an atomistic …

Automated Generation of Microkinetics for Heterogeneously Catalyzed Reactions Considering Correlated Uncertainties

B Kreitz, P Lott, F Studt, AJ Medford… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The study presents an ab‐initio based framework for the automated construction of
microkinetic mechanisms considering correlated uncertainties in all energetic parameters …

High-Throughput Predictions of Accurate Enthalpies of Formation for Larger Molecules Utilizing the Bond Difference Correction Method

H Xu, B Wang, L Liao, Y Wang, Q Zhu… - The Journal of Physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The prediction of standard enthalpies of formation (EOFs) for larger molecules involves a
trade-off between accuracy and cost, often resulting in non-negligible errors. The …

Accurate Enthalpies of Formation for PFAS from First-Principles: Combining Different Levels of Theory in a Generalized Thermochemical Hierarchy

K Abeywardane, CF Goldsmith - ACS Physical Chemistry Au, 2024 - ACS Publications
The enthalpies of formation are computed for a large number of per-and poly fluoroalkyl
substances (PFAS) using a connectivity-based hierarchy (CBH) approach. A combination of …

Computing accurate bond dissociation energies of emerging per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances: Achieving chemical accuracy using connectivity-based hierarchy …

SK Nayak, SS Yamijala - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•Bond dissociation energies (BDEs) of 46 different bonds, spanning across
various PFAS, are computed using the G4 method.•A new connectivity-based hierarchy …

Calculation of Adsorbate Free Energy Using the Damping Function Method

Y Lei, L Liu, E Zhang - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2025 - ACS Publications
Adsorbate free energies are important parameters in surface chemistry and catalysis.
Because of its simplicity, the harmonic oscillator (HO) model remains the most widely used …

Importance sampling within configuration space integration for adsorbate thermophysical properties: a case study for CH3/Ni (111)

K Blöndal, K Badger, K Sargsyan, DH Bross… - Physical Chemistry …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
A new strategy is presented for computing anharmonic partition functions for the motion of
adsorbates relative to a catalytic surface. Importance sampling is compared with …

Automatisierte Generierung von Mikrokinetiken für heterogen katalysierte Reaktionen unter Berücksichtigung korrelierter Unsicherheiten

B Kreitz, P Lott, F Studt, AJ Medford… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Die Studie stellt eine ab initio basierte Methode für die automatische Konstruktion von
detaillierten Mikrokinetiken vor, welche korrelierte Unsicherheiten in allen energetischen …

Adsorption of phosphine (PH3) on palladium oxide (PdO) surface (001): Ab initio study

CA Mbakou-Mbodo, GB Bouka-Pivoteau… - Computational and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ab initio study of phosphine (PH 3) adsorption on the (001) palladium oxide (PdO) surface
was performed with the GGA-PBE and vdW-DF2-C09 functionals, using the quantum …

Adsorption and decomposition of SOx (x= 1, 2, 3) on Au (001) surface: A DFT-based study with van der Waals correction

BRD Gampika, CLM Matanou, BR Malonda-Boungou… - Surface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Using the first-principles density functional theory (DFT) calculation, including the effect of
van der Waals (vdW) dispersion, we investigate the adsorption and decomposition of sulfur …