Accurate formation enthalpies of solids using reaction networks

Rasmus Fromsejer*, Bjørn Maribo-Mogensen, Georgios M. Kontogeorgis, Xiaodong Liang*

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Abstract

Crystalline solids play a fundamental role in a host of materials and technologies, ranging from pharmaceuticals to renewable energy. The thermodynamic properties of these solids are crucial determinants of their stability and therefore their behavior. The advent of large density functional theory databases with properties of solids has stimulated research on predictive methods for their thermodynamic properties, especially for the enthalpy of formation ΔfH. Increasingly sophisticated artificial intelligence and machine learning (ML) models have primarily driven development in this field in recent years. However, these models can suffer from lack of generalizability and poor interpretability. In this work, we explore a different route and develop and evaluate a framework for the application of reaction network (RN) theory to the prediction of ΔfH of crystalline solids. For an experimental dataset of 1550 compounds we are able to obtain a mean absolute error w.r.t ΔfH of 29.6 meV atom−1 using the RN approach. This performance is better than existing ML-based predictive methods and close to the experimental uncertainty. Moreover, we show that the RN framework allows for straightforward estimation of the uncertainty of the predictions.

Original languageEnglish
Article number244
Journalnpj Computational Materials
Volume10
Issue number1
ISSN2057-3960
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024

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