David Sholl, Georgia Institute of Technology/School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
May 12, 2015
Using High Throughput Computation to Accelerate Development of Materials for Scalable Energy Technologie
Abstract:
Computational modeling of materials can be a powerful complement to experimental methods when models with useful levels of predictive ability can be deployed more rapidly than experiments. Achieving this goal involves judicious choices about the level of modeling that is used and the key physical properties of the materials of interest that control performance in practical applications. I will discuss two examples of using high throughput computations to identify new materials for scalable energy applications: the use of metal-organic frameworks in membranes and gas storage and the selection of metal hydrides for high temperature nuclear applications. These examples highlight the challenges of generating sufficiently comprehensive material libraries and the potential advantages and difficulties of using computational methods to examine large libraries of materials.
Date posted
Jun 17, 2019
Date updated
Jun 17, 2019