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Rapid in-silico Battery Electrolyte Electrochemical Reaction Generation using 3T-VASP Multi-Scale Energy Minimization
Published on: August 22, 2025
An adaptive potential energy surface generation method using curvilinear valence coordinates
F Richter1, P Carbonniere, A Dargelos
1Institut Pluridisciplinaire de Recherche en Environment et Matériaux, Equipe de Chimie Physique, Groupe de Chimie Théorique et Réactivité, Pau F-64000, France. falk.richter@univ-pau.fr
Abstract:
An automatic Born-Oppenheimer potential energy surface (PES) generation method AGAPES is presented designed for the calculation of vibrational spectra of large rigid and semi-rigid polyatomic molecules within the mid-infrared energy range. An adaptive approach guided by information from intermediate vibrational calculations in connection with a multi-mode expansion of the PES in internal valence coordinates is used and its versatility is tested for a selection of molecules: HNO, HClCO, and formaldoxime. Significant computational savings are reported. The possibility of linear scaling of the sampling grid size with the molecular size due to decrease of correlation of remote coordinates in large molecules is examined and finally, possible improvements are suggested.
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