Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) are crystalline, three-dimensional structures with high surface areas and tunable porosities. Made from metal nodes connected by organic linkers, the exact properties of a given MOF are determined by node and linker choice. MOFs hold promise for numerous applications, including gas capture and storage. M2(4,4′-dioxidobiphenyl-3,3′-dicarboxylate)—henceforth simply M2(dobpdc), with M = Mg, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, or Zn—is regarded as one of the most promising structures for CO2 capture applications. Further modification of the MOF with diamines or tetramines can significantly boost gas species selectivity, a necessity for the ultra-dilute CO2 concentrations in the direct-air capture of CO2. There are countless potential diamines and tetramines, paving the way for a vast number of potential sorbents to be probed for CO2 adsorption properties. The number of amines and their configuration in the MOF pore are key drivers of CO2 adsorption capacity and kinetics, and so a validation of computational prediction of these quantities is required to suitably use computational methods in the discovery and screening of amine-functionalized sorbents. In this work, we study the predictive accuracy of density functional theory and related calculations on amine loading and configuration for one diamine and two tetramines. In particular, we explore the Perdew–Burke–Ernzerhof (PBE) functional and its formulation for solids (PBEsol) with and without the Grimme-D2 and Grimme-D3 pairwise corrections (PBE+D2/3 and PBEsol+D2/3), two revised PBE functionals with the Grimme-D2 and Grimme-D3 pairwise corrections (RPBE+D2/3 and revPBE+D2/3), and the nonlocal van der Waals correlation (vdW-DF2) functional. We also investigate a universal graph deep learning interatomic potential’s (M3GNet) predictive accuracy for loading and configuration. These results allow us to identify a useful screening procedure for configuration prediction that has a coarse component for quick evaluation and a higher accuracy component for detailed analysis. Our general observation is that the neural network-based potential can be used as a high-level and rapid screening tool, whereas PBEsol+D3 gives a completely qualitatively predictive picture across all systems studied, and can thus be used for high accuracy motif predictions. We close by briefly exploring the predictions of relative thermal stability for the different functionals and dispersion corrections.
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28 April 2024
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April 24 2024
Understanding the effect of density functional choice and van der Waals treatment on predicting the binding configuration, loading, and stability of amine-grafted metal organic frameworks
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Porous Solids for Energy Applications
Jonathan R. Owens
;
Jonathan R. Owens
a)
(Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing)
1
Material Chemistry and Physics Lab, GE Vernova Advanced Research
, Niskayuna, New York 12309, USA
a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: Jon.R.Owens@ge.com
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Bojun Feng
;
Bojun Feng
(Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing)
2
AI, Software, and Robotics Lab, GE Vernova Advanced Research
, Niskayuna, New York 12309, USA
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Jie Liu
;
Jie Liu
(Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing)
1
Material Chemistry and Physics Lab, GE Vernova Advanced Research
, Niskayuna, New York 12309, USA
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David Moore
David Moore
(Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing)
3
Decarbonization Lab, GE Vernova Advanced Research
, Niskayuna, New York 12309, USA
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a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: Jon.R.Owens@ge.com
J. Chem. Phys. 160, 164711 (2024)
Article history
Received:
February 08 2024
Accepted:
April 08 2024
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Jonathan R. Owens, Bojun Feng, Jie Liu, David Moore; Understanding the effect of density functional choice and van der Waals treatment on predicting the binding configuration, loading, and stability of amine-grafted metal organic frameworks. J. Chem. Phys. 28 April 2024; 160 (16): 164711. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0202963
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