Themed collection Editor’s Choice: Machine Learning for Materials Innovation

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Journal of Materials Chemistry A and Materials Advances Editor’s choice web collection: “Machine learning for materials innovation”

Zhen Zhou introduces a Journal of Materials Chemistry/Materials Advances Editor’s choice web collection on machine learning for materials innovation (https://rsc.li/MachineLearning).

Graphical abstract: Journal of Materials Chemistry A and Materials Advances Editor’s choice web collection: “Machine learning for materials innovation”
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High entropy alloy electrocatalysts: a critical assessment of fabrication and performance

Critical assessment of the present status of HEA NPs as catalysts, including an in-depth discussion of computational studies, combinatorial screening, or machine-learning studies to find the optimum composition and structure of HEA electrocatalysts.

Graphical abstract: High entropy alloy electrocatalysts: a critical assessment of fabrication and performance
Review Article

Machine learning for renewable energy materials

Achieving the 2016 Paris agreement goal of limiting global warming below 2 °C and securing a sustainable energy future require materials innovations in renewable energy technologies. Machine learning has demonstrated many successes to accelerate the discovery renewable energy materials.

Graphical abstract: Machine learning for renewable energy materials
Open Access Paper

A water destructible SnS2 QD/PVA film based transient multifunctional sensor and machine learning assisted stimulus identification for non-invasive personal care diagnostics

We demonstrate, for the first time, a transient, flexible multifunctional sensor (strain, pressure, and breath) using a water soluble SnS2-QD/PVA film.

Graphical abstract: A water destructible SnS2 QD/PVA film based transient multifunctional sensor and machine learning assisted stimulus identification for non-invasive personal care diagnostics
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Predicting the performance of polyvinylidene fluoride, polyethersulfone and polysulfone filtration membranes using machine learning

We built machine learning-based models to predict the performance of filtration membranes, and integrated them into homemade standalone software (polySML).

Graphical abstract: Predicting the performance of polyvinylidene fluoride, polyethersulfone and polysulfone filtration membranes using machine learning
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Rational design of transition metal single-atom electrocatalysts: a simulation-based, machine learning-accelerated study

With maximum atom-utilization efficiency, single atom catalysts (SACs) are surging as a new research frontier in catalysis science.

Graphical abstract: Rational design of transition metal single-atom electrocatalysts: a simulation-based, machine learning-accelerated study
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Computational design of (100) alloy surfaces for the hydrogen evolution reaction

Based on the understandings of alloying effects in bimetallic (100) surfaces, we explored their four-fold active sites for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction.

Graphical abstract: Computational design of (100) alloy surfaces for the hydrogen evolution reaction
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Gapped metals as thermoelectric materials revealed by high-throughput screening

Gapped metals present in their band structure a gap near the Fermi level. This key feature makes these metals comparable to degenerate semiconductors and thus suitable as thermoelectrics. The present screening searches them systematically.

Graphical abstract: Gapped metals as thermoelectric materials revealed by high-throughput screening
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A machine learning scheme for the catalytic activity of alloys with intrinsic descriptors

We develop a universal design scheme based on the machine learning method and the intrinsic properties of substrates and adsorbates, allowing accurate prediction and rapid screening through a large phase space of alloys and multiple adsorbates.

Graphical abstract: A machine learning scheme for the catalytic activity of alloys with intrinsic descriptors
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Data-driven pilot optimization for electrochemical CO mass production

Pilot plant optimization of CO2RR system to produce CO via Ag electrodes have been performed and the results are intensely studied via correlation analysis.

Graphical abstract: Data-driven pilot optimization for electrochemical CO mass production
Open Access Paper

Formulation of mix design for 3D printing of geopolymers: a machine learning approach

This work evaluates the application of machine learning in the construction automation.

Graphical abstract: Formulation of mix design for 3D printing of geopolymers: a machine learning approach
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Fast material search of lithium ion conducting oxides using a recommender system

Fast material search using a recommender system is demonstrated to obtain novel lithium ion conducting oxides.

Graphical abstract: Fast material search of lithium ion conducting oxides using a recommender system
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Unraveling the role of bonding chemistry in connecting electronic and thermal transport by machine learning

Electronic and thermal transport in materials originate from various forms of electron and ion interactions.

Graphical abstract: Unraveling the role of bonding chemistry in connecting electronic and thermal transport by machine learning
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Directly predicting limiting potentials from easily obtainable physical properties of graphene-supported single-atom electrocatalysts by machine learning

The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) are three critical reactions for energy-related applications, such as water electrolyzers and metal–air batteries.

Graphical abstract: Directly predicting limiting potentials from easily obtainable physical properties of graphene-supported single-atom electrocatalysts by machine learning
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Machine learning-based high throughput screening for nitrogen fixation on boron-doped single atom catalysts

Machine learning (ML) methods would significantly reduce the computational burden of catalysts screening for nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR).

Graphical abstract: Machine learning-based high throughput screening for nitrogen fixation on boron-doped single atom catalysts
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Machine-learning-assisted screening of pure-silica zeolites for effective removal of linear siloxanes and derivatives

By a two-step computational process, namely Grand Canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC) simulations and machine learning (ML), we screened 50 959 hypothetical pure-silica zeolites and identified 230 preeminent zeolites with excellent adsorption performances.

Graphical abstract: Machine-learning-assisted screening of pure-silica zeolites for effective removal of linear siloxanes and derivatives
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In silico high throughput screening of bimetallic and single atom alloys using machine learning and ab initio microkinetic modelling

The advent of machine learning (ML) techniques in solving problems related to materials science and chemical engineering is driving expectations to give faster predictions of material properties.

Graphical abstract: In silico high throughput screening of bimetallic and single atom alloys using machine learning and ab initio microkinetic modelling
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Large-scale evaluation of cascaded adsorption heat pumps based on metal/covalent–organic frameworks

High-throughput computational screening of millions of cascaded adsorption heat pumps based on metal–organic frameworks and covalent–organic frameworks.

Graphical abstract: Large-scale evaluation of cascaded adsorption heat pumps based on metal/covalent–organic frameworks
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Rationalizing the interphase stability of Li|doped-Li7La3Zr2O12via automated reaction screening and machine learning

Lithium metal batteries are a promising candidate for future high-energy-density energy storage.

Graphical abstract: Rationalizing the interphase stability of Li|doped-Li7La3Zr2O12via automated reaction screening and machine learning
From the themed collection: Editor’s Choice: Solid-state ion conductors
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First-principles study of alkali-metal intercalation in disordered carbon anode materials

The intercalation of alkali metals in disordered carbon anode materials is studied by a combination of first-principles and machine-learning methods.

Graphical abstract: First-principles study of alkali-metal intercalation in disordered carbon anode materials
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Designing promising molecules for organic solar cells via machine learning assisted virtual screening

Rational design of new OPV molecules via virtual screening of candidate materials using high-performing machine learning models.

Graphical abstract: Designing promising molecules for organic solar cells via machine learning assisted virtual screening
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Rational design of hydrocarbon-based sulfonated copolymers for proton exchange membranes

Developing novel hydrocarbon-based proton exchange membranes is at the Frontier of research on fuel cells, batteries and electrolysis, aiming to reach the demand for advanced performance in proton conductivity, fuel retardation, swelling, mechanical and thermal stability etc.

Graphical abstract: Rational design of hydrocarbon-based sulfonated copolymers for proton exchange membranes
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Enhancing photovoltaic performance by tuning the domain sizes of a small-molecule acceptor by side-chain-engineered polymer donors

This paper reports side-chain-engineered polymer donors and a small-molecule acceptor that are capable of simultaneous charge and energy transfer as the active layer for organic photovoltaics.

Graphical abstract: Enhancing photovoltaic performance by tuning the domain sizes of a small-molecule acceptor by side-chain-engineered polymer donors
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Predicting performance limits of methane gas storage in zeolites with an artificial neural network

Crystalline nanoporous materials (i.e. shapes) were generated in the energy space using an artificial neural network.

Graphical abstract: Predicting performance limits of methane gas storage in zeolites with an artificial neural network
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About this collection

Associate Editor for Journal of Materials Chemistry A and Materials Advances, Zhen Zhou (Nankai University, China), has selected a few outstanding recent manuscripts on Machine Learning for Materials Innovation for this Editor’s Choice collection. In order to highlight developments in Machine Learning for Materials Innovation, this online collection includes recent manuscripts from Journal of Materials Chemistry A and Materials Advances on the topic.

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