中国物理B ›› 2022, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (10): 107105-107105.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/ac89d7

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Advances and challenges in DFT-based energy materials design

Jun Kang(康俊), Xie Zhang(张燮), and Su-Huai Wei(魏苏淮)§   

  1. Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing 100193, China
  • 收稿日期:2022-06-20 修回日期:2022-08-12 出版日期:2022-10-16 发布日期:2022-09-30
  • 通讯作者: Jun Kang, Xie Zhang, Su-Huai Wei E-mail:jkang@csrc.ac.cn;xiezhang@csrc.ac.cn;suhuaiwei@csrc.ac.cn
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 12088101, 11991060, 12074029, 52172136, and U1930402).

Advances and challenges in DFT-based energy materials design

Jun Kang(康俊), Xie Zhang(张燮), and Su-Huai Wei(魏苏淮)§   

  1. Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing 100193, China
  • Received:2022-06-20 Revised:2022-08-12 Online:2022-10-16 Published:2022-09-30
  • Contact: Jun Kang, Xie Zhang, Su-Huai Wei E-mail:jkang@csrc.ac.cn;xiezhang@csrc.ac.cn;suhuaiwei@csrc.ac.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 12088101, 11991060, 12074029, 52172136, and U1930402).

摘要: The growing worldwide energy needs call for developing novel materials for energy applications. Ab initio density functional theory (DFT) calculations allow the understanding and prediction of material properties at the atomic scale, thus, play an important role in energy materials design. Due to the fast progress of computer power and development of calculation methodologies, DFT-based calculations have greatly improved their predictive power, and are now leading to a paradigm shift towards theory-driven materials design. The aim of this perspective is to introduce the advances in DFT calculations which accelerate energy materials design. We first present state-of-the-art DFT methods for accurate simulation of various key properties of energy materials. Then we show examples of how these advances lead to the discovery of new energy materials for photovoltaic, photocatalytic, thermoelectric, and battery applications. The challenges and future research directions in computational design of energy materials are highlighted at the end.

关键词: density functional theory, materials design, energy applications

Abstract: The growing worldwide energy needs call for developing novel materials for energy applications. Ab initio density functional theory (DFT) calculations allow the understanding and prediction of material properties at the atomic scale, thus, play an important role in energy materials design. Due to the fast progress of computer power and development of calculation methodologies, DFT-based calculations have greatly improved their predictive power, and are now leading to a paradigm shift towards theory-driven materials design. The aim of this perspective is to introduce the advances in DFT calculations which accelerate energy materials design. We first present state-of-the-art DFT methods for accurate simulation of various key properties of energy materials. Then we show examples of how these advances lead to the discovery of new energy materials for photovoltaic, photocatalytic, thermoelectric, and battery applications. The challenges and future research directions in computational design of energy materials are highlighted at the end.

Key words: density functional theory, materials design, energy applications

中图分类号:  (Density functional theory, local density approximation, gradient and other corrections)

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