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Assessments of Semilocal Density Functionals and Corrections for Carbon Dioxide Adsorption on Metal–Organic Frameworks
Author(s) -
Ji Hyunjun,
Park Joonho,
Cho Moses,
Jung Yousung
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.201402291
Subject(s) - metal organic framework , density functional theory , adsorption , variety (cybernetics) , space (punctuation) , statistical physics , chemistry , chemical physics , computational chemistry , nanotechnology , materials science , computer science , physics , artificial intelligence , operating system
The significant amount of attention that has been directed toward metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) for a wide spectrum of applications can be attributed to their variety and tunability, which are precisely the aspects that computational modeling can offer by systematically exploring the chemical space. In this minireview, we describe density functional theory calculations for gas adsorption on MOFs, mainly focusing on the interaction of CO 2 with MOF‐74. The generalized gradient approximation (GGA) level of density functional studies seems suited to treat MOFs, owing to the balance between its practical applicability and its useful accuracy, although this method is not without deficiencies such as the lack of nonlocal correlations and self‐interactions. We review and analyze the effects of correction schemes to the GGA to amend the latter weaknesses, and the choice of exchange correlation functionals to treat MOFs for gas capture and separation. We also discuss a few topical questions that are currently missing in the present literature and that require further investigations.