To address surface reaction network complexity using scaling relations machine learning and DFT calculations

Zachary W. Ulissi, Andrew J. Medford, Thomas Bligaard () and Jens K. Nørskov ()
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Zachary W. Ulissi: SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, Stanford University
Andrew J. Medford: School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Thomas Bligaard: SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Jens K. Nørskov: SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, Stanford University

Nature Communications, 2017, vol. 8, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: Abstract Surface reaction networks involving hydrocarbons exhibit enormous complexity with thousands of species and reactions for all but the very simplest of chemistries. We present a framework for optimization under uncertainty for heterogeneous catalysis reaction networks using surrogate models that are trained on the fly. The surrogate model is constructed by teaching a Gaussian process adsorption energies based on group additivity fingerprints, combined with transition-state scaling relations and a simple classifier for determining the rate-limiting step. The surrogate model is iteratively used to predict the most important reaction step to be calculated explicitly with computationally demanding electronic structure theory. Applying these methods to the reaction of syngas on rhodium(111), we identify the most likely reaction mechanism. Propagating uncertainty throughout this process yields the likelihood that the final mechanism is complete given measurements on only a subset of the entire network and uncertainty in the underlying density functional theory calculations.

Date: 2017
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