集成主动学习和DFT用于快速跟踪单原子合金催化剂在CO2转化为燃料的过程中
Xin Song1, Pengxin Pu1, Haisong Feng1
1State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China.
这项研究引入了一个积极的学习框架,以加速发现高性能单原子合金 (SAA) 催化剂,以电催化减排二氧化碳 (CO2RR) 成为有价值的燃料. 开发的模型有效地选了许多SAA催化剂,识别了具有增强活动和选择性的有希望的候选者.
科学领域:
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 电化学 电化学 电化学
- 计算化学计算化学
背景情况:
- 电催化二氧化碳减排 (CO2RR) 对于将二氧化碳转化为有价值产品至关重要,以应对气候变化和能源需求.
- 单原子合金 (SAA) 由于原子利用和变化的缩放关系,可以提高CO2RR性能.
- 有效选潜在的SAA催化剂仍然是一个重大挑战.
研究的目的:
- 开发和验证一个积极学习 (AL) 框架,用于加速选高性能SAA催化剂的CO2RR.
- 确定具有卓越活性,选择性和稳定性,可将二氧化碳转化为甲和甲醇等燃料的新型SAA材料.
- 为指导CO2RR催化剂的合理设计提供一个计算工具.
主要方法:
- 实施一个积极学习 (AL) 框架,整合机器学习 (ML) 模型.
- 在380个SAA表面上预测关键中间体 (*CHO, *COH, *CO, *H) 的结合自由能量.
- 密度函数理论 (DFT) 计算以阐明反应路径并确定限制潜力.
- 评估催化剂的活性,选择性和稳定性.
主要成果:
- 在四次代后,AL框架实现了高预测准确度 (R2 ≈ 0.94),具有具有约束力的自由能量预测准确度在0.20 eV.
- 发现了8种新的SAA催化剂,用于CO2RR.
- Ti@Cu(100),Au@Pt(100) 和Ag@Pt(100) 显示出突出的表面活性.
- 与纯Cu催化剂相比,DFT计算证实了高的催化活性,限制潜力明显较低 (分别为-0.11,-0.34和-0.46 eV).
结论:
- 开发的AL框架证明了在加速催化剂发现方面具有卓越的预测能力.
- 已识别的SAA代表了高效电催化CO2减排的有希望的候选人.
- 这种方法为下一代CO2RR催化剂的合理设计提供了有价值的策略.
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