Abstract
Exploring the vast compositional space offered by multicomponent systems or high entropy materials using the traditional route of materials discovery, one experiment at a time, is prohibitive in terms of cost and required time. Consequently, the development of high-throughput experimental methods, aided by machine learning and theoretical predictions will facilitate the search for multicomponent materials in their compositional variety. In this study, high entropy oxides are fabricated and characterized using automated high-throughput techniques. For intuitive visualization, a graphical phase–property diagram correlating the crystal structure, the chemical composition, and the band gap are introduced. Interpretable machine learning models are trained for automated data analysis and to speed up data comprehension. The establishment of materials libraries of multicomponent systems correlated with their properties (as in the present work), together with machine learning-based data analysis and theoretical approaches are opening pathways toward virtual development of novel materials for both functional and structural applications.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 2102301 |
| Journal | Advanced Materials |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 43 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 28 2021 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funding
H.H. gratefully acknowledges partial support by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft under contract HA 1344/43‐1, 2. L.V. and H.H. thank the Karlsruhe Nano Micro Facility (KNMF, Germany) and Prof. Christian Kübel for providing access to TEM at KIT. L.V. and H.H. conceived the project. L.V. supervised the project. L.V., J.S.C., and M.V.K. conducted the experiments and manual data analysis. P.F. developed the machine learning‐based workflow for data analysis. All the authors discussed and commented the manuscript.
Keywords
- high entropy materials
- high-throughput techniques
- machine learning
- materials libraries
- phase diagram
- virtual materials