Unraveling the atomistic and the electronic structure of solid–liquid interfaces is the key to the design of new materials for many important applications, from heterogeneous catalysis to battery technology. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations can, in principle, provide a reliable description of such interfaces, but the high computational costs severely restrict the accessible time and length scales. Here, we report machine learning-driven simulations of various interfaces between water and lithium manganese oxide (LixMn2O4), an important electrode material in lithium ion batteries and a catalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction. We employ a high-dimensional neural network potential to compute the energies and forces several orders of magnitude faster than DFT without loss in accuracy. In addition, a high-dimensional neural network for spin prediction is utilized to analyze the electronic structure of the manganese ions. Combining these methods, a series of interfaces is investigated by large-scale molecular dynamics. The simulations allow us to gain insights into a variety of properties, such as the dissociation of water molecules, proton transfer processes, and hydrogen bonds, as well as the geometric and electronic structure of the solid surfaces, including the manganese oxidation state distribution, Jahn–Teller distortions, and electron hopping.
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28 December 2021
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December 22 2021
Insights into lithium manganese oxide–water interfaces using machine learning potentials
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Chemical Design by Artificial Intelligence
Marco Eckhoff
;
Marco Eckhoff
a)
1
Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Theoretische Chemie, Universität Göttingen
, Tammannstraße 6, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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Jörg Behler
Jörg Behler
b)
1
Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Theoretische Chemie, Universität Göttingen
, Tammannstraße 6, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
2
International Center for Advanced Studies of Energy Conversion (ICASEC), Universität Göttingen
, Tammannstraße 6, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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b)
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Note: This paper is part of the JCP Special Topic on Chemical Design by Artificial Intelligence.
J. Chem. Phys. 155, 244703 (2021)
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Received:
September 30 2021
Accepted:
December 05 2021
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Marco Eckhoff, Jörg Behler; Insights into lithium manganese oxide–water interfaces using machine learning potentials. J. Chem. Phys. 28 December 2021; 155 (24): 244703. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0073449
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