RbSnX 3 (X= Cl, Br, I): promising lead-free metal halide perovskites for photovoltaics and optoelectronics

MH Rahman, M Jubair, MZ Rahaman, MS Ahasan… - RSC …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Lead (Pb) free metal halide perovskites by atomistic design are of strong interest to
photovoltaics and optoelectronics industries because of the pressing need to resolve Pb …

DFT investigation of 2-mercaptobenzothiazole adsorption on model oxidized copper surfaces and relationship with corrosion inhibition

F Chiter, D Costa, V Maurice, P Marcus - Applied Surface Science, 2021 - Elsevier
mercaptobenzothiazole (MBT) is known as an efficient corrosion inhibitor for copper. In the
present work, we performed quantum chemical DFT calculations of the interaction of MBT on …

DFT-Based Cu(111)||Cu2O(111) Model for Copper Metal Covered by Ultrathin Copper Oxide: Structure, Electronic Properties, and Reactivity

F Chiter, D Costa, V Maurice… - The Journal of Physical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
In many applications, metallic copper can be covered by an ultrathin native or a passive
oxide film depending on the redox conditions of the interface formed with the environment …

Ion solvation free energy calculation based on ab initio molecular dynamics using a hybrid solvent model

C Xi, F Zheng, G Gao, Z Song, B Zhang… - Journal of Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Free energy calculation of small molecules or ion species in aqueous solvent is one of the
most important problems in electrochemistry study. Although there are many previous …

Chemical interaction, self-ordering and corrosion inhibition properties of 2-mercaptobenzothiazole monolayers: DFT atomistic modeling on metallic copper

F Chiter, D Costa, V Maurice, P Marcus - Corrosion Science, 2022 - Elsevier
DFT calculations bringing atomic scale insight into the corrosion inhibition properties of 2-
mercaptobenzothiazole on copper are reported. Energetic and electronic analysis show that …

Comparison of the performance of van der Waals dispersion functionals in the description of water and ethanol on transition metal surfaces

RLH Freire, D Guedes-Sobrinho, A Kiejna… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Pairwise van der Waals (vdW) corrections have been routinely added to density functional
theory (DFT) adsorption studies of inorganic or organic molecules on solid surfaces …

Corrosion inhibition at emergent grain boundaries studied by DFT for 2-mercaptobenzothiazole on bi-crystalline copper

F Chiter, D Costa, V Maurice, P Marcus - npj Materials Degradation, 2023 - nature.com
Inhibition of the initiation of intergranular corrosion was modeled at the atomic scale for 2-
mercaptobenzothiazole (MBT) adsorbed on a (110)-oriented copper bi-crystal exposing an …

Shapes of Fe nanocrystals encapsulated at the graphite surface

A Lii-Rosales, Y Han, SE Julien… - New Journal of …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We describe and analyze in detail the shapes of Fe islands encapsulated under the top
graphene layers in graphite. Shapes are interrogated using scanning tunneling microscopy …

Application of murexide as a capping agent for fabrication of magnetite anodes for supercapacitors: experimental and first-principle studies

C Boucher, D Tang, I Zhitomirsky, O Rubel - Journal of Materials Science, 2024 - Springer
In this study, we investigate the effectiveness of murexide for surface modification of Fe 3 O 4
nanoparticles to enhance the performance of multiwalled carbon nanotube-Fe 3 O 4 …

Atomic scale insight into corrosion inhibition: DFT study of 2-mercaptobenzimidazole on locally de-passivated copper surfaces

F Chiter, D Costa, V Maurice… - Journal of The …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
A key factor for effective inhibition by organic molecules of the initiation of localized
corrosion by pitting is their ability to form a protective organic film in locally de-passivated …