Highlights with ‘batteries’

Discuss your materials discovery challenges at TechConnect World 19-21 June

At the TechConnect World meeting in Washington, Nicolas will discuss how to accelerate the computational design of materials and processes with machine learning, discussing applications for batteries, catalysis, and OLEDs. He’ll be happy to learn...

Modeling Li-metal plating at the graphene surface

Graphitic electrode materials are central to Li-ion battery technology because of their high electron conductivity, high surface area for Li intercalation, and thermal and chemical stability. Li-intercalated graphite has large specific capacity that can be...

New high-performance electrolyte for Mg-based batteries

Magnesium-based batteries are being actively researched, with Mg being more abundant and having a higher theoretical energy density than Li. Consequently, suitable electrolytes for magnesium-ion batteries are being actively pursued. A recent publication introduced a...

The BCL Method for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell: Basis and Applications

The BCL method is a theoretical framework to understand and predict dyes and their efficiency in solar cells. The method is comprehensively presented in a recent paper. It is based on a system of equations...

Accurate ionization potentials and electron affinities with qsGW (video tip of the week)

In this seventh video tip of the week, Ole showcases how to use the new qsGW code in ADF to accurately predict ionization energies without the need to search for a suitable functional. The video...

Li-Ion diffusion coefficients (video tip of the week)

In this fifth video tip of the week, Ole presents a new and much improved way to calculate diffusion coefficients from molecular dynamics trajectories with AMS2022. Tutorials: Li ion diffusion coefficients, Li ion discharge profile

Fast and accurate ionization potentials and electron affinities with qsGW

In various areas of chemistry and material science, ranging from the design of photovoltaic devices to the understanding of photodamaged DNA, the precise calculation of electron attachment and removal energies using the GW method is...

Automated redox potentials assessment of dyes for photelectrochemical cells

Dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical cells (DS-PEC) are promising systems for sustainable fuel production. A great advantage for their design is the modularity of these systems. In particular, it is of interest to tune the dye’s optical and...

New video: electron transport with eReaxFF

Check out the teaser video for the new eReaxFF tutorial to simulate electron transport.

Strategic partnership Kebotix and SCM to accelerate materials innovation

To boost our materials discovery solutions, we join forces with Kebotix, experts in secure, scalable, AI-accelerated workflows (press release). SCM and Kebotix are developing an integrated software platform to enable researchers to develop new and...