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Title
Modelling molecular adsorption on charged or polarized surfaces : a critical flaw in common approaches
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Abstract
A number of recent computational material design studies based on density functional theory (DFT) calculations have put forward a new class of materials with electrically switchable chemical characteristics that can be exploited in the development of tunable gas storage and electrocatalytic applications. We find systematic flaws in almost every computational study of gas adsorption on polarized or charged surfaces, stemming from an improper and unreproducible treatment of periodicity, leading to very large errors of up to 3 eV in some cases. Two simple corrective procedures that lead to consistent results are proposed, constituting a crucial course correction to the research in the field.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Physical chemistry, chemical physics / Royal Society of Chemistry [London] - Cambridge, 1999, currens
Publication
Cambridge : The Royal Society of Chemistry , 2018
ISSN
1463-9076 [print]
1463-9084 [online]
DOI
10.1039/C7CP08209F
Volume/pages
20 :13 (2018) , p. 8456-8459
ISI
000428779700007
Pubmed ID
29557427
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UAntwerpen
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Project info
Multi-timescale atomistic modeling of plasma catalysis and plasma-based growth of carbon nanostructures.
CalcUA as central calculation facility: supporting core facilities.
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Publications with a UAntwerp address
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