Augmenting zero-Kelvin quantum mechanics with machine learning for the prediction of chemical reactions at high temperatures

Jose Antonio Garrido Torres, Vahe Gharakhanyan, Nongnuch Artrith, Tobias Hoffmann Eegholm and Alexander Urban ()
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Jose Antonio Garrido Torres: Columbia University
Vahe Gharakhanyan: Columbia University
Nongnuch Artrith: Columbia University
Tobias Hoffmann Eegholm: Columbia University
Alexander Urban: Columbia University

Nature Communications, 2021, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: Abstract The prediction of temperature effects from first principles is computationally demanding and typically too approximate for the engineering of high-temperature processes. Here, we introduce a hybrid approach combining zero-Kelvin first-principles calculations with a Gaussian process regression model trained on temperature-dependent reaction free energies. We apply this physics-based machine-learning model to the prediction of metal oxide reduction temperatures in high-temperature smelting processes that are commonly used for the extraction of metals from their ores and from electronics waste and have a significant impact on the global energy economy and greenhouse gas emissions. The hybrid model predicts accurate reduction temperatures of unseen oxides, is computationally efficient, and surpasses in accuracy computationally much more demanding first-principles simulations that explicitly include temperature effects. The approach provides a general paradigm for capturing the temperature dependence of reaction free energies and derived thermodynamic properties when limited experimental reference data is available.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27154-2

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