RedDB

RedDB provides a curated database of 31,618 quinones and aza-aromatics with computed physicochemical properties for evaluation and high-throughput screening of electroactive compounds for aqueous redox flow batteries and grid-scale energy storage.


Key Features:

  • Chemical Library Generation: Systematic combinatorial enumeration of quinones and aza-aromatics to produce a large virtual chemical library.
  • Molecule Count: Contains 31,618 curated organic electroactive molecules from the quinone and aza-aromatic classes.
  • Molecular Property Prediction: Quantum chemical calculations used to predict electronic and other molecular properties relevant to battery performance.
  • Aqueous Solubility Prediction: Machine learning models applied to predict aqueous solubility of compounds.
  • Physicochemical Descriptors: Comprehensive physicochemical property data provided as potential descriptors for assessing compound suitability in redox flow batteries.
  • Data Processing and Database Creation: Processed and organized computational results consolidated into a searchable database format.
  • High-throughput Virtual Screening Support: Compiled computed properties enable large-scale virtual screening of electroactive candidates.

Scientific Applications:

  • Redox Flow Battery Materials Discovery: Identification and prioritization of quinones and aza-aromatics for aqueous redox flow batteries and grid-scale energy storage.
  • Performance Evaluation: Use of computed electronic and physicochemical descriptors to assess expected battery-relevant properties.
  • Solubility Assessment: Prediction of aqueous solubility to evaluate practical applicability of candidates in aqueous flow systems.
  • High-throughput Screening and Optimization: Systematic exploration and optimization of organic electroactive molecules via large-scale virtual screening.

Methodology:

Combinatorial chemical library generation of quinones and aza-aromatics, quantum chemical calculations for molecular property prediction, machine learning models for aqueous solubility prediction, and processing/organization of results into a database.

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Details

License:
Not licensed
Cost:
Free of charge
Tool Type:
web application
Operating Systems:
Mac, Linux, Windows
Programming Languages:
Python
Added:
1/30/2023
Last Updated:
1/30/2023

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Publications

Sorkun E, Zhang Q, Khetan A, Sorkun MC, Er S. RedDB, a computational database of electroactive molecules for aqueous redox flow batteries. Scientific Data. 2022;9(1). doi:10.1038/s41597-022-01832-2. PMID:36443329.

PMID: 36443329
PMCID: PMC9705518
Funding: - Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek: 15CSTT05, 739.017.013

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