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The presence of a catalyst affects the rate of a chemical reaction. A catalyst is a substance that can increase the reaction rate without being consumed during the process. A basic comprehension of a catalysts’ role during chemical reactions can be understood from the concept of reaction mechanisms and energy diagrams.

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Explainable Artificial Intelligence Elucidates Synthesis-Structure-Property-Function Relationships in Nanostructured

Manu Suvarna^1,2, Marc Eduard Usteri^1,2, Frank Krumeich³

¹Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Institute of Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, Zurich, 8093, Switzerland.

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This study introduces an explainable AI (XAI) method to precisely control catalyst synthesis. The AI accurately predicts catalyst structure and performance, guiding data-informed experiments for high-performance catalysts.

Keywords:

electrocatalysis machine learning probabilistic models single‐atom catalysis structure sensitivity

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Area of Science:

Catalysis
Materials Science
Artificial Intelligence

Background:

Designing high-performance catalysts requires precise control over the assembly of supported metal atoms and nanoparticles, which directly impacts reactivity.
Achieving synthesis precision to accurately determine catalyst speciation and properties remains a significant challenge in materials science.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and validate an eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) methodology for elucidating synthesis-structure-property-function relationships in nanostructured catalysts.
To provide a data-driven framework for understanding and optimizing catalyst design for reactions like oxygen evolution (OER) and hydrogen evolution (HER).

Main Methods:

Sequential application of a decision tree classifier and a random forest regressor to model catalyst synthesis and performance.
Utilizing metal's standard reduction potential and cohesive energy to predict single-atom versus nanoparticle formation.
Correlating electrocatalytic performance of single-atom catalysts (SACs) with intrinsic properties like electronegativity and metal-support interaction.

Main Results:

The decision tree accurately predicted speciation (single atoms vs. nanoparticles) for 37 metals on nitrogen-doped carbon.
The random forest regressor identified a volcano-like relationship between current density and active site electronegativity/metal-support interaction for SACs.
The integrated XAI models achieved over 80% experimental validation accuracy, enhancing user confidence in predictions.

Conclusions:

The developed XAI framework effectively elucidates complex synthesis-structure-property-function relationships in nanostructured catalysts.
This methodology offers a powerful tool for data-informed catalyst design, adaptable to various materials and synthesis protocols, potentially reducing characterization efforts.